the taming of the shrew by william shakespeare

The plot thickens when Lucentio, who has recently come to Padua to attend university, falls in love with Bianca. However, Baptista has sworn Bianca is not allowed to marry until Katherina is wed this motivates Bianca's suitors to work together to find Katherina a husband so that they may compete for Bianca. On the other hand, men such as Hortensio and Gremio are eager to marry her younger sister Bianca. Numerous men, including Tranio, deem Katherina an unworthy option for marriage because of her notorious assertiveness and willfulness. In the play performed for Sly, the 'shrew' is Katherina, the older daughter of Baptista Minola, a lord in Padua. The play is performed in order to distract Sly from his 'wife,' who is actually Bartholomew, a servant, dressed as a woman. Prior to the first act, an induction frames the play as a 'kind of history' played in front of a befuddled drunkard named Christopher Sly who is tricked into believing that he is a lord. The Shrew Katherina by Edward Robert Hughes (1898). The 1999 high-school comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You, and the 2003 romantic comedy Deliver Us from Eva are also loosely based on the play. The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted numerous times for stage, screen, opera, ballet, and musical theatre perhaps the most famous adaptations being Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate McLintock!, a 1963 American Western comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara and the 1967 film of the play, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The question of whether the play is misogynistic has become the subject of considerable controversy, particularly among modern scholars, audiences, and readers.

The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's younger sister, Bianca, who is seen as the 'ideal' woman. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship however, Petruchio 'tames' her with various psychological and physical torments, such as keeping her from eating and drinking, until she becomes a desirable, compliant, and obedient bride. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 15.

Petruchio (Kevin Black) and Katherina (Emily Jordan) from the 2003 Carmel Shakespeare Festival production at the Forest Theater.

The taming of the shrew by william shakespeare