Initially, my theme was inspired by the shooting at UCSB. I was horrified by the news and wanted to do something, anything to speak out against such a travesty. As I watched the video the shooter had made detailing his plans to murder women because women would not have sex with him, I was reminded of the other instances in which men are socially taught to control and feel entitled to women’s bodies. Scarcely a week earlier, I had been ‘catcalled’ at in the street, and the man shouting at me had then
yourself is totally acceptable. The way I look at it is that the less you know yourself, the more you lean on God to help solve your confusion. If someone were to ask me these
different was a characteristic I disliked about myself. It essentially meant that I could not be a part of the “cool kids”, a group that was mostly homogenous of race and cultural values. I simply felt that I did not belong. When I first came to America, I met many peers and neighbors that demonstrated attributes of kindness and accommodation. My friends accepted who I was without any labels, at least up until the fourth grade when a national tragedy changed my life. I recall seeing two buildings on
people are afraid of falling in love, because it sometimes comes in a way we never expected.”-Terry Mark. In Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You, the audience is introduced to a truculent, often psychotic, and overall shrew-like girl named Katherine. Katherine is seen by many as a shrew and overall bother to her peers in 10 Things I Hate About You, and also her fellow residents of Padua in Taming of The Shrew. While Katherine does put on a hard exterior towards the beginning of the
10 Things I Hate About You takes William Shakespeare’s classic play, The Taming of the Shrew and manages to make it relevant to a modern audience. The story remains the same with the younger sister, Bianca, not allowed to have a relationship until her older sister, Kat, does. They did maintain several original scenes and even used several direct quotes from the original play. The writers have eliminated some of Bianca’s suitors and changed the way Kat is tamed to appeal to a modern audience.
Prompt 1: A film and a book can be very similar when they’re based on the same story but there will always be slight differences due to the author’s perceptions. In the film “10 Things I Hate About You” there is a wealthy, fierce, witty teenager named Kat who steers men away at the blink of an eye; she has a strong aggression that scares people away. As the story proceeds her man-free life ends as she begins to be wooed by a guy named Patrick who is bribed to date her so that Kat’s sister, Bianca
Move Review of 10 Things I Hate About You Katerina Stratford (Julie Stiles) takes no prisoners in her approach to life. She lives a virtually un-materialistic life compared to her little sister Bianca (Larissa Oleynik) who lives life as Daddy's little princess and loves it. Only one thing stands in the way of happiness for Bianca; the one rule that stands in her household, 'No dating until they graduate'. For Bianca this is a penalty worse than death but for the once popular Kat, it's not
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
seen in her relationship with her sister Bianca. In 10 Things I Hate About You, a film adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew, Bianca and Kat also have a bad relationship, however, Kat’s shrewish behavior towards her sister is explained, allowing the audience to understand another side to Kat and enhancing the play version of Katherine. Katherine and Bianca have a hostile relationship in both The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You, however, both stories show that Katherine does not
This quote though very abrupt is also very true. Even though equality is something that is said to have been established, it is still very common to see a woman be harassed or judged by her openness to express her opinion. In the movie 10 things I hate about you, Kat, the main character is seen as a shrew for doing nothing but expressing herself and the way she feels. This movie connects heavily with the feminist theory in three main ways. One it shows that conventional, shallow girls are loved
In the play, Taming of the Shrew, and the movie, 10 Things I hate about you, the characters can be hostile towards each other for what may seem like no reason; I know that there is a deeper meaning to these feelings because no matter what, they still want to be with each other, and this is shown through Lucentio straight out lying to Bianca, but Bianca still wanted to be with him. Through out this essay, I will be tossing around the idea of how and why they act the way they do. The play taming of
What do you think of when I say romantic comedies? Cringy love scenes? Failed relationships? A predictable plot? Well, all these things occur in the Hollywood-adapted versions of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You. Both Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You stars a cranky, pessimistic woman, named Katherine, who is bitter towards relationships. While her younger sister, Bianca, adores attention from men and searches for a man to fill her heart with
In the film Ten Things I Hate About You (1999), there are two sisters, Kat and Bianca, who begin as polar opposites. However, as the film continues, the sisters begin to change, and begin to become more and more alike. At the end of the film, they have much more in common and are very different than they were at the beginning of the film. This is most evident by comparing the first couple scenes that we see each girl and the last couple scenes that we see each girl. Kat and Bianca become more alike
Shrew, is what inspired the modern-day classic movie 10 Things I Hate About You. William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew centers on two sisters. In both renditions, the younger sister, Bianca, cannot enter society or date until her older sister Katherina does. Though both stories share a similar plot, their variations of conflict tin their type of relationship, the inclusion of a dowry, and the concept of consent make 10 Things I Hate About You a more timely and appropriate rendition of this classic
Shakespeare’s classic play, “The taming of the shrew” director Gil Junger attempted a more contemporary feel through his film “Ten things I hate about you.” To make sure this classic would be appealing to most modern audiences, Junger needed to make some extreme changes but with the same sort of storyline. The following essay will explore the contemporary film “Ten things I hate about you” to show how Junger has changed This setting allows modern viewers to connect, as they are familiar with such a setting
Deception is the action of convincing someone to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. Ten Things I hate about You is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare's Taming of the shrew. In life humans use lies and deception to get what they want by using any means necessary. In both Taming of the Shrew and 10 things I Hate about You characters use lies and deception to get what they want from other people. Lucentio and Cameron use lies and fake personas to get
10 Things I Hate About You, a romantic comedy, directed by Gil Junger, is one of several films adapted from William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. While there are similarities between the original play and the 1999 film, there are also many remarkable differences, which is exactly what makes the film so significant. 10 Things I Hate About You borrows multiple aspects directly from the play, such as character names, direct quotes, and multiple homages to William Shakespeare himself, taking a classic
The Feminist Shrew 10 Things I Hate About You is a hilarious movie that has a hidden message of being an individual. Gil Junger’s message is evident throughout, Ebony Coxall investigates “You don’t always have to be who they want you to be.” This is an empowering message conveyed by the protagonist, Kat Stratford Have you ever been pressured into doing things you don’t want to do? Or have been made to conform with social normality? But all you ever wanted to be was yourself and not get judged for
In two well put together playwright and film audiences are shown a story of a couple in two differentiating ways. The play Taming of the Shrew and the movie Ten Things I Hate About You explore many of the same characters displayed through a more modern outlook. One character, which plays a crucial role in both the play and movie, is Petruchio. Although he has a differing name (Patrick) in the film, he greatly resembles Petruchio, but likewise, is different in many aspects. The main difference can
with parties, upbeat music, ect. It is the choice of the viewers to agree or disagree with these media text. The following essay will examine the representation of youths in two contrasting films. The films that will be analysed are 10 things I Hate About You directed by Gil Junger in 1999. This film demonstrates the modern teenage life with girls and boys falling in love and attending their school prom. The second film that will be analysed is Stand By Me directed by Rob Reiner in 1986. This