The film 10 Things I Hate About You is a successful adaption of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. Although the themes‚ plots and characters in each text are very similar the modern adaption of The Shrew is appealing to a modern audience because of the changes the director has made. The film targets a teenage audience therefore the language the characters use is modernised. For example‚ Bianca and Kat speak to each other in a colloquial‚ aggressive style. At the beginning of the film Bianca asks
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and Literature Week 7 Assignment “10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU” in review and comparison to Shakespeare’s “TAMING OF THE SHREW”. The adaption of the Shakespearian play the Taming of the Shrew‚ Known as” 10 Things I hate about you”‚ was an adequate representation. It lacked a true representation due to the fact that the original play began with the prank played on poor tinker Christopher Sly by The Local Lord. Watch this adaption I noticed that it had no references to that aspect of the
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Many movies follow the typical “Hollywood pattern”‚ that is‚ they provide no greater meaning‚ no deeper purpose‚ than solely to entertain. However‚ this is not the case‚ as shown in ’10 Things I Hate About You’‚ directed by Gil Junger. The movie explores important ideas and themes‚ such as‚ the role of women in the 21st century‚ peoples judgments and the power that Shakespearean symbols hold. The movie breaks down the idea of the liberated woman of the 21st century. This is shown throughout the
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I hate the boring music you play‚ and the basic plot and theme‚ I hate the plain and idle settings‚ and the characters with low esteem‚ I hate your big dumb actor profiles and the way you speak their mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick‚ it even makes me rhyme. I hate the way you prove me wrong‚ and hate it when I lie‚ I hate it when you make me laugh‚ even more when you make me cry‚ I hate it when you don’t make sense‚ and for the fact I cannot say. That I mostly hate
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10 Things I Hate About You The film “10 Things I Hate About You” made in 1999 American teen romantic comedy film. It is directed by Gil Junger. The film had an estimated budget of $16 million and is considered a moderate financial and critical success. In its opening weekend‚ the film grossed $8‚330‚681 in the United States The film is a modernization of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” is titled after a poem written by the film’s female lead to describe her bittersweet romance with the
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10 Things I Hate About You (how it explore relationships) ‘10 things I hate about you’ is a movie by Gil Junger. The Stratford sisters- Katarina (A.K.A. Kat) is a feminist and intelligent‚ while Bianca‚ is superficial. Bianca feels the need to date to be part of the socialites; however‚ her father won’t allow her to date. The rule changes to ‘Bianca can date when Kat starts to date.’ This deteriorates Bianca’s situation as Kat is a termagant. In a series of convoluted schemes‚ Patrick Verona is
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Title – 10 Things I Hate About You Date – 27th October 2011 Question: Describe an interesting idea in the text. Throughout the visual text of 10 Things I Hate About You‚ Gil Junger (the director/author) applies emphasis regarding strive for individuality. This is portrayed via the main character’s (Kat) actions‚ particularly her determination to do completely the unordinary‚ yet that goal is not “her”. Kat strongly strives for somewhere that she believes is where she belongs‚ although as a matter
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Taming of the Shrew and 10 things I hate about you Taming of the Shrew is a famous play written by William Shakespeare. In the modern day version‚ 10 things I hate about you‚ Gil Junger explores the relationship between men and women. Junger has taken Shakespeare’s ideas of favouritism‚ how looks can be deceptive and a person’s basis for a relationship and has put them into an up to date teenage friendly format. The relationship between fathers and daughters is often quite difficult. In Taming
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Ten Things I Hate About You and its Relevance to a Modern Audience Although the movie Ten Things I Hate About You is based on a Shakespearian play‚ it was released in 1999 so it was essential that the director Gil Junger made it both relevant and appealing to a modern audience. He does this primarily through alterations to the setting and the characters‚ with few changes to the basic plot. The target audience is teenagers‚ and all the major characters are also teenagers and are all in high school
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Shakespearean plays either cheaply replace ancient conventions with modern ones or blend both into an almost seamless package. I would not go as far to say that 10 Things I Hate About You is seamless‚ but in a clichéd “teen-movie style” you could not have asked for something better. Regardless‚ there are key similarities and differences that are intriguing. 10 Things I Hate About You has some fairly obvious similarities with Taming of the Shrew. Most notably‚ the main characters have similar or identical
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