The use of comedic devices work to develop the plot in Taming of the Shrew as they tie together literary elements and help decode some of the confusion within the play; without comedic devices‚ the play would seem far too serious and not make sense to new Shakespearean readers. Shakespeare is one of the world’s most renowned writers‚ his poetry‚ plays‚ and stories are read and used to study all over the world. The play I have been studying recently is named by “Taming of the Shrew” this is the story
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Justin Palmer Mrs. Harris AP Language and Composition 23 February 2013 Taming of the Shrew Essay: In the critical essay “Role-Playing in the Taming of the Shrew”‚ author Richard Henze argues that William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Taming of the Shrew”‚ begins as part of that jest and as a play‚ a pretense‚ within the pretense of Sly ’s role as lord” (Henze). Henze also goes on to state‚ “What Petruchio does during… the taming of Kate is like the Lord with Sly”. As evident in both the induction and
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The Taming of the Shrew is a performance that raises a number of issues concerning appearance versus reality. The assumption that many characters in the play are persuaded to be what they are not ignores the evident fact that each character chooses the role that they are to play. The culturally constructed hierarchy of power causes the actors to perform certain roles to avoid the constricting norms in society and retain their identities. Despite the ease with which they mask their true selves‚ the
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In the Shakespearean play The Taming of the Shrew‚ Katherine is perceived to be a “shrew” because of her uncontrolled hostility and impudent behavior. Some believe at the end of the play Petrucchio tamed Katherine. However‚ she was not tamed. Katherine was rude to her father because he tried to control her life. Katherine so badly wanted to be in charge of her own decisions and for that reason she would not become tame for any man‚ even her father. Katherine also shows no sign of trying to make ends
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discuss the three plots of The Taming of the Shrew. The three plots are the fooling of Sly‚ the wooing of Bianca‚ and the wooing of Katharine. Central Idea: Serving to inform the audience that The Taming of The Shrew has three plots whereas most stories only have one. I also want to better inform the audience of the three main plots. Introduction I. From the "SPT-1113 List of Topics" I chose to discuss the three plots of Shakespeare’s play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. A. Did you realize that a story
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Taming of the shrew The Taming of the shrew was just one of William Shakespeare’s 4 great comedies. Taming of the shrew is based on a king named Baptista who had two daughters named Katherina and Bianca. Both daughters had arranged marriages by there father. Since Katherina was older she had to get married first. Her father chose Petruchio for her to marry. Katherina did not want to get married to Pertuchio‚ but Katherina did not have a choice. Katherina was very disobedient at the begging of
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Three things that are similar Shakespeare’s play “The Taming of the Shrew” demonstrates the themes of transformation‚ social status and culture; furthermore‚ these themes are also evident in the movie “10 things I Hate about You”. This prompts readers to consider if these themes affect their lives today‚ or are just the ramblings of a long dead writer. In “The Taming of the Shrew most of the characters were changed in some sort of of way‚ which makes transformation one of the
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Taming of the Shrew: Investigation of Katherine Taming of the Shrew is focused on two sisters during their exploration of courting and eventually marriage. These two sisters‚ named Bianca and Katherine‚ have polar opposite personalities. One sister does not even consider the possibility of spending the rest of her life tied to a controlling man‚ while the other sister is the center of attention for all male suitors within a 100-mile radius and enjoys the devotion. Although the play begins with
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In "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare‚ and "Ten things I hate about you"‚ directed by Gil Junger‚ both contexts reflect the society of when each text was composed. When comparing these two texts and observing the themes‚ it is indisputable that these contexts have shown the similarity and differences of the values during the time‚ thus‚ it shows the evolution of society. Firstly‚ "The Taming of the shrew" suggests money to be a very important necessity of life during the time. It is
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In the book Taming of the Shrew appearance versus reality was one of the main themes‚ especially between Kate the young sharp tongued shrew and Petruchio a clever fortune seeking man who is a minor image of his wife Kate. Whereas Kate is known in the town of Padua as being a mean shrew to everyone‚ her husband Petruchio however acts one way in front of everyone but acts differently to his wife Kate. For instance starving her and denning her any sleep since they got to his house from their wedding
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