The available evidence supports a very early date for the plays creation and 15931594 is often suggested The structure of the play is unique because it the only work by Shakespeare that is a ID: 813557
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Slide2The Taming of the Shrew
The available evidence supports a very early date for the play’s creation, and 1593-1594 is often suggested.
Slide3The structure of the play is unique because it the only work by Shakespeare that is a
play within a play
. The Induction serves as a
framework
for the play; however, the characters in the
Induction
are abandoned after Act I Scene I
Slide4Slide5Slide6Slide7Marriage
An Elizabethan father had absolute right
to
dispose of daughters by marriage.
“
Property” marriage vs.
“Companionate” marriage
Average age:Girls 25-26
Boys 28-29
Reasons for delay
Resulted in smaller families
Financial stability
Slide8Traditional Roles
Husbands:
Provide for family
Be patient with wives’ frailties and shortcomings
Wives:
Meek
Patient
Quiet – SilentObedientPut up with whatever
husbands dish out
Slide9New Woman
Educated
Considered herself almost the equal of menRefused to be treated
like chattel
Slide10Shakespeare did NOT
write in “Old English.”
Old English is the language of Beowulf:Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunonHu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon!(Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)
Slide11Shakespeare did
NOT
write in “Middle English.” Middle English is the language of Chaucer:We redeth
oft and findeth y-write—
And this
clerkes
wele it wite—Layes that ben in harpingBen y-founde
of ferli thing…
(
Sir Orfeo
)
Slide12. . .so why does it sound so odd?
His vocabulary is sometimes
incomprehensible
Inverted word order
Grammar is unfamiliar
If you get the gist of the language,
you are fine.