Hiding from something or someone?

The major theme in the play, Taming of the Shrew, is the idea that anyone can disguise themselves as a different person, especially to get what they want. For Example, in the introduction Christophero Sly is blatantly used for personal amusement by a Lord. It was the Lord’s idea to have everyone around him disguise themselves as servants to pretend that Mr. Sly, a drunken old man, is a wealthy good looking king. In the play of the play, in order to get the girl they all want, most of the men dress up as each other to make them look bad or even to make their actual self look good. This theme is not very well related to in other texts but can be used similarly in  the poem,"Barbie Doll," by her being not goood enough even though she didnt disguise herself she practically did what they wanted and cut off her nose and legs or she got a nose job and got thinner and in this case bot can be disguises. A book it can relate to is "The Mokingjay," part of The Hunger Games series when the people in district 13 disguise themselves as peace keepers or other types of guards to get to the president. They were disguised because they wanted something and they couldnt get it on their own or looking like themselves.

How to Tame your Shrew

In The Taming Of The Shrew, by Shakespeare a major theme of the text is: Women should give power to their husband, and are meant to be controled by the husband. Shakespeare shows this in the general feel of the play, and especially in Kate's final speech and the contest of the wives. When the widdow and Bianca do not come at thier husband's command, but the "shrew" Kate does, then it is displayed how the husbands feel about their wives. During Kates final speech at the end of the play, she states "thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper... such duty as the subject owes to the prince, even such a woman oweth to her husband." this statement shows that shakespeare meant this to be a theme. When the text is Juxtaposed with annother text, Antigone, the difference is large. Antigone's theme is more of a: Woman can have power to change the makups of entire countries. This theme contrsts with the Taming of the Shrew theme because it gives power to women instead of taking it from them. The themes are similiar because they both reflect on women compared to men. The Taming of the Shrew's theme takes power from the women in the story, showing the feeling toward women at the period in history.

Theming of the Shrew

In the play, The Taming of The Shrew, a major theme that can be found is that marriage is an economic institution. This theme can be found in multiple places throughout the play such as the marriage choices of Petruchio and Hortensio. Petruchio marries Kate for her father's money, and Hortensio also marries a rich widow. Another example that emphasizes this theme is when Baptista wants to make sure that Lucentio has enough money to keep Bianca alive if he was to die. These two examples convey the themeby showing that Petruchio, Hortensio, and Baptista were all looking for people that had money for their marriage. This theme does not connect to any other piece of literature that we have read because in none of these pieces of literature is marriage shown to help be an economic gain.