... Taming of the Shrew are two extravagant masterpieces that are able to capture and amaze their audiences. The movies have many similarities and differences some of which are minor and some of which are significantly major. The first and most evident difference between the two movies occurs within the plot of the movies. In Taming of ... the Shrew was set in the Italian town of Padua while Ten Things I Hate About You is set in an American suburban community. The names of the characters are also different. Instead of the name Katherina for the shrew it is changed to Kat, instead of Petruchi...

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... to. Gertrude, on the other hand, could be viewed by audiences to be superficial and only to think about herself. The fact that the characters are almost complete opposites and that Gertrude is arguably self cantered could be why Hamlet has to explain, in Act Three Scene Four, why he ... than Claudius. In a way killing Claudius would like killing himself. Claudius has achieved Hamlets Freudian ideal, killed his father and taken his place, The minor differences in both presentations of oedipal, incestuous relationships aside they still have a negative effect on Hamlet and Paul. Paul cannot...

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