Intertextuality

The intertextuality that I have discovered is between the movie "Ten Things I Hate About You" and "The Taming of the Shrew".  They both follow the plot line of a girl who wishes to date (in ten things) or marry (taming of the shrew) another man but cannot until her older sister goes on a date/gets married.  Therefore, in both stories, the younger sister tries to get the older sister with a man by bribing another man to go out with her.  However, "Ten Things" is more of a modernized version of "The Taming of the Shrew".  "Taming of the Shrew" is by Shakespeare.

The names of the sisters are even the same.  The older sister in both of the stories has the name of Katherine/Katarina.  She is more of a strong-willed person than her sister.  The younger sister has the name of Bianca.  Bianca is more concerned with her looks and her personality.  The suitors name in "Taming of the Shrew" is  Petruchio of Verona which becomes Patrick Verona in "Ten Things".  At one point during "Ten Things", Kat is referred to as "the shrew" by another character.  In "Ten Things", Patrick, the "suitor", is paid to try to go out with Bianca's older sister so her parents will allow her to go out with the man of her choice.  Kat is a feminist and is very strong-willed.  However, throughout this bribe, the boy, Patrick actually falls in love with Kat and Kat falls in love with him.  In this story, there is a happy ending.  In "The Taming of the Shrew", Petruchio is searching for a wife and his friend, who happens to be the one trying to wed Bianca tells him of Katherine.  Katherine is pretty stubborn so henceforth there is the taming of the shrew (Katherine).  He eventually gets her under control and marries her.  In "Ten Things", Patrick gets Kat under control by the end as she falls in love with him.