The Taming Of The Shrew Mood Analysis

In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare constructs a play within a play where he sets a humorous mood through light-hearted tone at the “Induction,” but slowly shifts to a more whimsical tone and romantic mood in Act I in order to keep the audience at the edge of their seats. With the intention of making the audience wonder about the original play known as the “Induction” as well as the play within the “Induction,” Shakespeare incorporates the slightest changes of tone and mood. For instance, he creates a story of a Lord pranking a poor man named Christopher Sly in the “Induction”:
LORD. Sirs, I will practice on this drunken man.
What think you, if he were conveyed to bed,
Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his
Fingers,
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