...In 1593, William Shakespeare wrote “The Taming of the Shrew” and in 1999 “10 Things I Hate About You” made its debut in theaters as a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. Both works are comedies that deal with the theme of gender playing a part in character’s roles in society. The modern adaptation, directed by Gil Junger, sets the plot in a high school and adds more of a teenage romance twist on the story. Although “10 Things I Hate About You” may not follow the exact storyline of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, there are many similarities between the two works including characters, dialogue, and theme (Andrews vi, IMDb). William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon to John and Mary Shakespeare. In 1582,...
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...The Shrew And The Strength Katherine is a very complex character in Taming Of The Shrew and Ten Things I Hate About You. Kat knows exactly where she stands and is confident enough to open her mouth even when it can be little overbearing. Kat has a strong sense of self but can be blinded by love and I use the term “love” loosely in her taming of the shrew self because she isn’t really loved she is “loved’ because is tamed. In the movie though she is much harder to barge from the anchors the hold her to her rough demeanor but she keeps her anchors and incorporates Patrick into her personality instead of throwing it into the trash for a him. She is loved despite the fact she isn’t tamed. Let’s start at the very beginning of when we first meet Kat. A strong and independent women who stays true to herself and won’t let anything stumble in her path of feminism and strength “Why should I live up to other people's expectations instead of my own? -10 things” Kat proclaims. Though we can say she was strong and independent some may see that as snappy, rude and well the “B” word. “People...
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...10 Things I Hate About You and the Pursuit of Happiness 10 Things I Hate About You is a Shakespearian parody that is based on his literary work, Taming the Shrew, but also pays homage to his other works as well. This film is a loose adaptation that uses modern day teenage problems and settings as well as modern day language in place of Shakespeare’s old world customs and a language that has long since been put to rest. While this film has many archetypical characters, concepts, themes and symbols, one thing sticks out the most and that is the concept of the pursuit of happiness. No matter what day in age we are in this is a concept that we as humans are always trying to obtain. The induction of this film surrounds around the character Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a new-comer that is being shown around by school by his new friend Michael, as he burns, pines and perishes over the sweet, sexy and much adored innocence that is Bianca Stratford (Larissa Oleynik). It is here that you learn that she is untouchable as her tyrannical father will not let her date. At this time, you are also introduced to a few key characters such as Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), the egocentric king of the popular crowd and Katarina “Kat” Stratford (Julia Stiles), the polar opposite of her younger sister and plays an ill-tempered harridan with cutting wit that is hell bent to not be tempted by the idiocies of teenage life. It is here that the pursuit of happiness starts. Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)...
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...Running Head: BOOK REVIEW: I HATE YOU 1 Book Review: “I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me” Roberto Becerra BOOK REVIEW: I HATE YOU 2 Book Review: “I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me” Introduction For this assignment, I choose to review the book: I Hate YouDon't Leave Me: Understanding the borderline personality (Kreisman & Straus, 2010). This book helps shed light on Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is exemplified by intense emotional dysregulation. This is a serious mental illness in which affected individuals experience severe mood swings for no apparent reason. They are moved to rage over the slightest insult. Mood swings begin quickly and explosively. The person with BPD can go from experiencing intense pleasure, to explosive rage, in a matter of hours or sometimes even minutes. These negative emotional states tend to be prompted by feelings of hollowness and despair. People with BPD are inclined towards experiencing intense selfhate and depression. Periods of prolonged happiness are alien to the person with BPD. Chronic emptiness and selfloathing prompts the individual with BPD to engage in destructive, impulsive acts, such as substance abuse, risky behavior, selfmutilation, binge eating episodes, gambling, basically anything to escape the pain inside. Not surprisingly, the rates of suicide in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder are quite high (Kreisman & Straus, 2010). ...
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...Michael refers to Kat as “The Screw” and Cameron says “I burn, I pine, I perish”, which is a direct quote from “The Taming of the Shrew” (Shakespeare 41). Michael says, “Sweet love, renew thy force”, which is a direct quote from Shakespeare’s sonnet 56 (Andrews 183). Michael also says “The shit hath hitith the fan…ith”, which is poking fun at the early modern English used in the 17th century. The band Letters to Cleo make a guest appearance during the prom scene and one of the songs they sing is “cruel to be kind”, which is a hamlet reference (Dominic 85). Kat and Bianca’s last name is Stratford and Shakespeare was from Shakespeare-upon-Avon. In the play, Petruchio is from Verona and Patrick’s last name is Verona. The play is set in Padua and all the characters in “10 Things…” attend Padua High School. Kat’s English class is reading Shakespeare’s sonnets and they have to recreate their own sonnet 141. Kat’s best friend, Mandella, is obsessed with Shakespeare and in some weird fantasy thinks that they are romantically involved (IMDb, 10 Things I Hate About...
