Taming Of The Shrew And 10 Things I Hate About You Essay

Shakespeare vs. Modern Day “Forward, I pray, since we have come so far, and be it moon, or sun, or what you please. And if you please to call it a rush candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me.” There are several similarity and differences between Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You. The differences between the two movies is that the setting, the character that plays Petruchio, and one resemblance between the two is that Bianca can’t marry/date before Katherine does. In the original Taming of the Shrew the setting takes place in Padua whereas in 10 Things I Hate About You, the setting is in Seattle and takes place in high school. In the modern version Patrick, the character that is portrayed as Petruchio is an outcast and does not have any friends. The movies are similar because …show more content…
“…Since or the great desire I had To see fair Padua, nursery of arts, I am arrived for fruit Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy.” In the movie 10 Things I Hate About You the setting takes place in Seattle, Washington, USA. In both versions Kate and Bianca live under their father’s roof. In the modernized version all of the main characters are in high school unlike in the play. Most of the students that are seen in the movie are drug-addicts or alcoholics. In the Taming of the Shrew Petruchio has two servants who are Grumio and Curtis. In the play Petruchio is in it for the dowry that Kat’s father will be giving him. “And, for that dowry, I’ll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever.” In the movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, Patrick is seen as an outcast and does not have any friends. In the modernized version everyone is afraid of Patrick because there was rumors spread about him that made him look like a terrifying person. Also, in the movie Patrick was bribed to take Kate out with money from