Intertextuality Between The Taming Of The Shrew and The Perfect Husband
Intertextuality is the complex interrelationship between a text and other texts taken as basic to the creation or interpretation of the text.
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction,[a] in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion.
The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship; however, Petruchio "tames" her with various psychological and physical torments, such as keeping her from eating and drinking, until she becomes a desirable, compliant, and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's younger sister, Bianca, who is seen as the "ideal" woman. The question of whether the play is misogynistic has become the subject of considerable controversy, particularly among modern scholars, audiences, and readers.
The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, ballet, and musical theatre; perhaps the most famous adaptations being Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate; McLintock!, a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara; and the 1967 film of the play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The 1999 high-school comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You, and the 2003 romantic comedy Deliver Us from Eva are also loosely based on the play.
The Perfect Husband
The Perfect Husband is a 2018 Indonesian comedy-drama film directed by Rudi Aryanto and based on the novel of the same name by Indah Riyana. This film stars Dimas Anggara, Amanda Rawles, Maxime Bouttier, Slamet Rahardjo, Tanta Ginting, and Bunga Zainal.
Ayla (Amanda Rawles), a beautiful 3rd year high school girl, is enjoying her teenage years and her love story with Ando (Maxime Bouttier), the vocalist of a rock band. He was very surprised when one day a young pilot named Arsen (Dimas Anggara) appeared, who claimed to be his future husband. Ayla is upset, because she believes that it is Tio (Slamet Rahardjo), her father, who set her up with Arsen, because Ando is considered sloppy, tattooed, and has no future. Arsen is the opposite of Ando. Arsen is a young pilot with a bright future, and the perfect husband-to-be for Ayla. Ayla tries hard to thwart this matchmaking. Beyond Alba's expectation, Arsen was not easy to give up. Arsen remained patient with him, even starting to have a plus in Ayla's eyes. One day, Ando managed to get Ayla to run away and quit her school. Tio opened the secret, why Tio insisted on setting Ayla with Arsen from the start.
Changes in Character
l Taming Of The Shrew
a. Katherina is the image of a stubborn woman, rebellious, unruly, uncontrollable and bad-tempered woman in the 17th century era who deviates from society norms.
b. Lucentio is described as an arrogant noble who is confident and assured that he will obtain Bianca.
c. Petruchio is just about unlikeable character, without being a villain in Shakespeare. He is boastful and selfish, on the face on it, he is an uncaring, cruel, chauvinistic, domineering, greedy man who treats marriage as a power trip.
l The Perfect Husband
a. Ayla is described as a brave, stubborn, and expressive girl who goes defies her father’s order.
b. Ando is described as a rocker boy who is Ayla’s boyfriend. Ando is delinquent, tatooed, arrogant, and underestimates the sacredness of marriage.
c. Arsen is a kind-hearted adult male figure. But Ayla thinks Arsen is an annoying boy who acts on his own and tries to conquer Ayla.
Changes in Plot
l The Taming Of The Shrew
a. Noble plays a trick on a character called Sly, disguises him as a noble.
b. Katherina is ‘tamed’ by Petruchio who achieves this by use of torment/torture in particular the utilization of starvation to influence Katherina into command.
c. When Katherine’s tamed personality is clearly revealed for the first time. On the way to Padua for a visit with Baptista, Katherine docilely agrees with everything her husband says. When Petruchio calls the sun the moon, Katherine agrees with him and calls it the moon.
l The Perfect Husband
a. Arsen disguises himself as Ando- who is Ayla’s boyfriend- so that Ayla is attracted to him.
b. Arsen’s way of conquering Ayla’s heart is by principled like a game of chess. Attack or surrender. Arsen does a various ways to conquer Ayla even though he always gets rejected
c. When Ayla’s father died, at that moment Ayla realized her mistakes. She decided to accept Arsen as her husband, because for her Arsen is the image of a perferct husband.
Impacts Of Different Contexts
l The Taming Of The Shrew
a. Recurring theme of Obedience. Theme fits due to the social normalities of 17th century Europe
b. Katherina is shunned by society for the way she acts and is referred to as an “animal”.
l The Perfect Husband
a. Is the opposite as the film displays a more modern times understanding of the roles of women, who has the rights to express their opinion.
b. Displayed by Ayla being as opinionated as she wants and still socially accepted.
c. The era of women’s emancipation in the 21st century.
