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The Taming of the Shrew 1592 INTRODUCTION PLOT SUMMARY CHARACTERS THEMES STYLE HISTORICAL CONTEXT CRITICAL OVERVIEW CRITICISM SOURCES FURTHER READING INTRODUCTION. Shakespeare is thought to have written The Taming of the Shrew between 1590 and 1594, although the only version that has survived is the one published in the First Folio in 1623.
Tranio persuades a passing schoolmaster to play the part of Lucentio’s father, Vincentio, and confirm to Baptista that Lucentio has a wealthy background. Lucentio elopes with Bianca and they are married. On their way back to Padua, Katherina and Petruchio meet the real Vincentio. They arrive at Lucentio’s house, but the schoolmaster and ...
Full Book Analysis. William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is a contemplation of marriage, money, and gender roles. Minola Baptista, one of the wealthiest men in Padua, Italy, has two daughters: the mild-mannered Bianca and the hot-headed Katherine. Many men wish to marry Bianca due to her impressive beauty and even more impressive dowry.
The Taming of the Shrew has basic similarities to other Shakespearean comedies and can be seen as following in the tradition of ancient Roman comedy, especially those of the playwright Plautus, whose plays are filled with clever slaves tricking their masters and star-struck young lovers whose plans for marriage are delayed and obviated but ultimately fulfilled.
The play begins with an Induction, which establishes a frame for the main plot. The drunken beggar Christopher Sly gets thrown out of a tavern and falls asleep. A noble lord passing by finds him and decides to play a joke on him. He dresses Sly up in noble clothes and convinces him that he is a wealthy nobleman who has recently been mad and had ...
In this film adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, Grumio (Cyril Cusack) and Hortensio (Victor Spinetti) both long to wed the same beautiful young woman. Unfortunately, her wealthy father ...
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The Taming of the Shrew is largely about how to “correctly” or “incorrectly” be a man or a woman in society. The characters in the play equate masculinity with dominance, and femininity with subservience. Any character who aligns with that vision of masculinity and femininity is rewarded, whereas any character who fails to perform their ...