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...‘Change’ story (Picture of clock) I think change really is impalpable. We all fear it. We regret not hindering change while the chance is there – and once we realise its poison to us, it’s too late to turn back. I think we habitually – yet completely subconsciously are ignorant to it, and one day we actually wake up only to find that things aren’t the same as yesterday, but different in ways we just can’t seem to grasp. Their velvet screams of laughter filled the somewhat tepid autumn afternoon- only just warm enough for a joyous mood stay. The plump apple trees swallowed the back fence and a shiny modernistic swing set hid in-between, happily making the back yard look like what I tried to create - a children’s nirvana. As the friendly, gleaming sun highlighted the sunburnt shoulders and grubby knees, it made one thing in particular very evident; the radiance of their smiles – brighter than the sun could even strive to shine… and right in that moment, the court cases and the distressing legal meetings all gushed away, in an instance so fast it made me blurry – not that the feeling stayed around for too long. The pleasant sound of their infantile pitter-pattering feet on the freshly laid gravel slowly morphed into the dreaded sound of a car pulling up – to my disgust and complete sorrow… their mother – and once my so called ‘life’ partner - was here to retrieve my only vanities much too soon. In that sickling moment that seemed to last forever, goodbyes were never so hard and...
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...I’m finally free from such situation. I found it, thank God. Some people say that I’m one of an influential person because I look reliable and dependable. I must say, that kind of people look at me superficially, because the thing is that I am reliant and dependent. Not in a way that when I do this and that, I need someone to back me up. I am dependent about decisions, I don’t know how to answer yes and no, and what I always know is I don’t know. I’m uncertain of some things that I find myself useless when someone asks me something. When someone needs my help, sometimes I want to yell at him or her because most of the time, I also need a help and I just can’t call for one because they think I already can, that I am great enough. I have a problem in expressing my emotions. I once made a poem about this part of me entitled, The Mask. Obviously, there was an invisible mask on my face stopping me from looking sad, angry, happy, etc. I think the reason is that before, I used to look indifferent just to cover up my vulnerability, but was I wrong. It grew to become a talent. I thought I’d grow up looking strong and invincible because of this talent. It became a pain in the chest – becoming heavy and full of grudges and bitterness because I don’t express it. Some people think that I don’t take what they say to heart, but in reality, I hate them and stab them straight to their hearts mentally. I just want to yell at them to say that I can be hurt, I can be mad. My face just doesn’t show...
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...In the play The Taming of the Shrew and the movie 10 Things I Hate about You there are many similarities and differences. They both have the same plot, characters have the same names and/or characteristics in the play and movie, and they have similar settings and themes. But they are also different in ways. In the play Taming of the Shrew the main characters are a man named Petruchio who wants to marry Katherine, who has a bad temper. Then there is Lucentio, who is in love with Bianca, Katherine’s pure, loving, kind, younger sister, and will do anything to win her over. In 10 Things I Hate about You, we have Patrick, who falls in love with Kat, a bad-tempered girl, and Cameron, who falls in love with Bianca Stratford, a loving girl and who...
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...hero. They like to think of themselves as heroes in their own lives and the success of a hero in a story makes them feel better about their chances of success in their own lives. While a hero may be the object of any story, a hero is only as great as the obstacle he can overcome (Pattison). The obstacle can be almost anything, it could be a tornado ripping through a city or a killer great white shark, but it is the human villain that develops and changes as the story unfolds, that is the most relatable, and therefore the most interesting obstacle to overcome. Maybe this is because, unlike other obstacles, villains share commonalities with the average person, but they are perverted by some sort of extremism (Johnson), thus making them easy to hate but is still somehow relatable. Shakespeare does a remarkable job...
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...Love and Relationships: Then and Now Love at first sight can seem unattainable. Some people claim to have known that they were supposed to be with someone the second they met them, and some say that one cannot experience love at first sight because one does not really know someone until they spend quality time with the person they believe that they are meant to be with. The concept and accepted, societal definition of a real, serious relationship has changed so much throughout history, and Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You are two examples that show this progression. In the 1600’s, relationships and love were very rare, men just wanted to marry the most beautiful woman; whereas in modern times, relationships are portrayed as much more casual. In Shakespeare’s play, Taming of the Shrew, marriage is a very important concept, but it is very different than it is now. It is the fathers job to give away his daughters to the most wiling suitor, or the man who makes the best deal. If a suitor is interested in pursuing and marrying someone, the suitor will approach the daughter’s father and meet with him. They write a contract, willing things to the suitor and the father’s daughter for when the father dies, such as large proportions of land, or his home. If the daughter has multiple suitors, the father will choose who presented him with the best contract, not necessarily who loves his daughter the most or who his daughter wants to be with. Petruchio and Katharina’s...
