Women’s roles have changed throughout time. In Shakespearean time women were supposed to stay at home, care for the house and their husbands, while today women have free will and can choose who they want to be. This concept is seen in Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You through the character change in Katherine. In Taming of the Shrew, Katherine is defiant and refuses to obey anyone’s orders in the beginning. It is not until she is tortured that she becomes the “perfect” woman. In 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat is disobedient but not as drastic as the play, she simply wants to be her own person. At the end of the movie Kat is slightly tamed because Patrick genuinely likes her, but she does not give up her sense of being herself.
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On the other hand, her sister Bianca is a sweet young girl who is the perfect daughter in the eyes of her father and her suitors, Hortensio and Gremio. Hortensio, and Gremio need to find a way to be able to marry someone to Katherine so that one of them can marry Bianca. Which leads to Hortensio to telling petruchio “Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to thee And wish thee to a shrewd, ill-favored wife? Thou’dst thank me but a little for my counsel; And yet I’ll promise thee she shall be rich.” In this quote, Hortensio tells Petruchio that he knows a shrewish woman who has a fortune. Petruchio is interested and tells Hortensio that that is all he looks for in a woman is riches and that he wants to marry her immediately. In 10 Things I Hate About You, Katherine is also a disobedient girl who wants to be her own person, and Bianca is a young girl who wants to be with the popular girls at …show more content…
Petruchio wants to “tame” Katherine into becoming the “perfect” woman. He states “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness, And thus I’ll curb her mad and headstrong humor.” Petruchio is saying that by depriving her of food and sleep, and saying that it is out of love, he will eventually tame her and make her into the “impeccable” wife she was meant to be. Meanwhile in 10 Things I Hate About You, Patrick is very nice to Kat and tries to get her to fall in love with him because he is being paid by Joey Donner who is trying desperately to date Bianca. In the beginning of the story, Patrick is dating her for the money, but as time goes on, he starts to care for her and he falls in love with her . This can be seen in the scene at the party where Kat gets very intoxicated. Patrick does everything he can to keep her ok after they go outside of the party. He helps her walk, sit up right and even keeps her awake in case she has a concussion. The reason that happens while they are dating or married is different is because of women’s roles in the time period. During shakespearean time, women were expected to cook, clean and please their husbands, while now they have more freedom. More freedom leads to men not being allowed to abuse their wives like Petruchio did in Taming of the
On the other hand, her sister Bianca is a sweet young girl who is the perfect daughter in the eyes of her father and her suitors, Hortensio and Gremio. Hortensio, and Gremio need to find a way to be able to marry someone to Katherine so that one of them can marry Bianca. Which leads to Hortensio to telling petruchio “Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to thee And wish thee to a shrewd, ill-favored wife? Thou’dst thank me but a little for my counsel; And yet I’ll promise thee she shall be rich.” In this quote, Hortensio tells Petruchio that he knows a shrewish woman who has a fortune. Petruchio is interested and tells Hortensio that that is all he looks for in a woman is riches and that he wants to marry her immediately. In 10 Things I Hate About You, Katherine is also a disobedient girl who wants to be her own person, and Bianca is a young girl who wants to be with the popular girls at …show more content…
Petruchio wants to “tame” Katherine into becoming the “perfect” woman. He states “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness, And thus I’ll curb her mad and headstrong humor.” Petruchio is saying that by depriving her of food and sleep, and saying that it is out of love, he will eventually tame her and make her into the “impeccable” wife she was meant to be. Meanwhile in 10 Things I Hate About You, Patrick is very nice to Kat and tries to get her to fall in love with him because he is being paid by Joey Donner who is trying desperately to date Bianca. In the beginning of the story, Patrick is dating her for the money, but as time goes on, he starts to care for her and he falls in love with her . This can be seen in the scene at the party where Kat gets very intoxicated. Patrick does everything he can to keep her ok after they go outside of the party. He helps her walk, sit up right and even keeps her awake in case she has a concussion. The reason that happens while they are dating or married is different is because of women’s roles in the time period. During shakespearean time, women were expected to cook, clean and please their husbands, while now they have more freedom. More freedom leads to men not being allowed to abuse their wives like Petruchio did in Taming of the