The Taming of the Shrew
by:
Diana Sweeney (author)
William Shakespeare, Diana Sweeney,Paperback - New Edition, Edition: 1,Series: Cliffs Notes Series, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
William Shakespeare, Diana Sweeney,Paperback - New Edition, Edition: 1,Series: Cliffs Notes Series, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780764587290 (0764587293)
Publish date: March 29th 2001
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
Romance,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry
In high school Brad and I did a scene for the school, and then I read all the plays for my two Shakespeare classes at UNCG, and now I've reread it to keep Veronica company. As written there is only one amusing scene; takes some keen acting and directing to pull the rest of it off. Ten Things I Hate ...
There was a reason why I chose not to post that many updates with this play. Because they all would have included some F bombs. This play is super messed up and I cannot believe that anyone watches this and thinks, hey this is funny and so romantic. It is not. Well something nice first. I am very ha...
3.5 Loved it, hated it simultaneously!
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Ok. I didn't like the way women were portrayed in this play!I think the rudeness of Katherine The Shrew is not her fault at all! It's the fault of her father that she turned out a shrew in the first place! He treated her sister Bianca better than he treated her, and then she, poor Katherine, is port...
I'm not sure that I understand this play. The "its misogynistic" diatribes don't really grapple with it in an effective way. They founder on the fact that "shrew" is a relatively nice label to put on Katherine. She does tie up and beat her sister after all. The dialogue is crackling and it is cl...
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