“the Taming of the Shrew” vs “10 Things I Hate About You”
William Shakespeare wrote a famous piece called “The Taming of the Shrew” in the late 16th century. In 1999, a modern version of Shakespeare's piece was created into a film called “10 Things I hate About You”. They are obviously both similar due to the fact that “10 Things I Hate About You” was a remake of the original, but they are not completely the same. The modern film version was changed to suit a different audience of the time period and contained more up-to-date features. The play “The Taming of the Shrew”, is basically about a “shrew” named Katherine Minola who is infamous for having a bad temper and being volatile. It is thought that no man would ever want Katherine due to the fact that she would be temperamental and disobedient. However, her younger sister Bianca is a different story. Bianca is considered very marriageable and is sought after by many of the nobles. The problem however is that Bianca and Katherine's father, Baptista Minola, forbids Bianca to marry until Katherine does. The story continues with men competing for Bianca, and a man named Petruchio interested in marrying Katherine for money. In the end, Petruchio ends up “taming the shrew” and a man named Lucentio ends up winning Bianca and they marry as well. The movie “10 Things I Hate About You” is about a new student, named Cameron, at Padua High School who immediately falls in love with the beautiful and popular Bianca Stratford. Bianca has an older sister named Kat who is the less popular of the two sisters and is sort of an outcast. Kat does not seem interested in dating and that is unfortunate for Bianca as she is interested in dating but not allowed to participate in the dating game unless Kat does as well. That was a rule set up by their father Walter. The story continues in a similar pattern as “The Taming of the Shrew” except obviously in a different time and setting, and with a little different plot and twists. The gist of it is that Cameron ends up with