Imagine this: a man gets payed after forcing a woman to marry him. That scenario is problematic for many reasons, so one would not guess that that story, The Taming of the Shrew, is what inspired the modern-day classic movie 10 Things I Hate About You. William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew centers on two sisters. In both renditions, the younger sister, Bianca, cannot enter society or date until her older sister Katherina does. Though both stories share a similar plot, their variations of conflict tin their type of relationship, the inclusion of a dowry, and the concept of consent make 10 Things I Hate About You a more timely and appropriate rendition of this classic tale.
Relationships are what drive the entire conflict of both of these stories. In The Taming of the Shrew, Bianca cannot enter society until Katherina gets married, similar to how in 10 Things I Hate About You Bianca cannot date until Kat does. However, the type of relational attachment shows a major difference between these two. Katherina must get married at some point- her livelihood depends on it. In her time period, a husband-less life
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That’s what makes The Taming of the Shrew so controversial, as its lack of consent contributes to a large percentage in the pie chart titled “why this play is sexist.” After a long argument about their marriage proposal, Petruchio forces Katherina to appear at peace with the decision. On their marriage day, as Katherina was about to declare “I do not,” Petruchio cut her off with a kiss. She hated him throughout the entire story, but in the end proved to be “tame” just because of her obedience to him. In 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat is wary of Patrick at first but falls for him despite herself. After realizing that their relationship was set up and Patrick apologized, Kat instigated their real relationship, unlike Katherina who just eventually came to terms with what already
However, it is the the effects of each of these situations that allow us to evaluate the two as a whole. Although Kat’s emotions go up and down about Patrick nonstop throughout the movie, in the end she is much happier than she was before she met Patrick. Similarly, Katherine ends up stating how submission has “made her heart great”, implying that she is content with the situation, but she does not appear to be truly happy with Petruchio. She is aware that she has no choice in regards to submission, and that her life will be better if she just accepts it. Thus, Katherine’s happiness is superficial as opposed to Kat’s which is real. Also feminism did not exist until the 19th century, so during the time of Shakespeare Katherine and Bianca did not even think of the idea that they could have a choice when it comes to men. Marriages were arranged, and that concept was accepted for many centuries,In fact, Katherine and Bianca are not even considered to be citizens because they
Once the father had made this choice the daughters were forced to obey. The romance was seen as a pursuit of love to win the girl. In 10 Things I Hate About You, I chose to deal with the issue in The Taming of the Shrew in a similar fashion but with one significant difference. Marriage is the focal point in the play "not to bestow my youngest daughter before I have a husband for the elder".
Examine the different ways in which Shakespeare presents the attitude towards marriage in the play, ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’
Ten Things I Hate About You is a 1999 film based upon the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare in 1593. The storyline of these two texts is about a boy named Cameron (or Lucentio in the play) who falls in love with Bianca, a popular girl at his school. Due to her father’s orders, she isn’t allowed to date anyone until her older sister Kat (known as Katharina in the play) does. The trouble is, Kat is the opposite of Bianca - unpopular and not intending to date anyone any time soon. In an attempt to solve this problem, Cameron persuades Joey (both Hortensio and Gremio in the play), a wealthy boy who also has feelings for Bianca, to pay Patrick (or
“The Taming Of The Shrew” by William Shakespeare is a work of satire created to criticize the misogynistic outlooks of the 16th century. With this play, Shakespeare is trying to say that the idea and role of women in his society is deeply flawed and should be fixed, as well as to make other social commentaries, such as on the treatment of servants. Through exaggeration and parody, Shakespeare makes society look silly.
The characters from both films are different with different names and different personalities, for example Walter Stratford from ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ is an overprotective father who will not allow his daughters, Bianca and Kat to date. “Rule number 1: No dating. Rule number 2: No dating till you graduate.” Is what Mr. Stratford said to Bianca when she asked to date, but then later changed the rule to “You can date when Kat dates”. Believing Kat would never date. But in ‘The Taming Of The Shrew’ Baptista is looking for suitable suitors for his daughters Bianca, and especially Katherina the shrew. Baptista also treats the marriage of his daughters as a business, with making sure Katherina get
10 Things I Hate About You takes William Shakespeare’s classic play, The Taming of the Shrew and manages to make it relevant to a modern audience. The story remains the same with the younger sister, Bianca, not allowed to have a relationship until her older sister, Kat, does. They did maintain several original scenes and even used several direct quotes from the original play. The writers have eliminated some of Bianca’s suitors and changed the way Kat is tamed to appeal to a modern audience.
