...Love and Relationships: Then and Now Love at first sight can seem unattainable. Some people claim to have known that they were supposed to be with someone the second they met them, and some say that one cannot experience love at first sight because one does not really know someone until they spend quality time with the person they believe that they are meant to be with. The concept and accepted, societal definition of a real, serious relationship has changed so much throughout history, and Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You are two examples that show this progression. In the 1600’s, relationships and love were very rare, men just wanted to marry the most beautiful woman; whereas in modern times, relationships are portrayed as much more casual. In Shakespeare’s play, Taming of the Shrew, marriage is a very important concept, but it is very different than it is now. It is the fathers job to give away his daughters to the most wiling suitor, or the man who makes the best deal. If a suitor is interested in pursuing and marrying someone, the suitor will approach the daughter’s father and meet with him. They write a contract, willing things to the suitor and the father’s daughter for when the father dies, such as large proportions of land, or his home. If the daughter has multiple suitors, the father will choose who presented him with the best contract, not necessarily who loves his daughter the most or who his daughter wants to be with. Petruchio and Katharina’s...
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...is a lack of societal rules and the conflict can resolve leading to the formation of a new society, indicated by some kind of party or festival (Frye 163). Frye further explains that this structural component of comedy is the origin of comedic form. At first William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew seems to have a clear message that the green world theory does not define the structure of the play and that Petruchio tames Katherine. While this could be an interpretation of the play, I find it unlikely that this is the case. The analysis of the film, 10 Things I Hate About You, opens the door visually to see the green world theory in action, which allows the reader to appreciate The Taming of the Shrew as a comedy as well as reinterpret its conclusion. The green world theory is the structural backbone of The Taming of the Shrew, and commands that Katherine and Petruchio change over the course of the play and ultimately both are tamed. The green world theory can be seen in 10 Things by analyzing Frye’s key elements of comedy, such as form, character type, and repetition. The movie opens in an old society where Kat and Bianca’s father, who plays the role of the senex (as Frye suggests, a character in charge of the plays society) and strictly controls the environment in a way that is not fitting for the time period (Frye 171). He does not allow either of his daughters to date, and this becomes a problem for the young men interested in dating Bianca. The plot is propelled...
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...In the play The Taming of the Shrew and the movie 10 Things I Hate about You there are many similarities and differences. They both have the same plot, characters have the same names and/or characteristics in the play and movie, and they have similar settings and themes. But they are also different in ways. In the play Taming of the Shrew the main characters are a man named Petruchio who wants to marry Katherine, who has a bad temper. Then there is Lucentio, who is in love with Bianca, Katherine’s pure, loving, kind, younger sister, and will do anything to win her over. In 10 Things I Hate about You, we have Patrick, who falls in love with Kat, a bad-tempered girl, and Cameron, who falls in love with Bianca Stratford, a loving girl and who...
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...10 Things I Hate About You and the Pursuit of Happiness 10 Things I Hate About You is a Shakespearian parody that is based on his literary work, Taming the Shrew, but also pays homage to his other works as well. This film is a loose adaptation that uses modern day teenage problems and settings as well as modern day language in place of Shakespeare’s old world customs and a language that has long since been put to rest. While this film has many archetypical characters, concepts, themes and symbols, one thing sticks out the most and that is the concept of the pursuit of happiness. No matter what day in age we are in this is a concept that we as humans are always trying to obtain. The induction of this film surrounds around the character Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a new-comer that is being shown around by school by his new friend Michael, as he burns, pines and perishes over the sweet, sexy and much adored innocence that is Bianca Stratford (Larissa Oleynik). It is here that you learn that she is untouchable as her tyrannical father will not let her date. At this time, you are also introduced to a few key characters such as Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), the egocentric king of the popular crowd and Katarina “Kat” Stratford (Julia Stiles), the polar opposite of her younger sister and plays an ill-tempered harridan with cutting wit that is hell bent to not be tempted by the idiocies of teenage life. It is here that the pursuit of happiness starts. Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)...
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...Shakespeare: An Observation of Life What is it about Shakespeare’s characters and stories that make us all able to relate in some way or another 400 years after they are written? Maybe it’s his take on inner conflict, or is it how he never portrays a hero as perfect, or a villain as all evil? There is a certain universal truth about the human condition in every story. Whether it is the tragic outcome of unchecked greed and ambition, an unrelenting desire for revenge, or the pursuit of love, his representation of human nature is just as real and as relevant today, as it has been through the centuries. Most of Shakespeare’s characters are complex personalities led into tragedy by their shortcomings (Johnson). Even Shakespeare’s heroes are never just heroes; Shakespeare tends to build his stories through “false heroes” such as Othello, Anthony and Brutus, and “good villains” or “villains with a conscious” like Macbeth (Johnson). It is this type of inner conflict that makes Shakespeare’s stories so insightful and relatable. People love to identify with the hero. They like to think of themselves as heroes in their own lives and the success of a hero in a story makes them feel better about their chances of success in their own lives. While a hero may be the object of any story, a hero is only as great as the obstacle he can overcome (Pattison). The obstacle can be almost anything, it could be a tornado ripping through a city or a killer great white shark, but it is the human villain...
