"The Taming of the Shrew" is a play written by William Shakespeare of a "curst shrew" who goes through a vigorous transformation to become a "household Kate". "Ten Things I Hate About You" is a feature film directed by Gil Junger, a modern adaptation of the play. Both versions present various ideas and values, through language and form in the play and cinematic features in the feature film. Although the values and ideas in both versions are largely synonymous, the presentation of these values and ideas have been altered to replicate the society of the time. The main values portrayed in both these versions include ideas on romance and marriage, money and acquisition, social order and hierarchy, disguise and deception and finally transformation.

The theme of romance and marriage has been presented in a contradictory light in both versions. In "The Taming of the Shrew" matrimony is the...