Taming Of The Shrew
William Shakespeare was one of the greatest poets of all time. What made him that poet? Why hasn’t he been forgotten? One answer was the fact that he wrote about ideas and concerns that remain close at heart with people of all cultures and backgrounds. His plays were not confined to local politics, and the ever changing religious practices of people at the time. Shakespeare sought a stronger base for his writings, a base that would not crumble with the tides of change. His plays displayed the elementary ideas of love, marriage, family, values, class distinctions, and relationships between men and women. While his plays may have been affected by the political and religious arenas ...
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reached the heart, the thought of change was brought forth from these subjects. The change was not only in actions, but feelings as well. For example, Petruchio made it plain that he did not want to wed Katherine for his love of her, but instead he wanted to wed her for her money,
"Signoir Hortensio, twixt such friends as we
Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou know
One rich enough to be Petruchio’s wife,
As wealth is burden of my wooing dance,
Be she as foul as was Florentius’ love,
As old as sibyl, and as curst and shrewd
As Socrates’ Xanthippe, or a worse,
She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
Affections edge in me, were she as rough
As the swelling adriatic seas.
I come to wed it wealthily in Padua;
If wealthily, then happily in Padua."
(Taming of the Schrew Act 1 scene 2 lines 66-77)
In this line Shakespeare pointed out that as long as another person had enough money in their possession, it did not matter how they acted, looked, or how ...
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will be pastime passing excellent,
If it be husbanded with modesty."
(Induction I Lines 68-73)
The Lord’s conviction, plainly and simply, was to change a man into what he was not. What was the result of this? Sly ended up stating,
"Am I a lord? And have I such a lady?
Or do I dream? Or have I dreamed till now?
I do not sleep; I see, I hear, I speak;
I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things:
upon my life, I am a lord indeed
And not a tinker nor Christopher Sly."
(Induction II lines 74-79)
Upon seeing the changes in Sly, one can conclude that he either began to think he was a different person, or just went along with the situation. In either case, this proves the ...
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