taming of the shrew and modern day appropriation
To say that Katherine Minola, from Shakespeare’s play ‘The Taming of The Shrew’ and Katarina Stratford, from Gill Junger’s modern day interpretation, ‘Ten Things I hate About You’ are the one and the same would be false and incorrect. ... The themes and issues associated with ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ have also been shown to play part in the visual text ‘Ten Things I Hate About You. ... ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ suggests money to be a very important necessity of life of those times. ... ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ also shows money to perform a significant and controlling role in life of modern day times, though not quite to the same extent as the play. ... Katherine is only one of the many characters in ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ who attempt to circumvent or deny their socially defined roles. ... She complies with Petruchio’s humiliating regeim of ‘taming’ because she knows on some level that whether she likes the role of wife or not, she will be happier accepting her social obligations than living at odds with everyone connected with her as she has been doing. ... ” Hortensio even contrives Petruchio’s house to be a place where other men may master how to domesticate women, calling it a “taming-school. ... ‘ The Taming of the Shrew’ written in the 1500’s and the modern day interpretation, ‘Ten Things I hate About You’ produced in the late 20th Century, share common issues and prevailing themes. ... They alter dramatically from the bitter and contemptible shrew to the obedient and happy girlfriend/wife, when they make the discovery that their partners truly do love them. ... The shrew it seems is not at all beneath the surface.