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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By Shasa Smith “10 Things I Hate About You” Analytical Essay The Film “10 Things I Hate About You” is based on a Shakespearian play. The film is about a teenage girl whose father will not allow her to date. Finally the girl’s father comes up with an idea – she can date when her older sister (Kat) does. Her Father knows that Kat is not going to date anytime soon saying “When pigs begin to fly”. The film explores many themes and issues relevant to teenagers today. Such themes include; Social
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The movie Ten Things I Hate About You is a modern(ish) day interpretation of the Shakespeare classic Taming of The Shrew. The movie followed pretty close to the plot of the play‚ but with some obvious differences. In a handful of paragraphs‚ I plan to compare the two‚ along with answering the various questions you have provided us. There are many similarities between the movie and the play. Bianca and Kat in both the play and movie have the same names. The rest of the main characters are mostly
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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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In the 1999 film “10 Things I Hate About You‚” the relationship between Kat Stratford and Patrick Verona is an example of how a healthy relationship can raise one’s self esteem‚ while the relationship between Bianca Stratford and Chastity Church shows how a low self-esteem can lead to an unhealthy relationship. At the beginning of the film‚ Kat and Patrick have an unhealthy relationship. They are lying to each other and not communicating properly. Patrick is keeps secrets about why he is making
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This book is from the author named Randa Abdel- Fattah who finally published her second book named “10 Things I Hate About Me”. 10 Things I Hate About Me covers many issues during youth while telling a completely unique story about a girl named Jamilah Towfeek. She lives in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. Jamilah’s is a Lebanese-Muslim‚ but she hides her true identity just to feel “fit in” with her peers at school. She decided to change herself 360 degree and turns to girl named Jamie. Jamie has her dyed
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good and others not so good. Most people find that honesty leads to happier and a more trustworthy relationships. Over the years there have been countless films that show honesty leads to good great relationships. One such film is the movie 10 things I hate about you. This film directed by Bill Junger conveys the message that honesty is a very important factor in having a good relationship through the characters Cameron James‚ Patrick Verona and Joey Donner. First of all‚ a character that helps to
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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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I have heard this comparison many times‚ and‚ because I had such a wonderful English teacher in high school‚ years ago‚ after reading Shakespeare’s Taming Of The Shrew‚ we watched 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). Firstly‚ the character lists deserve mention: in Shakespeare’s Taming Of The Shrew‚ "the shrew" refers to Katherine‚ and‚ in the film‚ "the shrew" corresponds to Katarina (or ’Kat’); in the play‚ the "tamer of the shrew" refers to Petruccio‚ while the "tamer" in the film corresponds to
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Justin Palmer Mrs. Harris AP Language and Composition 23 February 2013 Taming of the Shrew Essay: In the critical essay “Role-Playing in the Taming of the Shrew”‚ author Richard Henze argues that William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Taming of the Shrew”‚ begins as part of that jest and as a play‚ a pretense‚ within the pretense of Sly ’s role as lord” (Henze). Henze also goes on to state‚ “What Petruchio does during… the taming of Kate is like the Lord with Sly”. As evident in both the induction and
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