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Analytic Play Review Of The Taming Of The Shrew - Term Papers

Analytic Play Review Of The Taming Of The Shrew

By Nathan Davies
The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of
Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war
of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one
another for dominance in marriage. The play begins with an induction in
which a drunkard, Christopher Sly, is fooled into believing he is a king
and has a play performed for him. The play he watches is what constitutes
the main body of The Taming Of The Shrew. In it, a wealthy land owner,
Baptista Minola, attempts to have his two daughters married. One is very
shrewish, Katherine, while the other is the beautiful and gentle Bianca.
In order to ensure Katherine ...

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to act in the society of the late sixteenth century and
of how one must obey the unwritten rules of a society to be accepted in it.
Although the play ends with her conforming to the society, this is in
action only, not in mind, as she assumes the role of the obedient wife.

Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters
create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device
first introduced in the induction. Initially this is accomplished by
having Christopher Sly believe he is someone he is not and then by having
the main play performed for him. By putting The Taming Of The Shrew in a
'play within a play' structure, Shakespeare immediately lets the audience
know that the play is not real thus making all events in the play false
realities. Almost all characters in the play take on identities other than
their own at some point of time during the play. Sly as a king, Tranio as
Lucentio, Lucentio as Cambio, Hortensio as Litio and the ...

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Added: 11/2/2008 07:06:10 PM
Category: Arts
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 1037
Pages: 4

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