The Taming of the Shrew (2005)
The modern version of The Taming of the Shrew is based on the life of Katherine Minola who is a high class MP in London Parliament, she has a very abrasive, bold and blunt attitude towards others and what seems to be a lot of pent up anger. Katherine's styling throughout most of the film is shown to be on black colouring and sharp suit and harsh necklines and broad shoulders which reflects her attitude but also her status in society and parliament and proves her high class position.
Then we have Bianca Minola who is Katherine's sister, she gives of the essence of true beauty and is the renaissance ideal of what beauty is, she is a high class actress and has men chasing after her in all directions, especially her manager Harry would run around after her and does everything for her because he holds true feelings towards her but she always knocks him back. Bianca is seen to be quite vain as when were introduced to her apartment there are portraits of herself hung all around the walls and very self orientated and gives the idea that she controls her own imagery as in the papers as well.
This then leads us to be introduced to Harry, Bianca's manager- he is seen to be of lower class by the way he has been dressed in lots of bold patterned shirts and bright colours which helps us to determine his class to be lower than the Minola's this also reflects Elizabethan and the history of England as land workers were seen in coloured and patterned clothes.
As for Katherine and Bianca's mother you can tell immediately she is high class in society as she wears what seem to be expensive jewels with velvet and silk clothing and dresses of high quality material.
Bianca and her mother don't think Katherine will ever get married which is why Bianca told Harry she would only ever marry him when Katherine got married but that plan failed as Harry put a lot of hard work into to matching Katherine up with his friend Petruchio which then lead to them marrying and then instead of Bianca marrying Harry he married the mother instead.
I feel that the character of Katherine and Bianca's mother from The Taming of the Shrew is a true reflection of elizabethan as she is very well spoken and and gives a sense of true upper class in social society and highly respected by others, she is also seen to be a continuous amount of purple and black which is seen be worn by people of high and upper class and by people who have power and control over others. The jewels that she wears throughout the film are looking to be of high quality and tell the story that she has expensive taste of the finer things in life.
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