Importance Of Love In The Taming Of The Shrew

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William Shakespeare is an English writer born on April 23rd 1564. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 long narrative poems. Some of Shakespeare’s works include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Venus and Adonis just to name a few. He is often considered one of the greatest writers of all time. Shakespeare’s father was John Shakespeare who belonged to the merchant class. His mother was Mary Arden. Arden came from a yeoman family of a higher social class. At 18 years old, Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway of Stratford. He then had 3 children with her; Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare actually started his career as an actor and part owner of a playing company. From 1585 to 1592, Shakespeare became known as a dramatist. Some of Shakespeare’s …show more content…

This play is a comedy. In this play, Kate is the “shrew” because of her attitude and hate towards love. Her younger sister Bianca is the complete opposite. Kate and Bianca’s father comes up with a rule. The rule is that Bianca can not get married until Kate does. Petruchio ends up getting set up to “tame” Kate in efforts for Bianca to be able to marry. The movie 10 Things I Hate About You puts a completely different twist to the original story. While continuing to follow Shakespeare’s original story, the film takes place in a completely different time and setting. The setting is Padua High School, a spoof of Padua Italy in which the original story takes place. Petruchio is paid to date Kate. Petruchio has a reputation of being a “bad guy” that nobody messes or socializes with. Eventually, Kate ends up falling in love with Petruchio. This shows us that Shakespeare still has a great influence on plays and films today. His plays can still be applied to current day situations and settings. There are not many other writers whose plays can be applied to modern times like Shakespeare’s

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