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

Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You both have money, attention, and deal with women. Money and attention can change someone's life and how they act drastically. In Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio changed his ways because he was getting paid to give Katherine attention which also changed her into a nicer person and made her think she was less of a shrew. Patrick and Katherine in 10 Things I Hate About You also had similar but still different changes in their life because of money and attention.

Katherine changed over time in Taming of the Shrew because of the attention she got. “Please, dear, calm down. The meat was fine if you wanted to eat it.” Katherine said after she became less harsh and more loveable in a way. This also took place in 10 Things I Hate About You with Katherine. In the scene from the movie where Katherine was calling Joey names and “turned him down” in class was how Katherine was sort of a “shrew” in the beginning. She was stuck up and didn’t want anything new, but then

she got the attention she wanted all along. Once she had the attention she became a better person in ways but yet still different than Katherine from Taming of the Shrew.
Petruchio from Taming of the Shrew like Patrick from 10 Things I Hate About You had gotten money for doing something to benefit someone else but also eventually benefitting them, although it was unintentional.

Yet Petruchio’s scenario differed from Patrick’s quiet a bit. Petruchio was doing a lifetime thing by marrying Katherine and in return he would get some of her families money because he would be apart of it. “…Will you say grace, sweet Kate, or shall I?” is what Petruchio said to Katherine after they had gotten married. Patrick on the other hand was just going to go on a couple dates with Katherine in exchange for money, but then he ended up actually “falling in love” with her, so it was a win-win for Patrick and the money had ended up changing and impacting him in a positive way. In the movie Patrick still went back to Katherine even after she pushed him away, so at this point the audience knew that Patrick wasn’t just in it for money and he did love

her.
Money and attention not only impacted Petruchio, Patrick, and the Katherine’s but it also impacted, the people who gave the money and some of the attention. In 10 Things I Hate About You, the two people paying Patrick and also giving Katherine’s sister Bianca all the attention, both changed in the end because of the way Bianca reacted to all the attention and how her sister Katherine was impacted. In the end of the movie Joey, the one who was not only giving a lot of money, but also the attention had been negatively impacted because Bianca did not choose him. Also in Taming of the Shrew Bianca’s two suitors had been impacted differently after she was actually able to choose what she wanted. “ But there’s reason for me to look more closely at this schoolmaster. He acts like a man in love. But if Bianca is so vulgar as to stoop for any man she sees, the hell with her. Whoever wants her can have her. The first time I catch her straying, It’s over. End of Story” is what Hortensio said about Bianca.
Money and attention are powerful things they can change someone's life and how they act drastically. In Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio changed his ways because he was getting paid to give Katherine attention which also changed her into a nicer person and made her think she was less of a shrew. Patrick and Katherine in 10 Things I Hate About You also had similar but still different changes in their life because of money and attention.