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...The Shrew And The Strength Katherine is a very complex character in Taming Of The Shrew and Ten Things I Hate About You. Kat knows exactly where she stands and is confident enough to open her mouth even when it can be little overbearing. Kat has a strong sense of self but can be blinded by love and I use the term “love” loosely in her taming of the shrew self because she isn’t really loved she is “loved’ because is tamed. In the movie though she is much harder to barge from the anchors the hold her to her rough demeanor but she keeps her anchors and incorporates Patrick into her personality instead of throwing it into the trash for a him. She is loved despite the fact she isn’t tamed. Let’s start at the very beginning of when we first meet Kat. A strong and independent women who stays true to herself and won’t let anything stumble in her path of feminism and strength “Why should I live up to other people's expectations instead of my own? -10 things” Kat proclaims. Though we can say she was strong and independent some may see that as snappy, rude and well the “B” word. “People...
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...wrote “The Taming of the Shrew” and in 1999 “10 Things I Hate About You” made its debut in theaters as a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. Both works are comedies that deal with the theme of gender playing a part in character’s roles in society. The modern adaptation, directed by Gil Junger, sets the plot in a high school and adds more of a teenage romance twist on the story. Although “10 Things I Hate About You” may not follow the exact storyline of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, there are many similarities between the two works including characters, dialogue, and theme (Andrews vi, IMDb). William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon to John and Mary Shakespeare. In 1582,...
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...Introduction Are you from tenesses cause you are the only ten I see. That is something a bad boy would say to a lady or to a women walking down the street. Or on the other hand a bad girl can tell that phase to a boy or a men pasting by them. In this essay the reader is going to be able to known and identify the stereotypes of rebels. The reader is also going to known the stereotypes of rebel teenage girls and teenage boys. The bad boy and the bad girls are seen in movies and in television shows and they are known as the rebels. The rebels in movies and in television shows are shown as impulsive, negative attitudes, girls getting pegerent, boys doing delinquents, teenagers being bullies, and the rebels have their own dressing style. For...
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...The way you look at me #3 You’re so trustworthy #4 That you honestly crack me up You’re too funny! #5 Your cheeks (Cheekos) lmao #6 I think about you 24/7 and your fine with that!! #7 You’re focused on your dream job #8 The cute things that you do for me #9 How we can be ourselves when we’re together #10 You can cook #11 I’m not afraid to love you forever!! #12 That cute wrinkle above your nose #13 How traditional and family oriented you are #14 You listen to my bad singing and seem To enjoy every minute #15 Your supportive, always know what to say #16 Your kind hearted, sooo sweet #17 Your Booooootaaayyy haha #18 You can dance, like realllly dance #19 You don’t smoke #20 You pay for me at times #21 Your tiny ears are sooooooooo cuuuute!! #22 You legitimately trust me #23 Going on the 6th month and we still kiss like it’s our first one #24 You dedicated differences to me =) #25 You have my heart and willingly gave me yours #26 Our mutual weirdness that is definitely LOVE #27 The way you dress, have all the swags #28 I love you for you, and I’ll show you every chance I get #29 You don’t tell people our business #30 You show affection publicly, I loooove this ughh #31 You’re comfortable with me #32 I miss you immediately when you leave #33 You’re kisses are literally to die for !! Muuuuaah! #34 That you hoped that I would love you someday...
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...I love romantic anime. All of the following are romantic animes. The ones with the most *'s are the best. I put them in order from the least amount of *’s to the most. **Elemental Gelade** This anime has mainly fighting in it (shonen). It is about a guy protecting a girl who is wanted by many people because of an ability she has (you will find out if you watch it). I usually don’t watch shonens because they’re usually not romantic, but this one was. There are 26 episodes. **Ultra Maniac** This is about a girl who uses magic and her good friend. It is about the girl trying to win this competition to be the wife of this magic prince. The girl is really in love with this boy from her school. It is also about her best friend being in love with this other guy. There are 26 episodes. **Maburaho** This anime is a harem which means it is about a guy who lots of girls like. It is funny, but not very romantic. I watched the anime expecting something very romantic to happen to just one girl and only one of the girls, but nothing did. There are 24 episodes. ***Tokyo Mew Mew*** This series is about a girl who has her DNA infused with a cat. This anime is about her love, her friends, and how she has to protect Earth. There are 52 episodes. ***Zero no Tsukaima*** This anime is set in a world where nobles can use magic and commoners can’t. The main girl, Louise, summons a human boy to be her familiar (helper/pet). The story is about events that happen to Louise and the...
