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    PEEL: How Benedick’s view of love has changed between his two soliloquy’s Benedicks view of love at the beginning of Act 2 Scene 3 is a negative‚ spiteful view. Using a series of imagery and comparison‚ Benedick talks about how love has made Claudio weak. ‘I have known when there was no music with him but the drum and the fife‚ and now had he rather hear the tabor and pipe.’ The drum and fife are music of war while the tabor and pipe are music of peace. Musical imagery is used to show a comparison

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    To create a modernised version of Shakesphere’s original; Taming of the Shrew (Shrew)‚ Gil Junger devised a plot‚ with added themes and characters to adjust the shift in era and target audience. This is shown perfectly in 10 Things I Hate About You (10 things). Within the two texts‚ intextuality is illuminated through the use of appropriation and transformation. This is clear when analysing the change in context and form. The form of both texts is completely different. One being‚ an Elizabethan 16th

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    Is 10 Things I Hate About You simply The Taming of the Shrew relocated to high school? Gil Junger’s 10 Things I Hate About You is undoubtedly more complicated than a relocation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew into high school. The transformation of Shakespearean comedy into the ‘teen’ movie genre and the integration of Elizabethan values enable the film to be a successful relocation of the play‚ yet the incorporation of modern gender conventions discerns it as something more than a relocation

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    “The Taming of the Shrew” in the late 16th century. In 1999‚ a modern version of Shakespeare’s piece was created into a film called “10 Things I hate About You”. They are obviously both similar due to the fact that “10 Things I Hate About You” was a remake of the original‚ but they are not completely the same. The modern film version was changed to suit a different audience of the time period and contained more up-to-date features. The play “The Taming of the Shrew”‚ is basically about a “shrew”

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    The contrasting cast of William Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” & Gil Junger’s “10 things I hate about you” After watching both the play “Taming of the Shrew” and the movie “10 things I hate about you” I notice several differences‚ but equally enjoyed them both despite the lack of direct parallelism. If I had to choose between the two I would definitely say I enjoyed “Taming of the Shrew” in its original form‚ but “10 things I hate about you” had a modern-day twist that made it more relatable

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    The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s more renowned romantic comedies. Perhaps the most popular adaptation of this play is 10 Things I Hate About You ‚ a critically acclaimed film starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. In this essay‚ I will discuss the date of production of 10 Things I Hate About You. I also aim to discuss the relevance of the production date‚ and the significance it has on many of the choices made behind the scenes of this Shakespeare adaptation. The character of Katherine

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    10 Things I Hate About You & The Taming of the Shrew The historical and cultural contexts of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (TTS) and the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You (10TIH) differ exceptionally‚ resulting in the film’s expression of values unlike those expressed in Shakespeare’s original text. Shakespeare’s play was written during the Elizabethan era‚ during which the belief that men were superior to women was prevalent. This concept is centralised in TTS‚ through incorporation

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    hidden in them that one would not see without analyzing the plays. For example‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Twelfth Night‚ and Much Ado About Nothing all have much in common. Each comedy contains many themes. One similar one‚ however‚ is the theme of love‚ deceit‚ and fickleness. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ the love potion symbolizes peoples ability to be fickle about love. It changes one person’s view of another person. Demetrius hates Helena in the beginning of the play but ends up loving her

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    The relationships between servants and masters closely reflect the gender relationships in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio and Tranio’s relationship as master and servant is an ideal of the Renaissance era. Tranio risks taking the place of his master because of his love for him and Lucentio always treats him with kindness and respect‚ almost like an equal. Lucentio’s relationship with Bianca reflects his role with Tranio: Bianca shows respect for Lucentio as he cherishes her and

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    Taming of the Shrew 								 		 Illusion vs. Reality 	As a passing traveler in Padua‚ one could easily make superficial assumptions about the inhabitants. On the surface‚ Katherina seems like a vicious tiger that is angry at the entire world. Petruchio first appears like the type of man that anybody would like to have as a friend. At first glance‚ Bianca seems like a heavenly vision of beauty that any man would be lucky to have for

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