Similarities Between Taming Of The Shrew And 10 Things I Hate About You

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.

The first piece point comes when both Lucentio/Cameron try teaching Bianca a foreign language. The example form Taming of the Shrew comes when Lucentio tries to teach Bianca

Latin, while he doesn’t know anything and only teaches and he relies heavily on her about the art of love. A line from the play is “I read that I profess, The Art to Love.” This ties with the idea because he really just wants her all to himself, while trying to get her to fall in love with him because he truly doesn’t know any Latin and only teaches her about love. A piece of evidence from the movie 10 things I hate about you is when Cameron tries to teach Bianca french. A line from the movie is when Michael says “Do you speak French?” Then Cameron responds with “Well no. But I will.” This ties with deception because Cameron truly doesn’t know French and relies on the book to teach Bianca. These both tie together because both Cameron & Lucentio try to Bianca a foreign language that they don’t know so in result they have to rely on books to do their teaching. The next idea comes when Hortensio/Joey deceives Kate.

The second idea comes when Hortensio/Joey deceives Kate by not truly teaching her about music or not telling her stuff she should know.

The example from Taming of the Shrew is when Hortensio deceives Bianca by being her music teacher because he really is just faking his music lessons. The evidence is “The base is right; ’tis the base knave that jars. How fiery and forward our pedant is! Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love. Pedascule, I’ll watch you better yet.” This ties with the idea because he really just wants her to fall in love with him. The example from the movie 10 things I hate about you is when joey deceives Bianca by never telling Bianca about his relationship with Kat. “The evidence is Kat indicates with a nod and a raised eyebrow that they went all the way, Then Bianca said How is it possible that I did not know about this?” This ties with the idea because he wants to have Bianca for himself and expects this without telling her and hoping to keep it a secret then telling her and having her understand. These both tie together because both Hortensio and Joey expect Bianca to fall in love with them without doing everything to the best of their ability. The next idea comes when Petruchio/Patrick lie about a variety of different

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The third point comes when Petruchio/Patrick lie about many different things. The example from the play Taming of the Shrew is when Petruchio lies to Kate about the bed, food, & clothes not being good enough. The evidence from the play is “Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor paid. Go, take it hence. Begone, and say no more.” This ties with the idea because Kate trust Petruchio when really he’s lying to her because the stuff is good. The example from the movie 10 things I hate about you is when patrick decepted many people about the rumors of himself. Kat says “Why would I be afraid of you?” Then Patrick says well, most people are. This ties with the idea because Patrick prefers people to be afraid of him than knowing the real him. These both go together because both Petruchio and Patrick expect people to believe what they say no matter how crazy.
Deception is a big factor that the characters heavily rely on in Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and the movie 10 things I hate about you in hopes to get what they want. The first point is when Cameron and Lucentio try to teach Bianca a foreign language they don’t know and rely heavily on the books they use. The second point is when Hortensio and Joey expect Bianca to love them when she doesn’t know the truth about them. The third point is when Petruchio and Patrick lie to Kate and many other people in hopes to get what they want. The play movie 10 Things I Hate About you and Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare both show how examples of deception. And how much they affect the characters in the story. In both cases, the characters continuously lie to each other to get what they want or in hopes who they want.