Taming Of The Shrew And 10 Things I Hate About You Analysis
The contrasting cast of William Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” & Gil Junger’s “10 things I hate about you”
After watching both the play “Taming of the Shrew” and the movie “10 things I hate about you” I notice several differences, but equally enjoyed them both despite the lack of direct parallelism. If I had to choose between the two I would definitely say I enjoyed “Taming of the Shrew” in its original form, but “10 things I hate about you” had a modern-day twist that made it more relatable to my generation. Director Gil Junger, transformed Shakespearian characters into high school teenagers telling the same classic tale, while adding contemporary elements that revamped the original characters.
In comparison both Kat and Katherine are abusive. In 10 things, Kat is verbally abusive and harsh towards others and uses her voice to get her way, while …show more content…
While Horsentio plays an authentic, nice character who actually wants to get closer to Bianca because he truly likes her. “So, will I, Signior Gremio; but a word, I pray. Though the nature of our quarrel yet never brook’d Parle, know now, upon advice, it toucheth us both- that we may yet again have access to our fair mistress, and be happy rivals in Bianca’s love- to labor and effect one thing specially.” Joey would often times speak highly about himself and brag about modeling career. He had a very huge ego and was not shy about it, constantly tooting his own horn. In respect to how the piece is interpreted as this adds a modern factor to the movie. Horsentio character is unreliable, unlike the character he was developed into, Joey is the typical “high school jerk” that spectators can easily make a modern say connection to. The quote is about Horesntio planning on having a happy rivalry to win Bianca’s love, contrasting Joey who only wants Bianca for “fun” in the form of a
After watching both the play “Taming of the Shrew” and the movie “10 things I hate about you” I notice several differences, but equally enjoyed them both despite the lack of direct parallelism. If I had to choose between the two I would definitely say I enjoyed “Taming of the Shrew” in its original form, but “10 things I hate about you” had a modern-day twist that made it more relatable to my generation. Director Gil Junger, transformed Shakespearian characters into high school teenagers telling the same classic tale, while adding contemporary elements that revamped the original characters.
In comparison both Kat and Katherine are abusive. In 10 things, Kat is verbally abusive and harsh towards others and uses her voice to get her way, while …show more content…
While Horsentio plays an authentic, nice character who actually wants to get closer to Bianca because he truly likes her. “So, will I, Signior Gremio; but a word, I pray. Though the nature of our quarrel yet never brook’d Parle, know now, upon advice, it toucheth us both- that we may yet again have access to our fair mistress, and be happy rivals in Bianca’s love- to labor and effect one thing specially.” Joey would often times speak highly about himself and brag about modeling career. He had a very huge ego and was not shy about it, constantly tooting his own horn. In respect to how the piece is interpreted as this adds a modern factor to the movie. Horsentio character is unreliable, unlike the character he was developed into, Joey is the typical “high school jerk” that spectators can easily make a modern say connection to. The quote is about Horesntio planning on having a happy rivalry to win Bianca’s love, contrasting Joey who only wants Bianca for “fun” in the form of a