'Comedic Devices Used In Taming Of The Shrew'
The use of comedic devices work to develop the plot in Taming of the Shrew as they tie together literary elements and help decode some of the confusion within the play; without comedic devices, the play would seem far too serious and not make sense to new Shakespearean readers. Shakespeare is one of the world’s most renowned writers, his poetry, plays, and stories are read and used to study all over the world. The play I have been studying recently is named by “Taming of the Shrew” this is the story of a selfish and rude girl that everyone calls the shrew. Aman comes to her town one day seeking a wealthy wife, his name is Petruchio. Katherine, the shrew, perfectly suits his profile while at first, he loves her younger sister Hortensio convinces him that Katherine is a better choice but she is mean. The story goes on to tell about this love struggle with some comedy along the way.
When Shakespeare was, alive everyone loved to read his work, or see his plays, Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and loved comical plays. Comedy then and now are quite different and it is very hard for people now to find the comical parts of this play. If you use comical devices throughout reading this play you can just so easily find which parts of the play are supposed to be comical. For …show more content…
If it were not for the use of comedic devices and the right use of literary elements, this play would not only be an awkward read but also not as entertaining and too serious. The fact that Shakespeare used his well-known forms of comedic devices ties the play together and makes it an interesting, comical, semi-ironic and a light-hearted read. Like many other plays and poems Shakespeare has written he never disappoints to entertain and give something well to analyze. Without comical devices this play would have been interpreted entirely wrong I
When Shakespeare was, alive everyone loved to read his work, or see his plays, Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and loved comical plays. Comedy then and now are quite different and it is very hard for people now to find the comical parts of this play. If you use comical devices throughout reading this play you can just so easily find which parts of the play are supposed to be comical. For …show more content…
If it were not for the use of comedic devices and the right use of literary elements, this play would not only be an awkward read but also not as entertaining and too serious. The fact that Shakespeare used his well-known forms of comedic devices ties the play together and makes it an interesting, comical, semi-ironic and a light-hearted read. Like many other plays and poems Shakespeare has written he never disappoints to entertain and give something well to analyze. Without comical devices this play would have been interpreted entirely wrong I