Many of the plays written by William Shakespeare have been adapted to films with much success. The comedies "The Taming of the Shrew" and “10 Things I Hate About You’ are good examples of this. Gender stereotypes have been around for hundreds of years. What it means to be masculine and what it means to be feminine has evolved and changed rapidly in the past several decades. In the beginning people believed that all males were the tough and strong and all females were weak, through further research
Essay question - How does the modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ speak to younger audiences? The modern adaptation ’10 Things I hate about you” directed by Gil Junger in 1999 is more effective when speaking to a younger audience than the original version, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century. Younger audiences relate to Shakespeare’s message more effectively due to the adaption of language, setting and characterisation. Language is