The Taming of the Shrew was a Shakespearean play that was written between 1590 and 1592. Set in both Padua‚ and Verona‚ Italy‚ the play details the “love” story of Petruchio and Katherina. Shakespeare had written the play to be a comedic piece. In 1967 Franco Zeffirelli transformed The Taming of the Shrew into a movie. Maintaining the original story line and setting‚ Zeffirelli worked the relationship of actors Richard Burton‚ Petruchio‚ and Elizabeth Taylor‚ Katherina into the comedic movie. In
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Ten Things I Hate About You and its Relevance to a Modern Audience Although the movie Ten Things I Hate About You is based on a Shakespearian play‚ it was released in 1999 so it was essential that the director Gil Junger made it both relevant and appealing to a modern audience. He does this primarily through alterations to the setting and the characters‚ with few changes to the basic plot. The target audience is teenagers‚ and all the major characters are also teenagers and are all in high school
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Three things that are similar Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of the Shrew” demonstrates the themes of transformation‚ social status and culture; furthermore‚ these themes are also evident in the movie “10 things I Hate about You”. This prompts readers to consider if these themes affect their lives today‚ or are just the ramblings of a long dead writer. In “The Taming of the Shrew most of the characters were changed in some sort of of way‚ which makes transformation one of the
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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU! The movie starts out at an American high school with a new student named Cameron sitting in the office of the Principal Ms. Perky. He is then shown around the school by Michael‚ who will become his best friend. During his tour is when Cameron first sees Bianca Stratford and he instantly falls in love‚ there is only one problem: she isn’t allowed to date. And neither is her sister‚ Katarina‚ a senior who loves indie rock and is a feminist. But Kat and Bianca’s father alters
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morning/ afternoon ladies and gentlemen I am Gil Junger and I am present here today to inform you on how I appropriated the Shakespearean play "The Taming of the Shrew" into the modern day teen flick "10 Things I Hate About You" ‚ whilst still being able to keep the key themes and values evident throughout the film. The themes and values present in The Taming of the Shrew for the appropriation to be successful needed to be evident in 10 Things I Hate About You. These included romance and marriage
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10 Things I Hate About You 1. Some elements of the stills that tell us that ’10 Things I Hate About You’ is a teen movie are: Kat and Pat staring at each other angry confrontations between two (moody) teens Ms Perky - disapproving or disappointed adults‚ most likely teachers and parents Cameron and Bianca together young love’ Teenagers are predominant in all stills Grungy rock bands and emphasis on music rebellion and hobbies The prom stereotypical of films involving
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I am a passionate aspiring director and photographer‚ who loves experimenting and creating art that I can enjoy as well as my audience. The video clips showed in my portfolio are bits and pieces of a movie‚ "With Love‚ Alex"‚ directed and produced by me. My artwork is a drama‚ horror‚ and thriller flick that takes place in the life of high school senior‚ who holds a grudge on her best friends and takes actions on them. The theme of the movie was inspired by the 90’s coming-of-age comedy films‚ such
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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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different 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’
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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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