One of my favorite film adaptations would definitely have to be "Taming of The Shrew" by Shakespeare and "Ten Things I Hate About You". In the "Taming of The Shrew", a father of two daughters desires for them to get married to husbands. Bianca, the youngest daughter wants to marry before her older sister, Katherine. Although, Baptista (the father), won't allow Bianca to be married without Katherine getting married first. The man that wants to marry Bianca finds Katherine a suitor so that he can marry Bianca.
In "Ten Things I Hate About You", there is a similar but modernized plot. It is the same in that there is a father and two sisters. The younger sister Bianca wants to date a young man but her father won't let her before her older sister Katerina starts to date. Once again, Bianca's man finds Katerina another guy who ends up falling in love with Katerina.
The film adaptation changed the setting of the story, making it set around a modern day high school and using modern day language. I believe that they made it this way so that they would get attraction from a large teenage audience who feel as if they could relate to the romance and drama of high school in the film. Although, they did keep pretty much the same plot as "Taming of the Shrew". I believe they did this because the plot is interesting and they knew that with a few tweaks they could attract a target audience of teens and it would end up to be a popular movie. This tells me that reading a text with a context in mind is important because the reader can then expect how to picture the story as they are reading it and are able to relate to it more easily. Without knowing that "Taming of the Shrew" was set in Shakespeare's era, the reader would probably be confused and wonder why the characters are speaking the way they are and wonder why the young girls were getting married at such a young age. Keeping a context in mind helps to make sure that the reader isn't confused and knows exactly what to expect from the story.
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