10 Things I Hate About You

Gil Junger’s 1999 classic, Ten Things I Hate About You, are based on a shakespearian play, The Taming Of The Shrew. The 1967 film shares a name with the original play, and is based in the Elizabethan Era and the destination the original play takes place, Padua. Similarly, the modern take on the play is a high school cliche, set in Padua High School. Both films are most often viewed as the tale of two lovers, but are argued to be far more misogynistic than liberating. I do not believe either of…

There are many ways in which Gil Junger and Shakespeare explore the theme of relationships in their texts. A range of film techniques in Gil Junger’s ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ and literary techniques in Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ are used to convey ideas that sibling relationships can grow and change over time, romantic relationships require trust and that favouritism in families can have negative effects. In ‘Taming of the Shrew’ characters are employed to show that sibling…

The Taming of the Shrew is a play wrote by William Shakespeare between 1590 and 1592. At the beginning of the play you meet Christopher Sly, whose a drunken man all the time. Sly gets kicked out of the bar and he eventually ends up falling asleep next to the lord’s house. When the lord gets home from hunting, he sees Sly lying on the ground passed out from being drunkhe orders his people to take Sly into the house and clean him up and put him into the house’s nicest bed and be taken care of.…

Love is deception. Love is social status. Love is humiliation. Love is all these things and more in the comedy hits; Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I hate about you. However, one question that often gets thrown around is whether the films are an exercise in misogyny or a love story about a man liberating a woman? After viewing both films, I don’t want to solely focus on a simplistic or one-sided notion. Furthermore, I will point out that it’s not only a man liberating a headstrong woman,…

Taming of the Shrew Versus 10 Things I Hate About You Have you ever considered how many of your favorite modern romances are actually based on plays written over 500 years ago by a famous playwright, William Shakespeare? For example, millions of young adults have watched and loved the movie, “10 Things I Hate About You”, without realizing it was actually based on a famous play by Shakespeare. After viewing the movie, many similarities to Shakespeare’s play, “Taming of the Shrew”, come to mind.…

Taming of the Shrew, a play written by William Shakespeare and 10 Things I Hate About You a movie that is based off of Taming of the Shrew are very similar and different. Both of these have their parts that are like a mirror to one another but then there are other parts that seem to be like a mirror from a circus. Hence the timeline choice for 10 Things I Hate About You is a perfect example for differences in between these two scripts. While both stories were written in their modern times, the…

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…

Deception is everywhere, you can not get away from it know matter the place or time period. “Taming of The Shrew” and the movie “10 Things I Hate About You” are a great example of what people do to get what they want. Guys are usually the ones who do most of the lying and in the play “Taming of The Shrew” Petruchio and Hortensio are the main victims of this, lying to Kate and Bianca trying to gain power and get love. Patrick and Joey lie to Kate and Bianca in “10 Things I Hate About You” for the…

The Shrew, may seem to be rife with outdated, sexist themes, but the 90’s film 10 Things I Hate About You managed to take these themes and put them into a more female positive, entertaining light. The film is a quirky, refreshing, and effective modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s play, which is showcased through the interpretation of Katherine, Petruchio, and the connection between marriage and dating. Whether you call him Patrick or Petruchio, the characters bear many similarities. First,…

How can two stories that take place approximately 400 years apart have such similar roles but have such different character personalities? In the play The Taming of the Shrew and in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You Petruchio and Patrick are tasked with the same objective: to date or marry their partner. By both of them accomplishing their task, it leads one to question the role that the character’s personalities play in the outcome of these stories. The characters play the same roles in…