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...
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How is it possible for a play written in the Renaissance period to display social, cultural and economic constructs that are still evident and relevant in the 21st century? Good morning/ afternoon ladies and gentlemen I am Gil Junger and I am present here today to inform you on how I appropriated...
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The Taming of the Shrew Kate's only suitor and future husband, Petruchio is an amazing character that on the surface appears to be rough, noisy, and insensitive - a person who cares nothing for Katherine's feelings so long as she has money. Yet, in the inside Petruchio's intention is not...
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In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, Katherine Minola is known for her shrewish ways, such as her horrible temper. Petruchio, a gentleman from Verona, comes to Padua to marry rich so he can “wive it wealthily” (1. 2. 76). Once Petruchio meets Katherina, he...
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The story of The Taming of the Shrew is one that raises important issues both in the Shakespearean text and in the modern appropriation 10 Things I Hate About You. How does each composer's use of this story reflect the time in which each was composed" The Taming of the Shrew was written in the...
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William Shakespeare was a man ahead of his time, in his words, in his actions and in his notions, including his stance on feminism. His play, The Taming of the Shrew, demonstrates his views on women and the views of the male-dominant Italian society. Even though Katherine and Bianca live in a...
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Unified Genre Essay In any relationship, sacrifices are made to maintain the united couple. In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare writes of the troubled couple Petruchio and Katherine. Harry Mark Petrakis introduces Marko’s tribulations to win the love of Ariadne in the short story...
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William Shakespeare wrote a famous piece called “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...
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Critical Response: The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew, is a controversial play that introduces a battle between a man and woman. The woman, whom is strong-willed, must show submission to her husband. As this play has been read by many people, there has been...
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Spring break 2010 English Nickalson Thomas Ms. Thomas Choice 2 In play by William Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew”, the shrew Katherine had a very bad attitude on life and just about everything else. Bianca wanted to get married. She had all of the men's hearts, Katherine had none. If...
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A close analysis of the characters can reveal the attitudes and values of the two societies in which the texts, Shakespeare's play, The Taming Of The Shrew, and Junger’s film, 10 Things I Hate About You, were composed. An investigation of the Protagonists in each text, Katherina and Petruchio, and...
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Meghan Healey Rebekah Greene ENG 251-0001 6 April 2011 Disguise and Trickery in The Taming of the Shrew Disguise plays a fundamental role in the sixteenth century play William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The characters disguise themselves not only through physical costumes, but also by...
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In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, there is a recurring theme of people hiding their real identity. First, there are cases of deception, such as Tranio pretending to be Lucentio, Lucentio pretending to be a Latin tutor, Hortensio pretending to be a music tutor. More...
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The Taming of the Shrew Bianca and Lucentio and Kate and Petruchio are quite memorable couples in Shakespeare’s classic tale, The Taming of the Shrew. Bianca and Kate, total opposites, are pursued ardently by their suitors for totally opposite reasons. Lucentio falls in love at first sight with...
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The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, and it shares many essential characteristics with his other romantic comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. These characteristics include light-hearted and slapstick humor, disguises and deception...
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Advanced English - Essay By Morgan Clifford "Discuss Katherina's Transformation Through-Out The Play" Love can transform any individual into a new person. In William Shakespeare's play, 'The Taming Of The Shrew', Katherina Minola starts off as a rebellious and unorthodox character (especially when...
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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...
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The play The Taming of the Shrew is essentially a comedy, and yet more serious questions about gender issues overshadow its comic features. Comment. In the Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare creates a troubling comedy that explores Elizabethan issues of gender. Although it is apparent that...
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KPA: Taming of the Shrew In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare includes several appeals of pathos, ethos and logos. In the last passage of the book, Katharina speaks out to all of the characters with a speech. Katharina describes how she has changed into a person who...
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Taming of the Shrew is a romantic comedy written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s. It takes place in the city of Padua, presumably during the Italian Renaissance. The major conflict of the play is ‘taming’ a hot-headed woman named Katherine and to overcome the rule her father holds on his two...
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Compare and Contrast Essay “William Shakespeare vs Franco Zeffirelli: Who Did it Better? ” “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, is a very notorious play that has been rewritten and turned into multiple Hollywood films. One very popular version of the famous play is the movie directed...
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Taming of the Shrew and 10 things I hate about you Taming of the Shrew is a famous play written by William Shakespeare. In the modern day version, 10 things I hate about you, Gil Junger explores the relationship between men and women. Junger has taken Shakespeare’s ideas of favouritism, how looks...
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William Shakespeare, a literary genius, composed a famous piece of literature in the late 16th Century that has defied time and became a universal text, valued for more than four hundred years. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a grand narrative- its themes transcend time, place...
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Cotemporary adaptations of Shakespearean plays either cheaply replace ancient conventions with modern ones or blend both into an almost seamless package. I would not go as far to say that 10 Things I Hate About You is seamless, but in a cliched “teen-movie style” you could not have asked for...
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The Taming of a Shrew is the alternate ending for The Taming of the Shrew. They both have similar concepts, but we find the major difference in Kate’s speech at the end. The ending of both plays bring about a satisfying feeling that a shrew, even so bad as Kate, could be tamed. She realises the...
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“Taming of the (right) Shrew analysis” The play “Taming of the Shrew” by Shakespeare, introduces several themes, among them the theme of disguise. Most of the characters are in disguise, and play a role within a role. When we first encounter with the two sisters in the play, their roles and...
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The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy written in the early 1590’s by William Shakespeare. This play within a play starts when a powerful lord plays a prank on a poor, drunken man named Christopher Sly. The lord convinces the poor man that he is actually a lord himself and that the troop of actors...
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Liechelle Hernandez Mrs. Vasco English 10 H-D 30 November 2012 As an Elizabethan Shrew, What was Katharina to do? The beliefs and morals of a time period can shape that values that people possess. Due to the fact that as a part of society, individuals may have to go against what they may believe...
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Each producer contrives means to present the relationships between the characters precisely, which is the most important point in a piece of literature. William Ball and Franco Zeffirelli each use different methods to show the relationships between the main character, Katherina, and her sister...
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Extension English Assignment – Appropriation texts of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ “Appropriation has merit in exposing the influence of context in maintaining or changing cultural values” With the practice of taking older texts and transforming characters, plots...
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