Gil Junger has achieved humour, a modernised version of a Shakespearean script, and a way to relay a commentary on society to a mass audience in an entertaining and engaging manner. He achieved these things by appropriating the basic plotline, characters and themes of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and using these elements in 10 Things I Hate About You. Humour is achieved by using Shakespeare's original approach in Taming of the Shrew – slapstick humour and crude sexual jokes. The modernisation of Taming of the Shrew is achieved in 10 Things I Hate About You by modifying the context of the play, moving it from seventeenth century Italy to late twentieth century American high school. The social commentary is achieved by taking the main themes of Taming of the Shrew and altering them slightly in 10 Things I Hate About You, such as paternal control over dating instead of the original concept of paternal control over marriage.

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Title: Every Transformed Text Is Responding To The Older Known Text In What It Uses And In What It Modifies. What Has Been Achieved In 10 Things I Hate About You By Such A Response?
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