I Got You

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 these…

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, rather, it’s both Petruchio/Patrick…

slowly opens her eyes to come face-to-face with a long, pink tongue. Eleanor almost flings the disgusting thing off her, but someone removes the creature before she has to move. "Eleanor?" Walker asks, sitting on a chair beside her head. "Are you…

Ten Things I Hate About Shrew William Shakespeare is one of the most preeminent playwrights to have ever sauntered this earth. Shakespeare has composed hundreds of sonnets, plays and stories which range from romance to humor. One of his most memorable works is The Taming of the Shrew, which is a humorous play, which also expresses elements of romance. In today’s terms, the play would be considered a romantic comedy. The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted in many different ways. A very famous…

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.…

“Now, go thy ways; thou hast tamed a curst shrew.” There are many differences between the play The Taming Of The Shrew and the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. There are also several similarities between the two. Both stories have the same general plot. In 10 Things I Hate About You, there is no character who acts as Lucentio/ Cameron. Lastly, both of the stories have the same antagonist and the same protagonist. In both of the stories, the father of Katherine and Bianca says that Bianca isn’t…

Good morning today I will be talking about Shakespeare: the great English playwright and how even today people can relate to the characters and themes he explored. The characters explored in Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You, are similar. The main characters have similar or the same names, for example Katerina becomes Katherine, Bianca’s name stays the same, and Petruccio who is Patrick. One similar theme explored in both of the plays is disguise. Although Taming of the Shrew…

The Taming of the Shrew vs 10 Things I Hate about You The movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, and the play, Taming of the Shrew, are based on the same basic plot but the movie is more modernized. There are two sisters, Katarina and Bianca. Katarina is tough, unpleasant, and unlikable. However, everyone loves Bianca. Men constantly try to win Bianca's love, but she is not allowed to have a date until Kat does, but no one wants to have anything to do with her. Finally, someone gets Kat's attention…

Comparison Essay Gil Junger’s Ten Things I Hate About You and Franco Zeferelli’s The Taming of the Shrew are two movies that are both adaptations of William Shakespeare’s original play. They both have many similarities and differences which are all part of the characters, attitudes, setting, and messages. One of the biggest differences between the two movies is the setting. The Taming of the Shrew is based in an Italian city, whereas Ten things I hate about you, in order to be more relatable and…

beautifully grotesque thing. Nature, half obscured by looming manmade structures. I wasn 't sure what was uglier. What an outlandish thought, to find nature so unnerving. I had been so preoccupied by my own devices that I hadn 't noticed a small girl on a crumbling concrete stoop, her eyes intently focused on me . Her attention followed me as my body weaved through people like water over stones, a gift only New Yorkers possessed. I was drawn to her, naturally. The way her hair fell like waves…