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Taming of the shrew appropriation 10 things. How is it possible for a play
written in the Renaissance period to display social, cultural ...
... Firstly, "The Taming of the shrew" suggests money ... The initial attraction between
Katherina and Petruchio is money, and this is similar to the appropriation. ...
... The appropriation of the basic plot, themes and characters of Taming of the Shrew
allowed Gil Junger to achieve humour, modernisation and a social ...
... Firstly, "The Taming of the shrew" suggests money ... The initial attraction between
Katherina and Petruchio is money, and this is similar to the appropriation. ...
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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 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, the importance of money, social order and status, patriarchal values and finally transformation.
To represent and to appeal to today’s society while a large amount of the themes and values stayed the same, some of these ideas I had to alter. I did this through the language and form of the play and also by using film techniques, if I hadn’t of done this the appropriation would have seemed unrealistic and the audience would be unable to relate to the film.
To keep the appropriation true and meaningful the basic plot and characters were kept similar. For the characters I chose to have the parallel personality traits to The Taming of the Shrew characters.
For example Kate and Kat were similar as their both independent and intelligent individuals who go by their own morals and don’t care what anyone else thinks of them. Bianca in both texts is seen as the ‘object of desire’ as of her submissive manner and good looks. I used similarities like these ones all throughout ‘10 things’ with only making minor changes.
The idea of marriage and romance was demonstrated in The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare where that it was the father’s right to marry his daughters...
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