Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023)
Articles

The Taming of the Shrews

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Fanni Kiss
Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Folia Humanistica et Socialia 1(2) 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69705/FHS.2023.1.2.7

Published 31-12-2023 — Updated on 11-06-2024

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Abstract

The important question of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew ‒ or how and with what means one can tame an unbridled, sharp-tongued woman who contradicts every word one utters ‒ has been keeping thousands of men occupied for centuries now. Hence, the main topic of this study will be based on an in-depth comparison of shrew taming in Shakespeare’s famous play The Taming of the Shrew and its adaptation, Gil Junger’s successful film, 10 Things I Hate About You. In this study, I will scrutinize how the early modern and modern man tried to make a woman obey, besides, how advanced feminist thinkers judged these so-called taming methods used by the male protagonists.

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