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...called Clare and Amy. Clare is in a relationship with Alan, and Amy is Alan’s ex-girlfriend. This text gives us an example of how difficult it is to find the love. The message in this story is that could be difficult and hard to find the one and only, the person you have to live the rest of your life with, and the one you love and who loves you. When you see messages like this, there is a big probability of, that it is a girl that is the writer, because often write girls about love, and boys about war. Clare is a thirty-two years old woman, who is Alan’s girlfriend. On the surface Clare is a happy person, who lives the life with her boyfriend, but internally she is an unhappy person, who is unaware of what she wants out of her life. What is nagging on Clare is that Alan has an ex-girlfriend called Amy. Alan has retained some of Amy’s things in his house, for example her bathrobe. Amy is kind of a role model to Clare, or Clare looks up to Amy. You can see that Clare looks up to Amy in this quote “Clare put on a pink silk wrap Amy had left behind and went down to answer the door” (P.53 l. 1-2). A girl would normally not see any of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend things. It’s normal to just be jealous on the ex-girlfriend, but Clare looks up to Amy, by wearing her things. As I said earlier Clare is an unaware person and you could also see that in that quote. She herself wants to be like Amy. She hasn’t a plan of her life. Clare and Alan are in a relationship. It’s not every relationship...
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...Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich, is comprised of several correlated short stories about characters that live on a Native American reservation. They live on a Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. Love Medicine spans from roughly 1934 to 1984 and illustrates the characters at different times in their lives, mainly the most life changing events. The novel involves three different generations. There are many themes present in this novel that make the story seem more realistic to the reader. The three main themes are that of religion, survival, and Indian heritage. Religion has so many different meanings in this world. It can mean the belief in a godlike controlling power. It can mean the worship of that controlling power. It can also mean a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe. Each person has his or her own belief. Religion plays an important part in this novel. In the chapter titled, “Saint Marie,” readers find out that Marie Kashpaw is a catholic teenage girl trying to join the Sacred Heart Convent. Marie is discriminated by one of the nuns at the convent for being Indian. The nun, named Sister Leopolda, did very bad things to Marie to make her quit the...
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...Daniel khun, I love you. Paul McCain, I love you. frank Dalton, I love you. Mrs. Jodi meeker archer, I love you too. As a matter of fact class, I love everyone in here. Now some of you might be appalled by me saying this. Many of you may be flattered by it; and a number of you might even wonder. Is this guy crazy? Who does he think he is? How could he have the audacity to tell me he loves me? To you I say this, I’m just a normal guy with a big heart; a guy practicing the correct ideology to remedy this evil world. And right now, I’m trying to influence you to abide by the same system. A system that is so natural and so pure, but is often revered as a weakness or an enigma that should be avoided at all cost. As a matter of fact, I believe the only parallel to this idea, is one that can only be taught to a person. That parallel, is to hate another human. This philosophy I’m telling you about, is called loving your fellow man. there are many forms love ladies and gentlemen, some people think love is only an act to be made between two individuals in the bedroom; some think love can only be shown by being showered with all types of lavish gifts or taken on trips around the world gallivanting on the beaches of beautiful islands. However, I’m not talking about those types of love people. Webster’s dictionary says that love is having adoration or a very strong liking towards someone or something, now that’s getting a little closer to the type of love I’m referring to class. Al green...
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...twisting love story between a love triangle is emotionally crazy. 3 peoples love for each other will affect them all. Everyone has a different type of love. The characters in this book all have different types of love and they don’t even know it. Arguing Cyrano's’ love is the spiritual type of love will be difficult but here’s why. In the beginning Cyrano describes his love for Roxane but feels as if he is too ugly for her. Reminding you of his unusually large nose. He tries to look or think of plans to make himself more admirable. “The simplest -- to make myself in all things more admirable”. (47) Throughout this book there he will say how he feels through poetry and with that it shows his love for Roxane...
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...Dear Ms. Kamo McHugh, I have just finished reading the book “Stealing Phoenix” by Joss Stirling. The story is about a girl named Phoenix, also known as Phee, and a boy called Yves who are both Savants – people with extra sensory perceptions and powers. The girl is tied down to the Community – a gang of thieves with paranormal powers. One day in London she has to steal something from Yves Benedict – a handsome and smart lad. That way they meet and find out that they are soulfinders – soulmates in the Savant world. They try to overcome all the obstacles in the way while trying to get Phoenix out of the Community. Along the way Phee and Yves get themselves into a lot of drama, trouble, and love. Phoenix Corrigan is the main heroine and protagonist...
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