William Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewREA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of The Taming of the Shrew and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines. |
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actors alludes allusion Antony Antony and Cleopatra appears asks audience Baptista Baptista's home Bartholomew Biondello Cambio characters Christopher Sly claims Cleopatra comedy comparison court Bianca crossdressed daughter disguises dowry dressed Elizabethan English Exam famous father fife flatter Kate give Gremio and Hortensio Heroides husband Induction joke Juliet Katharina lines Lord plans Lord's lover Lucentio Macbeth male marriage marry Bianca master meaning Merchant of Venice Metamorphoses metaphor metonymy moon nobleman obedience Ovid Ovid's Padua pedant Pembroke's Men performance Petrarch Petruchio play's players playwright plot poetry Portia puns reader refers rejects reminds Renaissance Richard Barnfield Richard Burbage Romeo Romeo and Juliet says scene schoolmaster servant sexual Shakespeare Shakespeare's plays Shrew simile Sly's wife speak speech stage story Study Questions Suggested Essay Topics suitors synecdoche Taming tell Test theater Tranio Tranio's offer verbal verse Vincentio wants wealthy wedding banquet widow wives woman women woo Bianca words