Date of Award
Spring 2019
Degree Type
Honors Project
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Claire Busse
Second Advisor
Dr. Vincent Kling
Abstract
Misinterpretations of The Taming of the Shrew: Adaptations and Their Emphasis on Gender focuses on modern adaptations of The Taming of the Shrew. Modern adaptations have a preoccupation with gender that was not necessarily present in the original play, and that is because they fail to include the induction scene. The works discussed are the book Vinegar Girl, the films Isi Life Mein, Deliver Us From Eva, 10 Things I Hate About You, and the television show BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told. In these adaptations, several gender focused themes are apparent. With the framing story, though, the play has many different interpretations, and the adaptations ignore this to focus on gender.
Recommended Citation
Reisenwitz, Brianna, "Misinterpretations of The Taming of the Shrew: Adaptations and Their Emphasis on Gender" (2019). HON499 projects. 24.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/honors_projects/24
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