Taming of the Strew, written by famous poet William Shakespeare in 1590 is a comedy based upon gender roles in society focusing specifically on the traditional roles in which women must act upon in everyday life. Katherine the protagonist of the story is a strong independent women who is easily aggravated from the characters motives towards her. The headstrong Katherine is unwilling to wed but despite Katherine's pursuits Peturchio persuades her by using numerous psychological activities which tames her until she becomes a compliant bride. Whilst the movie Ten Things I hate about you, directed by Gil Junger features the same character personas as Taming of the strew, but the movie is set in an American high school in the 90s. The 1999 film features …show more content…
Baptista states that “Bianca must not be Wed unless Katherine is wed first”. Hortensia and Gremio divide a plan to wed Katherine to Petruchio . On Katherine's wedding day Petruchio refers to Katherine as “my goods, my chattels; she is my house, my household stuff, my field, my barn, my horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing”. To tame Katherine Petruchio abuses her. Junger’s film is baed on Kat Stratford and her sister Bianca who attended Padua High. When new student, Cameron falls deeply in love with Bianca. Cameron and his friend makes a plan to date Bianca until they discover "Bianca is only allowed to date once Kat does" Michael and Cameron hire Patrick Verona to date Kat whilst Cameron attempts to date Bianca. Patrick and Kat fall in love and he begins to understand her shrew qualities due to outside stress. Kat finds out the deal between Patrick and the boys which calls the relationship off. The pair resolve the issue as Patrick buys Kat a ’Fender Strat’ from all the money he has embezzled throughout the deal. The audience is able to easily see the original text as the characters quote the direct text multiple times within the