Critical Response: The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ is a controversial play that introduces a battle between a man and woman. The woman‚ whom is strong-willed‚ must show submission to her husband. As this play has been read by many people‚ there has been a wide range of different reactions about the play. Whether people agree with the morals of this play or disagree‚ it is based upon ones beliefs of what role women play in society. Petruccio
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Throughout The Taming of the Shrew how can Shakespeare be found to present the struggle for female identity in a comedic fashion? In the time Shakespeare was active‚ society was vastly different to today. Not only were class boundaries more distinct‚ but so too were the differences in gender and their accompanying rights. It is my opinion that Shakespeare can be seen to pre-empt the emerging role women would come to have in society‚ rather than the establishment of male dominance‚ I see the play as
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Comedy Conventions Shakespearean plays are often seen as sad or depressing. In "The Taming of the Shrew‚" Shakespeare takes a somewhat sad topic of a man marrying off his daughters and makes it quite humorous. "The Taming of the Shrew" is about a man named Baptista‚ who has two daughters‚ one who is very loud and vicious named Katerina‚ and another sweet‚ sincere daughter named Bianca. Baptista makes a rule in his house that Bianca may not get married until Kate does‚ therefore a man sets up
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The Taming of a Shrew is the alternate ending for The Taming of the Shrew. They both have similar concepts‚ but we find the major difference in Kate’s speech at the end. The ending of both plays bring about a satisfying feeling that a shrew‚ even so bad as Kate‚ could be tamed. She realises the faults of her ways and goes on to explain‚ differently in both‚ why women should be tamed. In the original The Taming of the Shrew‚ “Katherine explains the relationship of husband and wife by analogy to
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Stick to what you believe in‚ that’s what Lucentio did in The Taming of the Shrew. In the Shakespearean play Lucentio was set on marring Baptista’s daughter‚ Bianca‚ so he did everything he could to make it happen. Throughout the play Lucentio was a static character because he remained the same. Lucentio was a very determined man and continued to portray that characteristic throughout the whole play. He embarked on a journey to Padua to further his education; however‚ upon arriving he laid eyes
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Clifford "Discuss Katherina’s Transformation Through-Out The Play" Love can transform any individual into a new person. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ ’The Taming Of The Shrew’‚ Katherina Minola starts off as a rebellious and unorthodox character (especially when compared to her pure sister Bianca)‚ but ends up evolving from a stubborn shrew into a loyal and obedient wife to Petruchio. Shakespeare uses the plot as well as numerous other techniques such as metaphor‚ symbolism and tone to establish
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particular idea about how a wife should behave‚ but do their preconceptions extend to all women? How do the women react to these expectations? Are the women systematically oppressed‚ or do they subtly balance the men’s power? 2. The play is essentially a comedy‚ and yet more serious questions about social issues often overshadow its comic features. How does humor function in The Taming of the Shrew? Note especially the two wooing scenes‚ by Petruchio (Act II‚ scene i) and Lucentio (Act III‚ scene i). Why
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In the play‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ by William Shakespeare‚ there is a recurring theme of people hiding their real identity. First‚ there are cases of deception‚ such as Tranio pretending to be Lucentio‚ Lucentio pretending to be a Latin tutor‚ Hortensio pretending to be a music tutor. More complex than these obvious examples of deception are Shakespeare’s clever uses of psychological masks. Several characters in the play take on roles that do not agree with their personalities. The psychological
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question that all writers contemplate. Directors and writers have subjected William Shakespeare’s plays to new interpretations for decades‚ and The Taming of the Shrew is no exception to the trend. These interpretations pose no threat to the originals and do justice to them‚ but character exaggeration can be their downfall. The 1967 movie of The Taming of the Shrew‚ starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton‚ converts the play into a movie‚ amplifying the humor and characters to another level than in the
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William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew uses several characters to show the meaning of disguise‚ and to conceal one’s true self. The production starts off with a drunken fool tricked into believing he is of nobility. Upon his sudden thrust into wealth and power‚ Christopher Sly also inherits a “wife”. The wife is actually a man disguised as a women‚ and it makes Sly come to terms of realization that he is in fact noble. Shakespeare uses Christopher Sly in order to provide the insight that Sly may
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