This lesson contains 12 slides, with text slides and 4 videos.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
The Taming of the Shrew
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Slide
What's next?
1. Short introduction 'The Taming of the Shrew'
2. 10 Things I Hate About You
3. What did you think?
Slide 3 - Slide
The Taming of the Shrew
* 'De Getemde Feeks'
* Comedy
* 1594 / 1623
* What is 'a shrew'?
* 'Who's the boss?'
Slide 4 - Slide
Shrew
'An unpleasant, angry woman' (Oxford)
'An unpleasant woman who is easily annoyed and who argues a lot' (Cambridge)
Slide 5 - Slide
Slide 6 - Slide
Slide 7 - Video
Slide 8 - Video
Slide 9 - Video
The Taming of the Shrew
Frame story (story within a story)
3 interwoven storylines
Frame: The tale of Christopher Sly
a play is arranged for him = a play within a play = the story of the taming of the shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
Slide 10 - Slide
Your job
See if you can find out what the similarities/differences are between what you know of 'The Taming of the Shrew' and the storyline that unfolds in '10 Things I Hate About You'.