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Appropriation of a Key Text from the Past Critical Essay - William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
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Year 11 Preliminary Assessment Task English Extension Vivienne Tran 11EF Appropriation of a Key Text from the Past Critical Essay YEAR 11 PRELIMINARY EXTENSION ENGLISH William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew raises many important issues, reflecting the context of the times it was composed and their values. In its modern 20th century reproduction, 10 Things I Hate About You, many of these issues are appropriated into different and also similar values and themes with the same relevance it has in the society. The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, focusing on courtship and marriage, while also sharing the essential characteristics of a romantic comedy - disguise, deception, slapstick humour and a happy ending. The concerns of married life and in turn the roles of men and women in the society, would have been particularly relevant to English audiences of the Elizabethan times. An important issue regarding Elizabethan marriages of mainly upper class society...
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