Analytic Play Review Of The Taming Of The Shrew
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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 drunk ....
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.... play and the intricacies of
its structure reveal that it is not merely a story of how men should 'put
women in their place'. The play is, in fact, a comedy about an assertive
woman coping with how she is expected 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 outwardly
conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind.
Although she assumes the role of the ....
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