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Taming Of The Shrew Literary Analysis
William Shakespeare is one of the greatest author in English literature with all of his works from different genres from comedy, romantic, tragedies, the list goes on. "The Taming of the Shrew" relates to many of William Shakespeare love stories where they use comedic devices to help with the plot of the story. There are many stories where they use comedic devices to help create a plot. When using these devices, the audience is understanding the events happening during the play and what is expecting to happen. Others may say that without having these comedic devices it will still become a story with or without using comedic devices to entertain readers. I argue that using these comedic devices help develop the plot of "The Taming of the Shrew" to help enhance the action and gives the audience a mystery what to expect during the play. Without these comedic devices the play would go on without a ending. There are multiple …show more content…
In scene one disguises are seen throughout the play to develop the plot of the play. In scene one Lucentio sets his eyes on Bianca, he falls in love and decides she is the one for him. He decides he must marry her. He talks with his servants Tranio. Lucentio decides that he will disguise himself as a teacher to gain the attention of Bianca.The article "The Taming of the Shrew: 'This is not a women being crushed' she talks about the aspect of the play. She points out how the play brings lots attention to people. The writer quotes"Yet Shrew is remarkably popular with audiences: the production opening in Stratford-upon-Avon this week is the Royal Shakespeare Company's third (fourth, if you count last year's for young audiences) in less than a decade". She explains how the play brought lots of people attention among younger people. It proves how using these humorous, mystery, thrilling scenes brings these people

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