Taming Of The Shrew Play Analysis

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Okay first of all, shout out to Collin and Sterling who absolutely killed the parts of Petruchio and Lucentio. Okay, but honestly this play was… wow. So, the play started off great, it was funny, all saw all my friends was super proud of them. Off the back i thought i was going to hate Bianca because she seemed too nice and pretty and perfect, but she turned out to be pretty cool. Also, i assumed i was going to hate Petruchio because Collin told me so ain class but i thought he was a good guy- kinda. Also, the only reason i even noticed Lucentio was really because my best friend was playing the part. Oh, and i felt that Kate was SUPER ANNOYING OMG. As far as the story itself, it was decent, but i feel im 512 feminist so therefore i have a few issues. First, why can't Bianca just get married? Like i feel like the “shrew” wouldn't need to be tamed if Bianca just got hitched. Also, “shrew”?? Oh, so in Shakespearean times if you don't obey your man then you're a shrew? Don't get me wrong, Kate's attitude was super irritating, but she shouldn't be labeled for it! That whole aspect of the play was driving me crazy, had how she just submits to her idiot husband and his “ sun is the moon” policy. I read the …show more content…
And i noticed a cool thing as far as the physical elements of the play. Everyone was in pastels, or in soft earthy tones as far as costumes go, all except Kate and Petruchio, they were in bold red. I think that symbolizes a few things: that they are different, personality wise from, everyone else and that they are both like the color red, bold and out there. My phone died right when i got this idea so i have no pictures, then i asked Mikayla to take pis for me and told her why so if she wrote about it i want you to know it was me who thought of it, she also wouldn't send me the pictures because i told her i was going to tell on her in my response. But if you did go to the play i hope you saw it because i felt it was a cool little subtle aspect they

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