predominantly appearing in The Taming of the Shrew. As quoted within texts and contexts of this play‚ the reader becomes aware that The Taming of the Shrew “participates in a tenacious popular tradition of depicting domestic violence as funny” (Dolan 244). In current times‚ the idea of domestic violence is contrary to what would be seen as humor‚ but in the 16th century people were accustomed to this as a value of their everyday life. Through the use of shrew-taming within the play‚ the audience sees
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Taming of the Shrew & Ten Things I Hate About You Several hundred years separate ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and 10 Things I Hate About You‚ are women represented any differently in today’s society? (M) Hello there‚ and welcome to S.A.S. otherwise known as the Shakespeare Appreciation Society. My name’s Mandella and we’re here live at Hathaway’s Theatre. Today we’re going to look at the differences between good ol’ will’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ and its movie adaptation ’10 Things I Hate About You’
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December 1‚ 2012 It’s A Man’s World? When James Brown sings that “this is a man’s world‚ but it wouldn’t be nothing‚ nothing without a woman or a girl” (Brown)‚ this is true for both Lady Macbeth and Bianca. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth and The Taming of the Shrew‚ Lady Macbeth and Bianca are both female characters who struggle for power in a man’s world‚ one rejects femininity and the other exploits it. Lady Macbeth consciously attempts to reject her feminine sensibility and adopt a male mentality
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Shakespeare’s Use of Trickery and Disguise In His Plays Shakespeare uses similar comic elements to effect similar outcomes in his works. Many of his plays utilize trickery and disguise to accomplish similar endings. Trickery plays a major role in The Merchant of Venice and drives most of the action‚ while mistaken identity‚ specifically Portia’s disguise as the "learned attorney’s" representative‚ plays a major role in the resolution of the play. The first instance of trickery in the
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context. The taming of the shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies. Although it may have appealed to the audience in its time‚ an appropriation of the play into a film may have been essential in order to reach a modern‚ 21st Century audience. Since film has the ability to reach a mass audience a more modernized version of Shakespeare’s play was created -“10 things I hate about you”‚ directed by Gil Junger. Although different in its appropriation‚ by comparing‚ -‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘10
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Table of Contents ABSTRACT This research paper is an appreciation of Shakespeare’s portrayal of women in his plays. It examines how Shakespeare’s writings reflect the treatment of women during the 16th century. Does he reveal himself as being sexist and misogynist? In how far are his views about the sexes influenced by the conceptions of gender in the Elizabethan time‚ and does he support‚ question or even reject them? Ch. 1 posits the oppression of women as being a representation of
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generally good‚ particularly bad‚ or emotional. In this paper‚ the answer to the big question will be supported or countered against with the support of British literature. The pieces of British Literature used will include; Beowulf‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ 1984‚ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ The Lord of the Rings‚ and Le Morte d’Arthur‚ and Carpe Diem poetry. These sources are classified as two books‚ one
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series of small events compile gradually to form a major change over time are Katherine from the shakespeare play Taming of The Shrew. And Katherine from the modern interpretation
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Kate are female leads in each of their respective plays‚ and are written to be intelligent‚ witty‚ strong‚ and outspoken women (Greenblatt 316). In “Taming of the Shrew” and “Much Ado About Nothing”‚ Kate and Beatrice are categorized by each of the Shakespearean play’s other characters as a “shrew”‚ “being shrewish”‚ and “acting in the manner of a shrew”‚ noting of both of the female characters implied the negative connotation during the time period for women‚ as an insult‚ and basically stating that
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Benjamin T. Genous DeVry University Film and Literature Week 7 Assignment “10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU” in review and comparison to Shakespeare’s “TAMING OF THE SHREW”. The adaption of the Shakespearian play the Taming of the Shrew‚ Known as” 10 Things I hate about you”‚ was an adequate representation. It lacked a true representation due to the fact that the original play began with the prank played on poor tinker Christopher Sly by The Local Lord. Watch this adaption I noticed
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