Suggested Essay Topics 1. How do gender roles affect the attitudes of the characters‚ and how do these roles surface in the play? Most of the men seem to have a particular idea about how a wife should behave‚ but do their preconceptions extend to all women? How do the women react to these expectations? Are the women systematically oppressed‚ or do they subtly balance the men’s power? 2. The play is essentially a comedy‚ and yet more serious questions about social issues often overshadow its comic
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10 Things I Hate About You 1. Some elements of the stills that tell us that ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is a teen movie are: Kat and Pat staring at each other angry confrontations between two (moody) teens Ms Perky - disapproving or disappointed adults‚ most likely teachers and parents Cameron and Bianca together young love’ Teenagers are predominant in all stills Grungy rock bands and emphasis on music rebellion and hobbies The prom stereotypical of films involving
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Is Kate Truly tamed? During Shakespearean times‚ gender roles were quite different from today’s roles. At that time‚ women were not allowed to choose their future husbands‚ they were expected to stay at home at all times; pleasing‚ making dinner for their husbands. If women did not meet these expectations‚ they would be tamed. In the play‚ The taming of the shrew‚ Kate does not meet these expectations and thus had to get tamed by someone‚ in this case it was Petruchio. But‚ does she really get
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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU! The movie starts out at an American high school with a new student named Cameron sitting in the office of the Principal Ms. Perky. He is then shown around the school by Michael‚ who will become his best friend. During his tour is when Cameron first sees Bianca Stratford and he instantly falls in love‚ there is only one problem: she isn’t allowed to date. And neither is her sister‚ Katarina‚ a senior who loves indie rock and is a feminist. But Kat and Bianca’s father alters
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I am a passionate aspiring director and photographer‚ who loves experimenting and creating art that I can enjoy as well as my audience. The video clips showed in my portfolio are bits and pieces of a movie‚ "With Love‚ Alex"‚ directed and produced by me. My artwork is a drama‚ horror‚ and thriller flick that takes place in the life of high school senior‚ who holds a grudge on her best friends and takes actions on them. The theme of the movie was inspired by the 90’s coming-of-age comedy films‚ such
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addresses the other characters and the audience. However‚ we cannot decipher with whose voice she is talking. It seems as though Shakespeare is doing many things at once. He is elevating the modern woman within the confounds of entertainment‚ and after all‚ this is a play for the benefit of Christopher Sly. In addition to this he is acknowledging the role of the men in Katherine’s life. The neglectful manner of her father who‚ despite giving her an exemplary education for the time‚ neglects her emotionally
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The taming of the shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies. Although it may have appealed to the audience in its time‚ an appropriation of the play into a film may have been essential in order to reach a modern‚ 21st Century audience. Since film has the ability to reach a mass audience a more modernized version of Shakespeare’s play was created -“10 things I hate about you”‚ directed by Gil Junger. Although different in its appropriation‚ by comparing‚ -‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘10 Things
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The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a controversial play that arouses a debate over if Katherine being truly tamed or not. A man named Petruchio marries Katherine‚ who is dubbed a shrew because she gets easily rankled by people. When Petruchio first meets. It was crucial for her to be tamed because she isn’t what a wife actually is at that specific time period. He tames her to enhance her personality. Katherine tells what a true wife is at her sister’s wedding banquet. His job becomes
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Chase Hullinger Period 3 10 Things I Hate About You Movie Review The 1999 film‚ 10 Things I Hate About You‚ mirrors many of the characters‚ themes‚ and conflicts as in the Shakespeare play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. The characters in the film involve Kat as Kate‚ Patrick as Petruchio‚ Cameron as Lucentio‚ Bianca as Bianca‚ Michael as Tranio‚ and Joey as a suitor for Bianca. The characters share many of the same motives as their counterparts in the play. The reasons for their motives all revolve
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Many movies follow the typical “Hollywood pattern”‚ that is‚ they provide no greater meaning‚ no deeper purpose‚ than solely to entertain. However‚ this is not the case‚ as shown in ’10 Things I Hate About You’‚ directed by Gil Junger. The movie explores important ideas and themes‚ such as‚ the role of women in the 21st century‚ peoples judgments and the power that Shakespearean symbols hold. The movie breaks down the idea of the liberated woman of the 21st century. This is shown throughout the
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