Did you know Americans lie at least once a day. The play movie 10 Things I Hate About you and Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare both show how greatly examples of deception. This is shown by many of the different characters in each of the stories. And how greatly they impact the way in them and other characters in the story. In both cases, the characters continuously lie to one another to get what they want. Deception is a big factor that the characters heavily remain on in both Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and the movie 10 things I hate about you.
A long time ago, a drunken man fell asleep outside an alehouse. This man, Christopher Sly, was discovered by a mischievous lord who took him into his home. The witty lord then convinced Sly that he was a lord, as well. The lord then put on a play for him. The play, The Taming of the Shrew, was about the two young daughters of Baptista. The youngest daughter, Bianca, wished to wed but her father, Baptista, would not allow this until his eldest daughter, Katherina, was married. Under normal circumstances, it would be easy to find a husband for Katherina with all her beauty, but all her beauty was covered by her shrewd personality. By this time Bianca's suitors were growing very impatient, so they decide to team up and find a husband for Katherina. In jest they mentioned their plan to a friend, Petruchio, who surprisingly agreed to marry Katherina. All her beauty and wealth were enough for him. Katherina reluctantly was wed to Petruchio and she was taken to his home to be tamed. With Katherina out of the way, Bianca was now allowed to marry Lucentio, who offered her father the highest dowry for her. In the final scenes of the play, Katherina proves that she is tamed by winning an obedience contest at a dinner party. Katherina is now even more in accordance with her wifely duties than Bianca. A fare is a type of comedy based on a ridiculous situation. The Taming of the Shrew, an eminent example of a farce, is the first of three farces written by Shakespeare.
He then proceeds to make her think he’s in love with her so she will go out with him. Though the men lie in different ways their outcomes are still the same in the end; Petruchio lies to Kathrine about how things aren’t nice enough for her so she ends up conforming to how women should be, where Patrick convinces Kat that he likes her so other people can go out with her sister Bianca. In both cases Katherine/Kat change from a “shrew” to how a girl should act in their respective times.
A way it is comparable is how in both selections a character is set to tame the older sister. For example, Perchuchio is pursuing Katherine in marriage to tame her, and to make Bianca available (2.1.45-60). In the movie 10 Things I Hate About You, Patrick is paid by someone to take Katherine out on a date so they can be with Bianca. This would be one way that they are the same, considering the plot because there is someone who is ready to tame the shrew. But to show how they are different is according to the plot by how the sisters act towards each other. In the end of the play, the women are put to a test to see who is the most obedient to show that the shrew is tamed (6.2. 80-120). Although, in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You there is no true test to see, just a poem about the ten things she hates about him. This shows that the movie and the play are different in aspect of the plot because there is no real correlation if Kat is tamed in the movie. Even though the endings are not the same the rest of the plot seems to stay consistent in both of the
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
The Taming of the Shrew is mainly about the character Katherine but is also a little bit about her sister Bianca. Katherine is a rude and violent woman while her sister is quaint and polite. In this play Bianca is not allowed to marry until her sister has. So two men who want to marry her come up with a plan to get Katherine married. They found a crazy suitor for her and set them up. While this was happening Bianca got a third suitor. After Katherine was wed Bianca was courted to one of the three gentlemen and was wed behind her fathers back. After Katherine was married her husband tried to tame her and succeeded. Read the book to see what completely happened and to find out who finally tamed the shrew.
"Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them." -Oscar Wilde. This quote embodies the fight over gender roles and the views of women in society. Taming of the Shrew deals with Kate and Bianca, two sisters who are at the time to he married off. However, suitors who seek Bianca as a wife have to wait for her sister to be married first. Kate is seen as a shrew because she is strong willed and unlike most women of the time. In his 1603 play The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare enforces traditional gender roles and demonstrates how little say women had in society. He accomplishes this through the strong personality of Kate, Baptista 's attitude towards his daughters as transactions, and
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a play that is ahead of its time in its views toward gender roles within society. Katherine is a woman who is intelligent, and is not afraid to assert her views on any given situation. She is paired with another obstinate character in Pertuchio. The Marriage formed between the two is a match made in heaven for two reasons. First Because Katherine is strong enough to assert her views, and more importantly, she realizes when she should assert them. The second reason the bond survives is that Petruchio is strong enough to accept the fact that Katherine has a mind and, more importantly he loves her for that reason. Petruchio cleverly weaves the relationship into the framework of society without compromising the integrity of the relationship. Petruchio does this by comparing Katherine’s at attitude to repulsive clothing. Carefully and calculatingly, Petruchio forges a relationship that is envied by all who witness it.