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...structural movement of comedy flows from an old society to the green world in response to a recognizable central conflict created by the power holding characters of the play. Once in the green world, there is a lack of societal rules and the conflict can resolve leading to the formation of a new society, indicated by some kind of party or festival (Frye 163). Frye further explains that this structural component of comedy is the origin of comedic form. At first William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew seems to have a clear message that the green world theory does not define the structure of the play and that Petruchio tames Katherine. While this could be an interpretation of the play, I find it unlikely that this is the case. The analysis of the film, 10 Things I Hate About You, opens the door visually to see the green world theory in action, which allows the reader to appreciate The Taming of the Shrew as a comedy as well as reinterpret its conclusion. The green world theory is the structural backbone of The Taming of the Shrew, and commands that Katherine and Petruchio change over the course of the play and ultimately both are tamed. The green world theory can be seen in 10 Things by analyzing Frye’s key elements of comedy, such as form, character type, and repetition. The movie opens in an old society where Kat and Bianca’s father, who plays the role of the senex (as Frye suggests, a character in charge of the plays society) and strictly controls the environment in...
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...and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Through his amazing plays and poetry, he has changed the world today. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon”. William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden (Shakespeare). Shakespeare was a huge influence for play writers, directors and poets this day, Shakespeare has touched the hearts of many artists, this has reflected in some artists making movies about shakespeare’s art. This includes many different versions that are made until this day about Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and even The Taming of the Shrew. Some of these plays have been turned into movies, for example 10 Things I Hate About You was adapted from The Taming of the Shrew and Gnomeo and Juliet was created from Romeo and Juliet. His characters and stories reveals truths about the human condition and in ways we have all heard about today. The characters from back then showed lots of themes in the art of plays, the...
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...Introduction Are you from tenesses cause you are the only ten I see. That is something a bad boy would say to a lady or to a women walking down the street. Or on the other hand a bad girl can tell that phase to a boy or a men pasting by them. In this essay the reader is going to be able to known and identify the stereotypes of rebels. The reader is also going to known the stereotypes of rebel teenage girls and teenage boys. The bad boy and the bad girls are seen in movies and in television shows and they are known as the rebels. The rebels in movies and in television shows are shown as impulsive, negative attitudes, girls getting pegerent, boys doing delinquents, teenagers being bullies, and the rebels have their own dressing style. For...
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...Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s Imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. The Penguin Putnam Inc. World Wide Web site address is http://www.penguinputnam.com To Charles Coulter, my father and a very talented gentleman. Thank you for the genes you passed on to me. And the support that never wavered. All my love Also by Catherine Coulter THE COVE THE NIGHTINGALE LEGACY THE WYNDHAM LEGACY LORD OF FALCON RIDGE LORD OF RAVEN’S PEAK LORD OF HAWKFELL ISLAND THE HEIRESS BRIDE THE HELLION BRIDE THE SHERBROOKE BRIDE SEASON IN THE SUN BEYOND EDEN IMPULSE FALSE PRETENSES SECRET SONG EARTH SONG FIRE SONG ROSEHAVEN Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html in hardcover from G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1 NEARB ALTIMORE, MARYLAND MARCH 1822 Slaughter County Course: Saturday Races, last race, one-half mile HE WAS GOINGto lose. He didn’t want to lose, dammit, particularly to Jessie Warfield, that obnoxious brat. He could feel Rialto just behind him, hooves pounding firm and steady on the black dirt, head stretched long, muscles hard and bunched. He looked over his left shoulder. Rialto was coming on faster than a man escaping from a woman’s bedchamber before her husband came through...
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...A Comparison of Ten Things I Hate About You and Taming of the Shrew Summary: Examines the effect of social and cultural constraints on characters in Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and Ten Things I Hate About You, a film based on the bard's play. ________________________________________ The story of The Taming of the Shrew is one that raises important issues both in the Shakespearean text and in the modern appropriation 10 Things I Hate About You. How does each composer's use of this story reflect the time in which each was composed" The Taming of the Shrew was written in the Elizabethan Era in England at a time when men were considered to be superior to women. The patriarchal society of this time is reflected to a large extent in the text and various implications of traditional values can be noted. The modern appropriation, Ten Things I Hate About You, goes along the same story line however it is quite evident that the different context has a significant impact upon the content. The most obvious indicator of the type of society is given through the medium that each text is presented in. The Taming of the Shrew is a play and was staged for audiences during the early 17th century. The fact that Shakespeare chose to write a play rather than, say, a comic strip or screenplay, indicated that it was the most popular form of entertainment at the time. The best way for Shakespeare to have his work known was through the most popular form of entertainment. The language...
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