Taming Of The Shrew Disguise Analysis
William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew uses several characters to show the meaning of disguise, and to conceal one’s true self. The production starts off with a drunken fool tricked into believing he is of nobility. Upon his sudden thrust into wealth and power, Christopher Sly also inherits a “wife”. The wife is actually a man disguised as a women, and it makes Sly come to terms of realization that he is in fact noble. Shakespeare uses Christopher Sly in order to provide the insight that Sly may not be a fool at all, but just a lonely man seeking a partner in life. When the actual play starts, we are introduced to several other characters that are also in a similar situation including Bianca, a desired wife to many suitors; he is personified as the model wife, the girl every man wanted.
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The guards took Sly back to their quarters and decided to dress him up as a noblemen and convince he is such. When Sly awoke, he was dressed in fine linen and told of his new life, Sly refused to believe what he was told until Bartholomew dressed up as Sly’s “wife”. When Christopher Sly found out he had a spouse, his entire view of his newly found life changed. “Am I a lord, and have I such a lady?Or do I dream? or have I dreamed till now?I do not sleep: I see, I hear, I speak,I smell sweet savors, and I feel soft things.Upon my life, I am a lord indeed. And not a tinker, nor Christopher Sly.” (Christopher Sly Induction Scene II). His new found perspective allowed for Sly’s character to develop, he was not just a drunken tinker, but an actual person with feelings. Sly craved companionship, and once he was granted it, his character completely evolved. Shakespeare used Sly’s “wife” as an outlet to provide a richer insight on Sly himself, a sort of
The guards took Sly back to their quarters and decided to dress him up as a noblemen and convince he is such. When Sly awoke, he was dressed in fine linen and told of his new life, Sly refused to believe what he was told until Bartholomew dressed up as Sly’s “wife”. When Christopher Sly found out he had a spouse, his entire view of his newly found life changed. “Am I a lord, and have I such a lady?Or do I dream? or have I dreamed till now?I do not sleep: I see, I hear, I speak,I smell sweet savors, and I feel soft things.Upon my life, I am a lord indeed. And not a tinker, nor Christopher Sly.” (Christopher Sly Induction Scene II). His new found perspective allowed for Sly’s character to develop, he was not just a drunken tinker, but an actual person with feelings. Sly craved companionship, and once he was granted it, his character completely evolved. Shakespeare used Sly’s “wife” as an outlet to provide a richer insight on Sly himself, a sort of