"10 things I hate about you" produced by Gill Junger is a modern telling of Shakespeare's "the taming of the shrew". Although with both texts being produced in separate decades they still manage to show the same themes and issues. The film "10 things I hate about you" explores the ideas of peer pressure, individualism and trust with the use of setting, camera angles and costumes. Ultimately "10 things I hate about you" has exhibited a Variety of themes which could potentially aid teenagers into making
communication, known as hate speech, have become a controversial topic in America. Although hate speech is awful, it should be protected by the first amendment. Hate speech should continue being permitted because omitting such phrases would set a precedent for censorship, and oppress the minority. Such censorship would lead to a totalitarian rule by the majority. While hate speech should be better defined, bigoted acts should not be included in hate speech or harmful subjective phrases. Hate speech has become
In the early 80s another type of music began to surface, a racist type of music called hate music. The skinhead culture in England produced a group of people who felt that other races were ruining their country, and the music style quickly blossomed in the UK and travelled to the US. Ian Stuart is credited with starting it with his band, Screwdriver, “Stuart found
Hate Crimes: crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or religion(Federal officials, 2011). Hate crimes have been around for centuries. A hate crime is considered any malicious crime that is derived from hatred towards a certain group of people. African Americans are still victim to hate crimes, even after the Civil Rights movement. James Byrd Jr. suffered a prime example of a gruesome hate crime in 1998, because of his African American
on a daily bases. Overall it is safe to say that American Sniper is not one of the most historically accurate films that his recently been produced and that in some ways the time period it was produced in did affect how certain scenes were created. The time period this film was produced did impact the way certain topics were shown. This film was produced during the War on Terror. The American view on muslims at the time wasn’t the greatest. Muslims were seen as terrible people who look to
music also changed. The introduction of the electric guitar connected to amps and speakers. Guitar players were able to distort the sound giving it a louder angrier tone. Although technological progress has changed the method in which hip-hop is produced, rock music is still traditionally played with guitarists, drummer and bassists. The actual music being played in hip-hop is simplistic. Traditional hip-hip will not exceed 8 bars of music and is looped over and over again. It is usually a repetition
ramifications arise due to events surrounding love, which suggests that love produces extremities, both good and bad. Different forms of love depicted in Romeo and Juliet exhibit the complex misfortunes and dangers of love, such as love being as powerful as hate, it’s cause of making rash decisions, the power to deteriorate relationships with others, arises powerful forces such as destiny, pain and hatred; and is displayed as a force of nature, so strong that it transcends social conventions. One single emotion
regarded by many as an essential part of a democratic society, there is ongoing debate as to how far this right should extend, and whether it is acceptable to place limitations upon the right on the grounds that the speech could be classified as “hate speech”. Hate speech is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “speech expressing hatred or intolerance of other social groups”. This covers a wide array of language, from racist or homophobic language, through to the publication of unsavoury views
commonly vilified and misinterpreted. A television documentary that aired in 1959 called “The Hate that Hate produced,” exemplifies this media backlash. The documentary was about Black Nationalism which focused mainly on the Nation of Islam. Throughout the documentary NOI leaders like Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X were interviewed to explain their philosophies while addressing criticism and questions produced. Mike Wallace was the narrator of the documentary and denounced everything the NOI and their
Do the right thing. Older brother hates pizzeria Everyone hates each other:police, mexiccans, black, Sam could not keep friendly culture in his company Called black guy Black Put pictures only of white Stars Police do too much power and killed the black guy His own employee started destroying the resaturant Balcony guy whom everyone hated saved little boy and Sam with his kids Pino-older son Vito- smaller son Mookie- black guy Buggin- black guy in glasses Raheem- stereo guy Do the
1984: A Depiction of Today’s Society “The horrible thing about the Two Minutes of Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in.” The novel 1984, by George Orwell holds great significance in societies of today as it acted as a visionary/futuristic novel at the time of its creation. Many of Orwell’s ideas posited through the fictional totalitarian society are relevant today. The novels base of totalitarianism is occurring today with
The Evolution of Culture Through Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You “How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.” And count the ways she did. This altered quote from the famous sonnet written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was used as a tagline for the 1999 teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play Taming of the Shrew. Both productions thrilled audiences with their witty comedy and romantic themes, but told in exceedingly different time
life. To justify his own thoughts, Mr Ewell tells a fictitious tale about Tom Robinson, "I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin' on my Mayella!" Mr Ewell’s description of Tom Robinson perfectly fits a description of himself, perhaps indicating self-hate “Mr Ewell could have beaten up Mayella.” (Miss is something like this too in depth for English? Because I was going to add more but I wasn’t sure) Through his unjust actions, Lee highlights that being ignorant leads to discriminatory biased opinions
Juliet wakes up she sees Romeo's body and stabs herself in desperation. At the end of the story, the two families realize that their feud has caused so many deaths for no reason and thus decide to end their rivalry. The theme of the story is that when hate is directed towards others, it harms the person who is hateful and those who are close to that person.
rules of big brother and later used as grounds to prosecute them on. She never betrays him till she is broken in room 101 but the other person to glance at the two minute hate betrays him from the start. O’Brien is the other person to glance and make Winston think the revolution is coming. His stare at the two minutes hate towards Winston made him think and plan for the revolution. But then he isn’t seen for a long time till he sees Winston in the hall and offers him the new dictionary something
interests. These limits, however, must have a high bar to reach otherwise the government would be taking the “freedom” out of free speech and expression. Unfortunately, hate speech, while highly discouraged, should not be a restriction within the limits of freedom of
Even though Sikh Americans have experienced a heightened amount of animosity, it is quite a warm feeling when communities and groups gather to support victims of hate crimes as stated in this excerpt, "It has happened before in New Jersey. But this time, an act of hateful vandalism has drawn an avalanche of support for a victimized Hindu family, highlighting the growth of networks aiming to assist South Asian-American victims of bias crimes. The family of five arrived home in Wayne last Saturday
human dignity is a very sensitive topic because there doesn’t seem to be a correct answer. Both rights are very important but there is an extremely fine line between them and the issue comes in when that line is crossed and freedom of speech turns to hate speech and someone’s right to human dignity is affected. This has happened over and over throughout history but nothing has been done to prevent it. Freedom of speech allows people to share and voice their opinions and morals as well as their political
acts of sabotage and much more. He wanted the destruction of big brother, he believed in the freedom of speech, and every right you could have. An uncontrollable rage seemed to seep out of the crowd, Goldstein was an object of hate throught Oceania. Any sight of him produced fear and anger onsight, there wasn't a day that passed that there was not a spy working for Goldstein uncovered by the thought police. Goldstein was the commander of the underground network of conspirators that were dedicated
and the developing idea that through intellect and creation of literature, art, and music they could challenge the pervading racism and promote free-thinking politics. The art and music that was produced was an imitation of life which they had endured. During this time, life had created the canvas of hate which African Americans used to create an artistic portrayal of their history. It was during this time that Langston Hughes penned his famous poem “Mother to Son” (Hughes,