Essays Tagged: "Shrew"

Michelangelo Sistine chapel how is it humanism.

eard curls up, toward the sky,My head leans right over into my back,my chest is like that of an old shrew,The brush endlessly dripping onto my face,Has coated it with a multi-colored paving.Though as ...

(2 pages) 81 0 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Identity Analysis

other than what Mrs. Mitty will allow. Walter daydreams of being in other situations to escape the shrew he somehow winded up with. Dreams such as a pilot in a battle get him into trouble with Mrs. M ...

(1 pages) 58 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Rebel Without A Cause" Movie Review

fe. His father (Jim Backus) is the ultimate henpecked husband, his mother (Ann Doran) a domineering shrew so image-conscious that the family has moved every time Jim has gotten into trouble. We meet h ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

How has the film 10 "Things I Hate About You" drawn on the value system of the earlier text The Taming of the Shrew in order to express its ideas?

The process of transformation of Shakespeare's 15th Century "The Taming of the Shrew" to the 20th Century "Ten Things I Hate About You" has been dramatic but at the same time reta ... the essential ideas of the original text. This means that while the original plot The Taming of The Shrew has been altered in 10 Things, the themes are still the same. Problems of human relationships ... people with the same traits as Shakespeare's characters. So while the setting of The Taming of the Shrew has become the 1990s Padua, the essential themes and character elements of Taming of the Shrew ...

(6 pages) 30 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Midsummers Night Dream Comparrison

e the social order that is much desired. Later in her essay, Bamber admits that Shakespeare takes a shrew, who must be tamed, and turn her into the comic heroine of the play. This last idea is one tha ...

(3 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Socrates

s married a beautifull woman by the name of Xanthippe. In many of Socrates writting she is called a shrew who only made his life harder sometimes. Socrates was a man who had philosophy in his life and ...

(3 pages) 73 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Taming of the Schrew - Study Notes

his speech from prose to poetry. Like the lord, Petruchio also duped Katherina by taming her from a shrew to an obedient wife.3. The page as Sly's wife and Katherina's relationship to Petruchio shows ... Bianca and decide to become her tutor so that he can woo her.8. Kate's first appearance reveals her shrewish nature when she publicly insults both Gremio and Hortensio. When Hortensio criticizes her b ...

(8 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

shakespeare

composer has adapted a Shakespearean play to reflect modern values and attitudes.The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare is undeniably a classic which confronts controversial values and attitudes that ... y, the movie 10 Things I Hate About You has in several aspects drawn upon themes from Taming of The Shrew. However, as this movie is a modern adaptation, it is apparent that some cultural values have ...

(3 pages) 3 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Taming of the Shrew

Sam RigginsPeriod 5Composition 1025-16-14To Shrew or not to ShrewHORTENSIO. Now, go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrow.LUCENTIO. 'Tis a won ... Katherine had been tamed is astonishing to all the audience in the final scene of The Taming of the Shrew. After hurling furniture, throwing fits and attacking her sister, Katherine delivers a speech ... e of her acting ability. This evidence suggests her ability to impersonate the character of a tamed shrew. Her dialogue during these moments of obedience seems to mirror the language Petruchio uses ea ...

(6 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare