The taming of the shrew...

The taming of the shrew (2005) is a story retold based up Shakespeare's 1590 tale. Originally this was based upon a money grabbing man, typical of the time period. The 2005 version see's rolls reversed and presents us with a money grabbing woman who is career driven. The woman figured is named Katherine the same as she was in the original tale. In the up to date version we see Katherine on a hunt to marry due to pressures from society as it would be better for her image much to her dismay. She is seen as a very bad tempered woman who will find it hard to find any sort of love interest. Being as she is so high strung, however a goldigging man is willing to over look such traits for the thought of the money that may come with an MP wife. This shows us roles reversed from the stereotypical expectations. Throughout this film you can see many references to queen Elizabeth herself for example the fact that marriage would improve her image to the general public, something that Elizabeth herself was not best pleased about and actually refused to give in to expectations of society and just stuck to what she believed. Elizabeth herself was also extremely career driven this being the reason she was names 'the virgin queen' because she believed she was married to her country and people and that was her one and only priority.

photo found:http://shakespearethisyear.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/day-182-what-i-learned-so-far-from.html

viewed on: Saturday 2nd November 2013