Visual+Essay

How I am, How I feel
// Name your play and your movie in the sub-title so the clever title doesn't seem random // =The last Song=

//After your title comes your intro description, which should include the following info:// - The Tamming of The Shrew & The Last Song both have a story line that can be intertwined if pulled part. The Tamming of The shrew is a Shakespeare novel published in 1623 and The Last Song is a movie made in 2010. Both these movies relate to "shrew" because Kathrine's always depressed and so is Ronnie. Also Kathrine feels very out of place in the society because she doesn't act like the other girls do. She doesn't want to get married like her sister Bianca does and everything her dad want's her to do that's lady like she doesn't want to. Just like in The Last Song Ronnie feels very uncomfortable living with her dad in the beach town because all of the other girls around there act different than she does. //The Tamming of the Shrew has to do with a girl Kathrine names of the play and your movie selection, plus an introduction to the characters you're talking about and their basic situation.//

//- a thesis statement that compares/contrasts the movie and the play. You it should be clear which focus area you're zooming in on from the intro paragraph--set the reader up to understand the scene(s) you'll be presenting!// For a person to be completely happy they must do what they want, not what others want them to do.

// After you have the intro, it's up to you how you organize your film stills and quotes. I chose to alternate between the play and the movie, starting off with the play. Put the play quotes in BIG FONT to give the reader something to latch on to. And remember to give enough CONTEXT in your captions for each quote and picture, or else the reader will be confused! //

// Here are sample formats you can use. For the play, start with a direct quote in a bigger font: //

**"Quote from Play"**

(Act x, Scene x, line numbers)

// A few sentences go after quote, including sufficient CONTEXT that tells the reader what's going on in "Shrew," and also a bit of ANALYSIS linking to your thesis. //

You then TRANSITION into your comparative scene from a movie. Include a transition sentence and then put in the screen shot:


 * IMAGE GOES HERE**

//After the screen shot, you need to do the same thing that you did for the quote from "Shrew" -- sufficient context that describes what's happening in that scene, and analysis that connects back to your thesis (and states what the comparison and/or contrast is to "Shrew.)//

Then, you need a second (and possibly a third) set of comparisons: play, movie. Play, movie. Don't forget to use a larger font!

// Finally, you need your CONCLUSION. This paragraph should specifically mention BOTH the play and the movie, and touch on the central question of the assignment: // What do these portrayals show us about society's attitudes towards courtship/dating?

The Last Song

1. Which of the seven focus areas for this assignment are you "zooming in" on? Romantic love/love at first sight

2. In at least two sentences, give the CONTEXT of both the play and the movie here--introduce the specific plot points of each that you will be focusing on. Make sure you NAME the movie! Ronnie is a girl with bad acts whose mom sends her to a beach town for the summer with her little brother to live with her dad, this idea she's totally against. While in the beach town she meets Will, who at first wants nothing to do with until they fall madly in love.

3. What statement can you make about "Taming of the Shrew" that relates to your focus area from #1? Katherine expects certain things to come from Petruchio, which he doesn't always show, just like how Ronnie expects Will to do certain things which he doesn't always do.

4. What statement can you make about YOUR movie that relates to this focus area? Ronnie & Will meet several times in the southern beach county over the summer and Will is instantly attracted to Ronnie, which the feeling isn't mutual from Ronnie's end.

5. In a few sentences, describe how these two statements compare/contrast. What do they have in common, and what is obviously different? This is the core of your essay--it shows how audiences have changed (or not). They're both about love and two people falling for each other. Both stories are similar to each other because Petruchio pushed Katrine to like him just like Will pushed Ronnie to like him.