Analytic Play Review Of The Taming Of The Shrew
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By Nathan Davies
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 ....
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.... of the 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 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 conforming to the society, this is in
action only, not in mind, as she assumes the role of the obedient wife.
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