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    play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare has shown issues connected with marriage and male and female relationships by showing how some relationships have love whereas other relationships do not have love and have one partner controlling the other partner. This is much like the main two characters in The Taming of the Shrew who are Katharina and Petruchio. There is not much love between them and Petruchio just tries to “tame” Katharina‚ hence the name and Katharina being the shrew. In the induction

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    The one to blame for gender inequality is men. From the beginning of time men have been the ones that come before women‚ women are just the ones in the background‚ there ready to help them. While watching The Taming Of The Shrew written by Shakespeare (1594) and made into a movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1967)‚ the main character Kate‚ played by Elizabeth Taylor‚ not married and the little sister‚ Bianca‚ can’t date/marry anyone before her sister is set up. So what do these men do‚ they make

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    In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew the principal character‚ the independent and outspoken Kate is faced with the strenuous predicament of dealing with the patriarchal sexism of her society; she is labeled a ‘shrew’ and treated as a second to her sister‚ who fits the stereotype of the demure and obedient woman of the Elizabethan era. Throughout the play Kate is objectified in many manners by the male characters of the play. While Petruchio is not characterized as a violent man‚ he still embodies

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    William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Taming of the Shrew”. This play was based on the Elizabethan ideals and judgments of marriage‚ love‚ money and social status of the time. However‚ since then the stereotypes of these ideals have been changed and modernised. In 1999‚ Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith wrote the Movie “10 Things I Hate About You” (a modern adaption of the 16th century play originally written by Shakespeare). Even though “10 Things I Hate About You” is a more relatable text towards

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    the world. Today‚ however‚ many people are deciding to ditch gender roles‚ as they are seen as outdated and restricted. In fact‚ this desire to erase gender roles can be traced back to the time of William Shakespeare‚ notably in the novel The Taming of the Shrew. The novel suggests that they are harmful to a relationship‚ seen from the interaction between the characters Kate and Petruchio. It is expressed that gender roles result in violence toward the woman‚ and a lack of liberty for her. Gender roles

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    TV show‚ and play‚ characters may be faced with overcoming their own traits to complete a certain goal. A few characters share the same traits and many characters are completely opposite. Written in 1590 and 1595 by William Shakespeare‚ The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet both exhibit a wide variety of characters with individual personalities. Katherine and Juliet‚ the two leading ladies‚ present a shopping cart full of similarities and differences. One can see that‚ while only Katherine

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    hundred years. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a grand narrative- its themes transcend time‚ place‚ culture and context. Owing to the plays universal themes and timeless elements‚ the text has been skilfully and cleverly appropriated to be valued in various periods of time. The film 10 Things I Hate About You‚ composed in 1999 by writers Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirstin Smith‚ Kiss Me Kate directed by George Sydney and Shakespeare Retold- The Taming of the Shrew directed by David

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    . In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Much Ado About Nothing‚ there are many themes present and one of those is the theme of love. Philia‚ Eros‚ and Agape are the three types of love present in the play and are what represent the theme of love. These three types of love‚ Philia‚ Eros‚ and Agape are expressed by the different characters in the play. The expression of the theme of love in the play is not just there by accident; William Shakespeare put it in this comedic and romantic play with

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    The Taming of the Shrew and Ten Things I hate about You In the Shakespeare`s summarized version of play The Taming of the Shrew we travel approximately four hundred years back in time during the growing period of Renaissance and the reign of the Queen of England‚ Elizabeth I‚ where Shakespeare shows us the dominance of men in relation to women‚ with setting in Padua (current Italy) while the movie Ten Things I hate about You‚ successfully updated version of The Taming of The Shrew adapted to contemporary

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    In the play “The Taming of the Shrew” ‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Three men want to marry the youngest daughter‚ named Bianca‚ of a man named Baptista. However‚ Bianca can not be married until the older daughter Katherine is married. Katherine has the mouth of a sailor (to put it lightly) and is vicious with it. She is also very violent. However‚ Hortencio (one of Bianca’s suitors) convinced his drunk‚ violent‚ and poor friend Petruchio to marry Katherine‚ for the dowry that Baptista would

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