as in The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You. In 1999‚ the movie 10 things I hate about you was released as a modernized version of The Taming of the Shrew. (Junger Gil) The modern day movie‚ 10 Things I Hate About You‚ has similar characters to the characters from The Taming of the Shrew. Katherine from Shakespeare’s play is Katerina in the movie. Their nicknames also resemble each other‚ Kate and Kat. Both Kate and Kat ares still the main character and the “shrews” that must
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The Taming of the Shrew: Dramatic Essay “The Taming of the Shrew” is a play written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare and was first performed in 1590. As the title suggests‚ the main plot revolves around a bitter young woman named Katherine‚ who is being pursued by a courtier named Petruchio‚ a greedy man whose only love is money. Despite Katherine’s disagreeable character‚ Petruchio aims to win her hand in marriage in order to lay hold of the considerable fortune that is Katherine’s dowry
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Ben Smith 2nd Semester play review 16 June 2104 The Taming of The Shrew During the play there are 3 men who are trying to woo Bianca‚ the youngest doughtier of Baptista Minola. Before any of them are aloud to court his younger doughtier they must find a husband for the foul and angry Katherina the eldest doughtier of Minola. Conveniently a man named Petruchio arrives in Padua who is looking for a bride the 2 men that were after Bianca first get him to agree to court Katherina. In
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of women he writes about in his plays. Within his work‚ he tells readers a lot about his views on women and their roles. Their personalities vary‚ and their character ranges from strong to weak‚ warm and delightful to cold and scornful. Although Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew and Portia from The Merchant of Venice seem to be polar opposites‚ they both share a few things in common‚ and that is that they are both witty‚ bold‚ and independent. In The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine Minola is
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“For I born to tame you‚ Kate‚ and bring you from a wild Kate to Kate comfortable as household Kates.” -Petruchio All that Taming Of The Shrew screams to its viewers‚ is the misogyny of Elizabethan times and the bitter resentment the church had for women.“It’s the story of a ‘shrewish’ woman who is roughly subjected nd forced by her husband‚ It cannot fail to be controversial‚ and often disturbing. The Taming of the Shrew has been considered a view of the trials of marriage‚ a love story or ‘chick
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How would you feel if you were socially neglected because you couldn’t keep up with people’s expectations? Katherine Minola‚ daughter of a wealthy upper class man‚ was a hot tempered woman who had no interest whatsoever in fulfilling society’s expectancy of who she should be. After involuntarily marrying Petruccio‚ Kate becomes a completely different person. On the other hand‚ in Sonnet 121 the poet is forced to consider his own actions against the reproof of others and refuses to submit to their
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“10 Things I Hate About You” as well as “The Taming of the Shrew” are very similar to each other and that the “10 Things I hate about you” is based off “The Taming of the Shrew”. One similarity that I can point out right away is that at the end everything was a happy ending and everyone got there “loved one” The one difference about these two plays that are pretty obvious is that both of the play were made at different times like in the movie “10 things I hate about you” the characters are dating
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In The Taming of the Shrew both Petruchio and Kate are well rounded‚ peculiar characters. Kate demonstrates a profound personality‚ one that divulges as the play progresses. At first Kate appears as shrewd and ill-tempered with out googd reason. In Act I when Kate lashes out at Gremio she is introduced as a suitorless‚ sharp-tongued maiden. "Gremio. To cart her rather. She’s too rough for me. There‚ there‚ Hortensio‚ will you any wife. Kate. I pray you‚ sir‚ is it your will
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through a lot of changes in The Taming of the Shrew. Kat and Bianca go through changes in 10 Thing I Hate About You‚ however the changes are made in Different ways. Both girls can be stereotyped by The Good and the Badde. The Good and the Badde has five stereotypes of women in the middle ages. The stereotypes are Quiet woman‚ Virgin‚ Good Wife‚ Wanton woman‚ and the Unquiet woman. The ranking of the stereotypes depends on the person. The Taming of the Shrew is a play about two girls named Kate and Bianca
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adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew‚ the writers of Ten Things I Hate About You had to change elements of the original story to make it more accessible to contemporary audiences. Though the setting and theme of the story are very different from the original‚ there are clues throughout Ten Things I Hate About You that pay homage to the Shakespearean play. With Ten Things I Hate About You‚ the screenwriter and director successfully update The Taming Of The Shrew for modern audiences. The
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