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1)APPEARANCE VS. REALITY
Appearances are not always an indication of a
person‟s true identity
The play is full of physical disguises, deception,
changes in attitude and behavior, and
psychological changes
The Lord‟s “transformation” of Sly from a drunk to
a nobleman
Lucentio disguising himself as a language teacher
(Cambio) to woo Bianca
Hortensio disguising himself as a music teacher to
get close to Bianca
The pedant impersonating Vincentio
Tranio impersonates his master Lucentio
APPEARANCE VS. REALITY
Petruchio‟ s wedding embarrass and humiliate
Kate.
Kate accepting whatever Petruchio says is true
Bianca‟s obedience (not as sweet as they thought)
Kate‟s transition from a shrew to a tamed wife
2)DISGUISE
Disguise figures in The Taming of the Shrew: Sly dresses as
a lord, Lucentio dresses as a Latin tutor, Tranio dresses as
Lucentio , Hortensio dresses as a music tutor, and the
pedant dresses as Vincentio. These disguises enable the
characters to transgress barriers in social position and
class, and, for a time, each of them is successful. The play
thus poses the question of whether clothes make the man‟s
personality, whether a person can change his or her role by
putting on new clothes. The ultimate answer is no, of
course. As Petruchio implies on his wedding day, a garment
is simply a garment, and the person beneath remains the
same no matter what disguise is worn.
3)FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Baptista treats Bianca like his treasure
Guards her, gets her tutors
Tries to find her the richest husband
Wants to get rid of Kate
Tells the suitors she must marry first
Tries to get money for her
Doesn‟t care that Petruchio forces her to leave her
wedding feast
Offers Petruchio more money because he tamed her
4)JEALOUSY
Jealousy in “The Taming of the Shrew.”
Jealousy is a common and reoccurring theme throughout
Shakespeare‟s “The Taming of the Shrew.” The emotion is
shown in more than one character and causes each of these
individuals to act wicked or deceitful in some way. The
most obvious example of jealousy is evident in Katherine;
her shrewdness is directly related to the envy she feels
towards her sister Bianca. A few of the men in this play
including Hortensio, Gremio and Lucentio are also touched
by the feeling of jealousy during their pursuit for the fair
Bianca.
Jealousy in Katherine‟s case is what causes her to be so
wicked, not only to her sister but to everyone around her.
The beginning of Act II clearly defines Katherine‟s
jealousy and its source when Bianca states, “Is it for him
you do envy me so?”(2.1.18). Even though Bianca is
speaking of a specific man, it is clear that Katherine is
jealous of any attention Bianca receives. It pains Katherine
to know that she will never receive such attention. The
jealousy is also carried over to the relationship between
Bianca and Baptista. Katherine believes that even their
father shows a level of favoritism towards Bianca and this
is an even stronger cause for her to envy her own sister.
Katherine realizes her sister is favored even in the eyes of
Baptista and her jealousy grows because Bianca will be
wed before her. Katherine‟s jealousy gets the best of her
and causes her to act in such wicked ways.
5)MARRIAGE
Marriage is important to comedies of every era of
literature, from well before Shakespeare's time to
ours. Almost all of Shakespeare's comedies end
with a marriage, and often with several
marriages. Marriage is treated as the natural
satisfactory resolution to a romance.
In some ways, The Taming of the Shrew follows this
model. It is the aim of Lucentio as soon as he lays
eyes on Bianca to have her as his wife; likewise,
Hortensio , Gremio, and Petruchio all seek to be
married.
Uniquely among Shakespeare's early comedies,
however, The Taming of the Shrew does not end
with marriage. Shakespeare uses multiple plot
lines in order to have one couple - Kate and
Petruchio - struggling with marriage while
another - Bianca and Lucentio - are still in the
courtship phase. Shakespeare shifts from one
narrative to the other, hopping back and forth
throughout Act IV, thus patterning the
idealizations of Lucentio„ s language and actions
against the harsh realities of Kate and Petruchio.
Unlike almost all comedies, Shrew is cynical
about marriage.
Themes
1. Love/Marriage
2. Relationship between Father and Daughter
3.Desire for money
4.People can be influenced to change
1. Throughout this story there is an apparent theme of love and marriage seeing as how people are constantly falling in love and wanting engage in a permanent relationships.
2. In this story you can see the relationship between Baptista and Bianca . Like many father daughter relationships Baptista is quite protective of his daughter and won‟t allow her to marry until her older sister does.
3. We can see the desire for money in this story when Petruchio initially decides to marry Katherine just to increase his wealth and money. He is a materialistic person
4. We can see how people can change when Katherine is able to be tamed through the influence of Petruchio.
CLIMAX (The turning point)
There is no single moment of intense action in
the play, but rather a long process of
development culminating in Katherine‟s fully
changed behavior. It might be possible to see a
climax in the wedding scene in Act III, or in
Katherine‟s decision in Act IV to submit to
Petruchio when he says (the sun is really the
moon, and Vincentio is a beautiful woman)
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Presented By:
Rana Ehsan
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