Compare how the issue of love is explored in these texts?
William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew' has a different method of conveying the issue of love, then Gil Junger's '10 Things About You'. While both are that of a romantic comedy genre, dealing with relationships, light hearted and most importantly conclude with a happy ending, in '10 Things I Hate About You' the idea of marriage/relationships has been heavily changed to represent the views of the 1990s.
In comparison to The Taming of the Shrew, the setting in which 10 Things I Hate About You was made encourages female freedom and control, an immense societal advancement that the effects of are clearly seen on works made so far apart in time. While the film is set in a period of feminine power I still outcomes to conventional perspectives on dating and the typical "knight in shining armour" that every girl should find. With past sexist perspectives aside, and further utilization of the five elements of fiction composing; plot, characters, setting, theme and style, The Taming of the Shrew has been changed into a teenage classic, as 10 Things I Hate About You.
Dating; an unavoidable component of a teenager’s life, something they regularly feel constrained to do. This is no exception in Gil Junger’s 10 Things I Hate About You. In The Taming of the Shrew, marriage is a union of relationship that the society back then was fixated on. In 10 Things I Hate About You, this has been fitted, and dating has turned into a type of relationship that everybody is obsessed with, especially in high school. Dating is displayed as the result of peer pressure, Bianca always states, "I'm the main young lady in school that doesn't date". She feels pressured by her friends, and the boy (Joey) always asking her out on dates is doing it to “fit in” with the teenage culture. The setting and theme of dating constitute the premise of the plot of 10 Things I Hate About You. The film recounts the story of the Stratford sisters, of which at the start Michael clarifies "the Stratford sisters don't date". Bianca recklessly wants to date, however is only allowed to when Kat does. Kat doesn’t want to date, so Bianca and Cameron try to find somebody to take Kat out to a date, which turns out to be Patrick.
The plot of the film achieves its intricacy when Kat finds out that Patrick is being paid to go out with her. This is solved after they apologize to each other, and the concludes stereotypically happy. The film's plot adopts considerably from that of The Taming of the Shrew, following an alike structure and course of events. The plot is straightforward, however still achieves the desired result… entertainment.
The value of independence is also a theme investigated immensely through the film, venturing through different forms and views of individuality. The character who displays the most independence is Kat. Kat is an independent and seemingly confident teenage girl. She is sceptical about numerous things and does not feel she needs to comply with the stale teenage culture that besieges her, keeping up the "You forget I don’t care what other people think" attitude. She especially detests Bianca’s eagerness to fit in and tells her, "You don't always have to be what other people want you to be". The characterisation that happens inside the movie is straightforwardly connected to the independence that Kat depicts, and how it develops like her relationship with Patrick does. Kat is the protagonist of the film, with almost every other character seeming, to be the antagonist or thwart to her ideal "I don't care about anything" world. From the opening scene of the film which shows a low angle shot of Kat’s thrashed car and the out of place punk music coming from it can be heard it is obvious that Kat doesn’t fit in but doesn’t care nevertheless. This is also proven when Bianca attempts to displease her with “Hello, Katarina. Make anyone cry today?” but is brushed off by Kat’s “Sadly, no. But it's only 4:30.” The tone of the film is for the most part upbeat, however turns to serious, as Kat questions herself and her independence when she gets closer to Patrick. Kat's independence is a portrayal of the freedom accessible to women of those times, abuse from a patriarchal society no longer an issue in contrast to Shakespeare’s era
The key components of relationships are regular topics investigated in Shakespeare's plays and their allotments. Similarly, to how The Taming of the Shrew examines the significance of loyalty, 10 Things I Hate About You inspects trust in relationships. The film indicates confirmation of both trusting relationships, and untrusting relationships. Trust is one of the significant themes inside the film, expressing the benefits of maintaining it inside relationships. Mr. Stratford’s lack of trust and his wild assumptions, thoughts and beliefs that he holds toward his teenage daughters, is wrongful and disappointing since it limits the opportunities Kat and Bianca have for life lessons and chances to have some fun. The lack of trust he possesses for his children can be noted when they wish to go to a party, and before sending them off he states, "No drinking, no drugs, no kissing, no tattoos, no piercings, no ritual animal slaughters of any kind”. Mr Stratford assumes that his daughters will take part in stereotypical teenager activities and has no trust in their judgment. All the lasting relationships within the film are built on trust: Kat and Patrick, Bianca and Cameron, Mr Stratford and Kat & Bianca.
In conclusion, the way of life and setting of 1990's America impacted the appropriation of The Taming of the Shrew, to create 10 Things I Hate About You. The expansion in female privileges and independence influences the depiction of females in the film intensely, bringing about a film that investigates topics such as trust, the value in individuality and dating. The film strays far from the misogynistic basis that The Taming of the Shrew represents and endeavours to engage its audience by depicting basic issues they would understanding through their own point of view.
