Changing Your Identity only shows the real you.

A main theme in the play Taming of the Shrew is that role changing emphasizes different life styles and personalities. The induction of The play shows Christopher Sly a drunken man going from poor to rich due to a joke played on him by a wealthy man.  This shift of role changing emphasizes the fact that poor people are a joke to made fun of and the wealthy have a right to due so,”Sirs,I will practice on this drunken man...if he were conveyed to bed, wrapped in sweet clothes” the Lord explains his plan to his men.  The lives of women and men are also different. As a man dresses to be Sly’s wife this lays stress on the fact that women don’t have the right to work or act. This also shows that men are the more dominant. Another role change in Taming of the Shrew is when Lucentio switches with Tranio, the personalities of the two men come forth when they decide to change Roles. Tranio is somewhat of a kiss up, “in brief, sir, sith it your pleasure is...because so well I love Lucentio. Lucentio seams passionate because he’s willing to trade places and pretend to be someone just to get close to a girl he only made eye contact with. In Brave, Merida shows her true personality when she has to change her role into a proper princess. Merida is not the most ladylike and when she has to act so, she highlights her tomboy side. She shows the audience the major difference between herself and the show she puts on for her country. When a character changes roles they reveal personality traits and the difference in lifestyles of characters.
-ALI W.
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