According to Shakespeare keeping the balance between these extreme forms of relationship is the best way to complete life and love. Two of the most famous plays written by Shakespeare in 1950's - "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing" illustrate this theme. ... Katherine does not seem as a woman who would write love sonnets to Petruccio, when Beatrice does write them to Benedick (Ado 5.IV.88-90). ... Beatrice seems to switch her mood rapidly from writing love sonnets to insulting Benedick right after it. ... If Shakespeare would have written "The Taming of the Shrew" l...

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Shakespeare does not give Katherine a chance to express her innermost thoughts and feelings. ... To this end, Shakespeare once again reinforces a strictly patriarchal hegemony. The film 10 Things I Hate About You is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. ... In addition, she is given a friend, Mandella, who ironically enough is obsessed with Shakespeare. At the end of the film, Kat does make a speech in the form of a sonnet read aloud in front of classmates, in which she surrenders herself to Patrick, much as Katherine surrenders herself to Petruchio. ...

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It is always important when reading Shakespeare to remember that Shakespeare was writing for an Elizabethan audience so therefore we will interpret and respond differently to the situations presented to us. ... It is unlikely that Shakespeare intended for us to dislike Claudio which is probably why his inexperience and vulnerability are emphasized right from the start. ... I personally do not think that Shakespeare was trying to portray Claudio as against women. ... Shakespeare has been criticized for making Claudio's rejection of Hero too cruel along with Beatrice'sKill Claud...

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Much ado about nothing is, in my opinion, William Shakespeare's best comedy. ... At the end of the play neither on of them does not consent to be married directly, but they have to be entrapped with the love sonnets that Hero and Claudio stole each of them. ... The fact that Benedick would challenge his best and long time friend for love is another theme that Shakespeare brings to this play. ...

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Claire McMurdock 10.A Year 10 'Shakespeare' Assignment 'Romeo and Juliet' Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare creates dramatic tension based around the transformation of Juliet's character. 'Romeo and Juliet' is one of Shakespeare's famous love tragedies written during the Elizabethan times. Throughout the play Shakespeare creates dramatic tension by portraying a transformation in Juliet's character. Shakespeare uses the Elizabethan times and society to help him do this. ... Juliet and Romeo play with religious imagery throughout their so...

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