The taming of the shrew

The taming of the shrew

A play by William shakespeare

6. Interesting facts

5. Summary

2. Context

4. Timeline

3. Characters

1. Title

Index

• Aggressive nature
• Venomous bite

The What ? of the what ?

• Taming: Training/ breeding

• Shrew: Mouse species

• Taming of the shrew = breeding a problematic mouse

World 2

• Lucentio arrives and fall in love with Bianca, the younger daughter of lord baptists

• He set a plan to marry her despite her father's rule
• Biancas marriage and taming into an obedient wife

• Noble man and servants find a sleepy begger
• They prank him into believing he is a rich noble himself
• Take him to watch a play
• Abandon him afterwards

World 1

Baptista- is rich

Characters

Father

elder daughter

Katherine- bad temper

Younger daughter

Bianca- 3 suitors

Suitor 1- stays himself

Gremio

Characters

Hortensio

Suitor 2- disguises as a music teacher

Lucentio

Suitor 3- disguises as a Latin teacher

Team

Petruchio

- Katherine's groom- Hortensio's friend

Tranio

- disguise as his master Lucentios

Merchant man

- disguised as Lucentio's father, Vincentio

Act 1-5

The reveal and the bet

The taming process + Biancas marriage

The distinguished suitors

Katherine's engagement

Timeline

Lucentio and Petruchio's arrival

The plan: fake Lucentio

The plan: Latin tacher

Tutors

Baptista's rule

Act 1

Petruchio's will

Kateherine's engagement

Bianca's turn

Sisters fight

Act 2

Bianca & Litio (Hortesio) leave

Wedding

Reveal to Bianca

Update

Act 3

fake consent

Taming test

Taming's plan

Hortensio gives up

Act 4

Big reveal

Resolution

act 5

Interesting facts

Written 1590 - 1952

1. Gender and misogyny
2. Marriage
3. Education
4. Theater, identity

main topics

a comedy

Questions ?

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