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This paper compares and analyzes Shakespeare's famous comedy about the wooing of a shrewish, eldest daughter, "The Taming of the Shrew", with the film, "Ten Things I Hate About You", about teenage romance and adult wisdom. The paper explains that while their plots are similar, the messages delivered about love, romance and personal development are very different.

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"The initial irony present in Shakespeare can be seen through the use of the framing device scorned by "Ten Things I Hate about You." Although the playgoer Christopher Sly of "The Taming of the Shrew" does not reappear at the end of the comedy, the fact that the viewer is always watching a play of a play makes it clear to the audience that the occasional Punch-and-Judy show type violence is, 'in quotes' or ironic, rather than a simple validation of violence against women. "Am I a lord? And have I such a lady? Or do I dream? or have I dream'd till now?" asks Sly, emphasizing the dreamed nature of "The Taming of the Shrew." (1.2) Up to the end, the play has a fantastical quality, rather than a play of real-life morality and consequence, until Katherine's final monologue."

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