The Taming Of The Shrew.
Since early times when Shakespeare started writing his works people loved them and still many of us do. Unfortunately, some of the people who have studied Shakespeare’s works at school may find them difficult to understand if they do not have enough background knowledge. I myself had read a few plays before and they were not very relevant to me since I did not understand them very well. However, now that I have understood more of the Shakespearean period, his life and even his works I find them absolutely interesting and useful in the way that we as foreign learners can learn a lot from his English.
Analyzing the characteristics which may be found on Shakespeare’s comedies it could be said they are exceptionally distinctive. Some of the most general ones may be: the changing of the roles, slight dangers presented, a troubled beginning with a more relaxed ending, men which fortunes are in middle class, the male and female’s peculiar personalities and roles, weddings, circular order, disharmony and a happy marriage which is normally situated by the end of the play. All of these characteristics make a comedy play unique and it helps to keep audience interested in the play in a humorist manner. In the case of Shakespearean comedies they are not only involved with all these elements but also with the particular style he got to write his plays and sonnets because he even created new words when he was writing his plays.
So, in the case of The Taming of the Shrew we can see many of those characteristics mentioned above. What is more is the characterization and the turning of situations upside down that are presented to make the plot even more complicated and funny as well. So, trough the development of the play the characters have to resolve the problems presented and create a better and more ordered life for all of them.
We can see that in the Taming of the Shrew the comedic aspects start with what may be identified as a...
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