In "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare‚ and "Ten things I hate about you"‚ directed by Gil Junger‚ both contexts reflect the society of when each text was composed. When comparing these two texts and observing the themes‚ it is indisputable that these contexts have shown the similarity and differences of the values during the time‚ thus‚ it shows the evolution of society. Firstly‚ "The Taming of the shrew" suggests money to be a very important necessity of life during the time. It is
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Justin Palmer Mrs. Harris AP Language and Composition 23 February 2013 Taming of the Shrew Essay: In the critical essay “Role-Playing in the Taming of the Shrew”‚ author Richard Henze argues that William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Taming of the Shrew”‚ begins as part of that jest and as a play‚ a pretense‚ within the pretense of Sly ’s role as lord” (Henze). Henze also goes on to state‚ “What Petruchio does during… the taming of Kate is like the Lord with Sly”. As evident in both the induction and
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the three plots of The Taming of the Shrew. The three plots are the fooling of Sly‚ the wooing of Bianca‚ and the wooing of Katharine. Central Idea: Serving to inform the audience that The Taming of The Shrew has three plots whereas most stories only have one. I also want to better inform the audience of the three main plots. Introduction I. From the "SPT-1113 List of Topics" I chose to discuss the three plots of Shakespeare’s play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. A. Did you realize that a story can
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10 things I hate about you and the Shakespeare play Taming of the Shrew have many differences and similarities and some elements that do and don’t translate well in today’s society. So let’s reflect on what happend in both play and movie. So in the The taming of the Shrew Patrick and Kat got together and that also happend in the play‚ but hey who didn’t see that coming right? In the play Petruchio chased after Katherine and he didn’t stop until that woman was his‚ he even acted like her to show
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Taming of the Shrew: Investigation of Katherine Taming of the Shrew is focused on two sisters during their exploration of courting and eventually marriage. These two sisters‚ named Bianca and Katherine‚ have polar opposite personalities. One sister does not even consider the possibility of spending the rest of her life tied to a controlling man‚ while the other sister is the center of attention for all male suitors within a 100-mile radius and enjoys the devotion. Although the play begins with
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Taming of the shrew The Taming of the shrew was just one of William Shakespeare’s 4 great comedies. Taming of the shrew is based on a king named Baptista who had two daughters named Katherina and Bianca. Both daughters had arranged marriages by there father. Since Katherina was older she had to get married first. Her father chose Petruchio for her to marry. Katherina did not want to get married to Pertuchio‚ but Katherina did not have a choice. Katherina was very disobedient at the begging of
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In the book Taming of the Shrew appearance versus reality was one of the main themes‚ especially between Kate the young sharp tongued shrew and Petruchio a clever fortune seeking man who is a minor image of his wife Kate. Whereas Kate is known in the town of Padua as being a mean shrew to everyone‚ her husband Petruchio however acts one way in front of everyone but acts differently to his wife Kate. For instance starving her and denning her any sleep since they got to his house from their wedding
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I hate the boring music you play‚ and the basic plot and theme‚ I hate the plain and idle settings‚ and the characters with low esteem‚ I hate your big dumb actor profiles and the way you speak their mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick‚ it even makes me rhyme. I hate the way you prove me wrong‚ and hate it when I lie‚ I hate it when you make me laugh‚ even more when you make me cry‚ I hate it when you don’t make sense‚ and for the fact I cannot say. That I mostly hate
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“The Taming of the Shrew”‚ a play written by famous author and playwright William Shakespeare‚ can be seen as a prime example of a play that is both challenging and enjoyable. The recurring theme of gender inequality is almost always evident in any dealings with characters from the opposite sex‚ from marriage arrangements to simple conversation‚ this idea can be seen outstanding. Shakespeare treats women in a very decrying fashion to make them look more like a property rather than a person and then
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In the Shakespearean play The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine is perceived to be a “shrew” because of her uncontrolled hostility and impudent behavior. Some believe at the end of the play Petrucchio tamed Katherine. However‚ she was not tamed. Katherine was rude to her father because he tried to control her life. Katherine so badly wanted to be in charge of her own decisions and for that reason she would not become tame for any man‚ even her father. Katherine also shows no sign of trying to make ends
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