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Taming Of The Shrew 'And Ten Things I Hate About You'

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This is one of the most famous quotes from the Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. There is also a film made called: ‘Ten things I hate about you’. The film and novel have some similarity’s but also a lot of differences. For example: the novel is written in the past and the film is made in the present. What has a lot of impact to the story, and the behaviour from the characters. That is why the characters in the novel are different than in the film. First of all, Petruchio is in the novel more focused on the money than his comparative character Patrick Verona is in the film. That makes his character much different, because that is one of the most important characteristic properties he has in the novel. In the novel he only focuses
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Through his incentive, he is very determined to marry Kate even though she comes with money, marriage, and a malicious attitude. In addition, Petruchio does not care if his wife is a shrew or foul, he just asks "...if thou know one rich enough to be Petruchio's wife" (1.2.68). Not to mention, after Hortensio tells him of Kate, Petruchio only says to "...tell [him] her father's name, and tis enough" (1.2.95). Petruchio understands that Kate has a "...scolding tongue" (1.2.101) even though Hortensio warms him. Due to his incentive to cure Kate of her shrew-ish ways and to get Baptista's money.

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