The taming of the shrew

The taming of the shrew

A play by William shakespeare

Index

1. Title

2. Context

3. Characters

4. Timeline

5. Summary

6. Interesting facts

The What ? of the what ?

• Taming: Training/ breeding

• Shrew: Mouse species

• Taming of the shrew = breeding a problematic mouse

• Aggressive nature
• Venomous bite

World 1

World 2

• 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

• 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

Characters

elder daughter

Younger daughter

Father

Bianca- 3 suitors

Katherine- bad temper

Baptista - is rich

Characters

Hortensio

Lucentio

Gremio

Suitor 3- disguises as a Latin teacher

Suitor 2- disguises as a music teacher

Suitor 1 - stays himself

Team

Tranio

Petruchio

Merchant man

- disguise as his master Lucentios

- Katherine's groom- Hortensio's friend

- disguised as Lucentio's father, Vincentio

Timeline

Act 1-5

Lucentio and Petruchio's arrival

Katherine's engagement

The distinguished suitors

The taming process + Biancas marriage

The reveal and the bet

Act 1

Baptista's rule

The plan: Latin tacher

Tutors

The plan: fake Lucentio

Act 2

Petruchio's will

Sisters fight

Kateherine's engagement

Bianca's turn

Act 3

Reveal to Bianca

Bianca & Litio (Hortesio) leave

Update

Wedding

Act 4

Taming's plan

Hortensio gives up

fake consent

Taming test

act 5

Resolution

Big reveal

a comedy

Interesting facts

main topics

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

Written 1590 - 1952

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