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    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 that it had no references to that aspect

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    1010 Things I Hate About You is a American film that is an Shakespearean adaptation‚ one version of The Taming of the Shrew. The film begins in an American high school and then Kat‚ the main character‚ appears. She is a intelligent and attractive girl; the problem is that she has a sister and their overprotective father will just let the youngest date just when Kat gets a boyfriend. The sister‚ Bianca Stratford‚ is following a popular handsome and rich guy in school‚ Joey Donner. He also gets interested

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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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    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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    Shakespeare’s ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ is about two men‚ Grumio and Hortensio‚ who wish to marry Bianca‚ A gorgeous‚ young woman. However‚ she is not allowed to marry until her hot tempered older sister Katherina has found a husband. A man named Petruchio decides to take upon the challenge of ‘taming’ her to be a loyal and obedient wife. There are two main themes in ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ which are gender roles and also Marriage. The gender roles shown are stereotypically how woman and men should behave

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    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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    Throughout the history of mankind‚ gender roles have existed to cause structure and order in relationships and families. This is a tradition that has been observed in cultures around the world. Today‚ however‚ many people are deciding to ditch gender roles‚ as they are seen as outdated and restricted. In fact‚ this desire to erase gender roles can be traced back to the time of William Shakespeare‚ notably in the novel The Taming of the Shrew. The novel suggests that they are harmful to a relationship

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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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    Suggested Essay Topics 1. How do gender roles affect the attitudes of the characters‚ and how do these roles surface in the play? Most of the men seem to have a particular idea about how a wife should behave‚ but do their preconceptions extend to all women? How do the women react to these expectations? Are the women systematically oppressed‚ or do they subtly balance the men’s power? 2. The play is essentially a comedy‚ and yet more serious questions about social issues often overshadow its comic

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    Is Kate Truly tamed? During Shakespearean times‚ gender roles were quite different from today’s roles. At that time‚ women were not allowed to choose their future husbands‚ they were expected to stay at home at all times; pleasing‚ making dinner for their husbands. If women did not meet these expectations‚ they would be tamed. In the play‚ The taming of the shrew‚ Kate does not meet these expectations and thus had to get tamed by someone‚ in this case it was Petruchio. But‚ does she really get

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