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Based around a matching plot line, the themes and issues associated with ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ have also been shown to play part in ‘Ten Things I Hate About You. ... Yet ‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ is a more modern version, with many similarities and contrasts to the play, ‘The Taming of the Shrew. ... ” In Petruchio first appearance, he states: “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; If wealthily, then happily in Padua.” (Act 1, Scene 2) Consequently, Hortensio makes the same mannered comment, in more serious terms: “Tarry, Petruchio, I must go with thee, for in Baptista’s keep my treasure is. ... Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman with to her husband” (Act 5, Scene 2) Although the initial attraction between these two characters was primarily the money, it has grown to be something special and more important than materialistic things as they have matured to love one another, there relationship has become something else.
‘Ten Things I Hate About You’ also shows money to perform a significant and controlling role in life of modern day times, though not quite to the same extent as the play.
Approximate Word count = 863
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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