10 Things I Hate About You‚ a film directed by Gil Junger‚ is a great movie that people still watch even though it is almost 15 years old. The film is based on Shakespeare’s romantic comedy‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ but has been made to be understood by people in the 90’s. America has made some huge technological advances since the 17th century. Technology plays a huge part in our life from the internet to even the movies. The film explores the ideas of dating‚ individualism and trust. In contrast
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Patrick. During the poem Kat surrenders to Patrick by crying in front of the class and admitting that “…mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you…”‚ shows‚ through the use of a paradox‚ that Kat wants to hate Patrick but can’t. By using the repetition of a strong word like “hate” throughout the poem to make the once harsh word sound like a polite word used to describe one’s love. The movie also highlights that Patrick can control her. This is shown when Patrick gives Kat a guitar to make up for what
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Change can be confronting and because of this we often try to resist it. However‚ we need change and we must accept it‚ for without change we cannot grow. This confrontation of change‚ resistance and final acceptance of change can be seen in the texts‚ " Drifters"‚ " And a good Friday was held by all" by Bruce Dawe and 10 Things I hate about you" by Gil Junger. All three of these texts examine the process of change and the attitudes towards change. These texts all share simular audiences of ambitious
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• A turning point for Kat • Close up shots on her and Patrick – 2 main characters – Identify their emotions. • Dramatic finish by running out of the room • Emphasises her breakthrough of Patrick “taming” her • Transformation • Links with Katherina’s speech in TS • Speaks
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relate to the film. To keep the appropriation true and meaningful the basic plot and characters were kept similar. For the characters I chose to have the parallel personality traits to The Taming of the Shrew characters. For example Kate and Kat were similar as their both independent and intelligent individuals who go by their own morals and don’t care what anyone else thinks of them. Bianca in both texts is seen as the object of desire’ as of her submissive manner and good looks. I used similarities
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giving the film more of a flow. “Ten Things I Hate About You” is the retold story of Shakespeare’s play “Taming of The Shrew”‚ with Katarina as the well-known and disliked shrew. Ten things I hate about you‚ starring: * Julia Stiles as Katarina "Kat" Stratford‚ the "shrew" in the film. * Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona‚ the “social outcast” in the film‚ * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James the nerdy new kid‚ * Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford‚ Kat’s social butterfly sister. Directed
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characters in the film involve Kat as Kate‚ Patrick as Petruchio‚ Cameron as Lucentio‚ Bianca as Bianca‚ Michael as Tranio‚ and Joey as a suitor for Bianca. The characters share many of the same motives as their counterparts in the play. The reasons for their motives all revolve around Mr. Stratford’s decision of not allowing Bianca to date until her sister‚ Kat‚ does; which is slightly different from the play where Bianca can not marry until her older sister Kate does. Kat however‚ has a bad reputation
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Three things that are similar Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of the Shrew” demonstrates the themes of transformation‚ social status and culture; furthermore‚ these themes are also evident in the movie “10 things I Hate about You”. This prompts readers to consider if these themes affect their lives today‚ or are just the ramblings of a long dead writer. In “The Taming of the Shrew most of the characters were changed in some sort of of way‚ which makes transformation one of the
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film begins in an American high school and then Kat‚ the main character‚ appears. She is a intelligent and attractive girl; the problem is that she has a sister and their overprotective father will just let the youngest date just when Kat gets a boyfriend. The sister‚ Bianca Stratford‚ is following a popular handsome and rich guy in school‚ Joey Donner. He also gets interested in Bianca; to solve the problem‚ Joey pays Patrick Verona to go out with Kat. The proposal is simple‚ however‚ both fall in
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You keep thinking; Maybe MLK or Batman comes to mind but no one for sure really stands out in your mind. After reading All Quiet on The Western Front‚ two people instantly jump to mind. Of the few heroes in All Quiet on the Western Front‚ Paul and Kat are the most notable because of their leadership and responsibility. As Paul progresses through war‚ his skin becomes thick‚ he begins to look more and more like a leader. He treats new comrades with respect and encouragement. After surviving an enemy
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