man is nothing but a poor man with money’( W.C Fields). The main male characters in “The Taming of The Shrew” and “Ten Things I Hate About You”‚ Petruchio and Patrick‚ have three things in common‚ the lust for money‚ the lust for power‚ and the lust for women. In the 1967 version of the play‚ originally written by Shakespeare‚ Petruchio is portrayed as brute only thinking about money and himself. In the 1999 version Patrick is portrayed as a charming‚ smooth talker that doesn’t care about social
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LITERATURE THE CONTEMPORARY SHREW: AN ANALYSIS OF TWO MODERNISED FILM APPROPRIATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE ’S THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BA thesis LIIS KAASIK SUPERVISOR: LECT. RAILI PÕLDSAAR TARTU 2008 ABSTRACT The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the contemporary context and genre conventions have affected the representation of different characters and the plot in two modernized film versions of The Taming of the Shrew‚ ShakespeaRe-Told Taming of the Shrew (2005)‚ directed by David Richards
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In the romantic comedy play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ by William Shakespeare‚ the human condition is reflected upon in a variety of ways. Shakespeare expands on several aspects of the human condition‚ such as the social‚ cultural and personal aspects‚ in particular the vices and virtue in human nature by exploring them through his characters. He is able to show serious reflections on the human condition by exploring a variety of themes which are used throughout the play‚ such as deception as a double
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Through rich imagery and a comic context Shakespeare uses characters to explore his ideas about love and marriage‚ using relationships to show the trials of love. In his play Shakespeare makes Beatrice and Benedick the critics of love and through them the modern audience is shown how Elizabethan society maltreats the female role and how the male code of honour and pride can lead to devastation. Shakespeare portrays Claudio and Hero as a pair of conventional lovers who go through an unadventurous
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a compromise. When she chooses to follow the rules‚ she is rewarded — and so is Petruchio. By humoring Petruchio in his purposely outlandish demands that the sun is the moon‚ the moon is the sun‚ and that the old man a young woman‚ Kate’s life runs much more smoothly. Petruchio‚ on the other hand‚ will gladly give Kate anything she desires‚ as long as she is willing to humor him. In some senses‚ perhaps‚ this game gives Petruchio power‚ but it is power he is willing to share with her. He‚ too‚ is
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13.09.10 Something for Nothing Characterisation: Jake is the main character. He’s a good family man and he takes an interest in his mother and lets her spend time talking to her son. Jake lives a regular life with his wife and his daughter. The mother is an elderly lady. Widowed years ago‚ who maintaines her intellect and brain power by an active social life with friends and by reading‚ especially the new yourk times‚ which is a massive publication 100 of pages long
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In her essay‚ “Nothing Distant About It” Echols describes “identity politics” as “[the idea] that identity is the basis of politics” (Echols‚ 44). For example‚ a person who identifies as an African American‚ heterosexual female will have different political views than an Asian American‚ homosexual male based on personal experiences associated with these identities. The man‚ for example‚ might be more active in pride parades or advocating for LGBTQ rights while the woman might be more concerned with
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If men talking to other men shows the camaraderie between them as they plan to deceive and not be deceived by others‚ men talking about one another draws distinctions between the amount of power held by each group. Here‚ men construct power by using words associated first with different classes of people. In act 4‚ Petruccio calls his servants “knaves” (4.1.100) and he himself is compared to a “footboy” when Biondello says “a monster‚ a very monster in apparel‚ and not like a / christian footboy
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is Signior Mountanto returned from the wars or no? ‘ This can be seen as quite humorous as even though she is insulting him and trying to mock him by calling him ‘signior mountano’ it also shows that she is concerned about him the most as he was the first person that she asked about. From this the audience can infer that there may be tension between Beatrice and signoir Benedick never the less there could be a ‘crush’ between the two of them which would make the audience laugh as she ’mock’s’ him
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Explore the ways strong feelings about marriage are presented in Much Ado about nothing and Far from the Madding Crowd Marriage is the contract made by a man and woman to live as husband and wife. It is also a legal contract binding two individuals from different families‚ ensuring that their wealth and land is passed on to the descendants with no disputes. However the concept of marriage has not changed through the ages. Regardless of how people enter into a matrimony. Marriage will always be
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