Compare And Contrast Taming Of The Shrew And 10 Things I Hate About You

"I see a woman may be a fool, If she had not spirit to resist."

This quote by William Shakespeare reveals both themes of " The Taming Of The Shrew", a play by William Shakespeare and "10 Things I Hate About You" by Gil Junger. "10 Things I Hate About You" along with "The Taming Of The Shrew" tell similar stories about the girls (Kat/Kate) who do not like to be disturbed or connected with marriage or dating. The girls conclude being "tamed" by the men (Petruchio/Patrick) who have been persuaded to capture the girls' hearts in order for their younger sisters to date or marry as well. "10 Things I Hate About You" is a modernized version of "The Taming Of The Shrew". Even though their language are different, their plots are connected and relate

to the same theme.

One of the similar ideas from both the movie and play are the theme of love from the 17th century to the 20th century still use the same way.

Since "10 Things I Hate About You" is a modernized version, the theme stayed on the same storyline aside from the characters and language. Katarina from "The Taming Of The Shrew" and Kate from "10 Things I Hate About You" share the same thoughts about men and love. They are opposed from marriage and dating. They like to stay in their own world without their fathers and sisters. Though opposing, Patrick from "10 Things I Hate About You" and Petruchio from "The Taming Of The Shrew" came into their lives and changed their opinions. In the conclusions, both girls fell for their "tamer" and even told a poem and a speech about them. "Thy husband is thy lord, thy keeper, they head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee." Katarina explained in a speech about how great her husband, Petruchio is and this quote was part of the speech. She said that husbands are everything, and all women should always respect their husbands because they do a lot of hard work out and when they come home, they should be cared for by the wives. On the other hand, " I hate the way you talk to me, And the way you cut your hair, I hate the way you drive my car, I hate it when you stare, I hate your big dumb combat boots, And the way you read my mind, I hate you so much that it makes me sick, It even makes me ryhme, I hate the way you're always right, I hate it when you

lie, I hate it when you make me laugh, Even worse when you make me cry, I hate the way you're not around, And the fact that you didn't call, But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you, Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all." Kat wrote this poem to show Patrick that he lied to her about their relationship, but she is still in love with him, so she wants to hate him, but she can not. Both themes in the story and play are base on the changes of love when the women are persuaded by men in two opposite centuries.

On the contrary, the rights about women could not be relevant between the two time periods. In " The Taming Of The Shrew ", the dad has rights over everything. Katarina is forced to be married to Petruchio because she had no rights, and her dad makes all the decisions for her. No women generally had any rights to choice during the Elizabethan times. While in "10 Things I Hate About You", Kat has desicions on which high school and college she wants to take and where she wants to go even when her dad opposes. " I want you to stop trying to control my life, just because you can't control yours!" She can ignore his opinions and go by herself to do whatever she wants, but Katarina can not do that. Kat does not like her dad to control her life, so she talks back to him. An older period, women has no rights and freedom, but when time changes into the modern periods, the rights of women are in use and are very powerful.

Between the two stories, the plots are the same, but they are placed in two different time periods.

Because "10 Things I hate About You" is a modernized version, the societies are different. First, the language is different. "Thy and Thee" are used in the Elizabethan time while our modern time, we would use I and you. As repeated, freedom and rights for women are forbidden in Katarina's period. " I must, forsooth, be forced to give my hand, opposed against my heart, unto a mad - brain rudesby, full of spleen, who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure." Katarina is fustrated by the whole society about no freedom and rights for women in her society. In all, the backgrounds and societies from both story and play are in contrast, which causes these details to also be contrasted and

different.

"10 Things I Hate About You" and "The Taming Of The Shrew" both tell themes about love and rights, which can be compared between both. They can also be contrasted, as not only the language and rights of women are different, but also the characters, personalities, and societies. In conclusion, William Shakespeare wrote the play "The Taming Of The Shrew", which was the modernized more than 300 years later in "10 Things I Hate About You."