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Literary Background |
A Merry Jest of a Shrew and Curst Wife Lapped in Morrel’s Skin, for Her Good Behavior– 1559 – long, popular ballad
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History of Play |
[]written 1590-91 |
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Adaptations of Play |
-John Lacy’s Sauny the Scot (1667); -Charles Johnson’s The Cobbler of Preston (1716); -David Garrick’s Catherine and Petruchio (1754) |
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Introduction |
-only play with an introduction -introduces false identity, illusion, reality, and marriage -left out of most plays because irrelevant -Addresses upward mobility -not fully developed -environment effects behavior -might be attack on whats noble |
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Stock Characters |
-Pantaloon -Shrew -Shrew-tamer -Ineffectual father
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Themes |
-Illusion v. Reality -Martial Roles -True Nature of Women -Child Parent relationship -Truth v. deception -What is "Love"? -Social Class
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