Taming Of The Shrew Misogynist Analysis

I, like many before me, consider William Shakespeare to be the best playwright the human race has seen. Yes, there is a language barrier that needs to be overcome to fully appreciate the text. But if the time is taken to understand his work then even his most misogynistic plays can be related to and applied to the modern world. This can be directly applied to his work Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare wrote this play in the late 16th century in England, specifically some time between 1590 and 1592. This was one of his earliest work, written at the same time as The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors, and Titus Andronicus. He wrote this play prior to establishing himself at a specific theatre, therefore it is not known where the original performances took place. The reason that the specific date the play was written is unknown is due to the fact that right around the same time it was written another play of a similar title and plot was published. This play was called A Pleasant Conceited Historie, called the taming of a Shrew, and still to this day the relationship between the two plays is a mystery. Like most plays written in the late 16th century, Taming of the Shrew was written in verse, more specifically in iambic pentameter. It was also a comedy, which was the most popular theatre at the …show more content…
While yes, the entire point of the show is that at the end the shrew gets tamed, seeing a woman be that strong is rare in older literature. Kate is an incredible character that should be admired, and while she does go through her demeaning character arc, there is still something to be said about who she stared out being. These themes have been modernized and made into movies and T.V. shows, most of which change up the ending. For example in 10 Things I Hate About You, rather then having Kate submit to the Petruchio character, played by the lovely Heath Ledger, we see her submit to her love of