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The taming of the shrew character profile.
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╨╧рб▒с > ■ X Z ■ W ье┴ 5@ Ё┐ 0 o] bjbj╧2╧2 (| нX нX ┴R н И Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ о о о о 8 ц Є d о w v b b b b b b b b Ў ° ° ° ° ° ° $ э R ? Ц Ъ b b b b b Ъ Ъ b b 1 ─ ─ ─ b Ъ b Ъ b Ў ─ b Ў ─ ─ ╓ Ъ Ъ ╓ b V @╔пSWС╟ о b X ╓ Ў G 0 w ╓ ╒ ║ ╒ ╓ о о Ъ Ъ Ъ Ъ ╒ Ъ ╓ b b ─ b b b b b ─ Genre ╖ Romantic comedy Time and place written ╖ Around 1592, London Date of first publication ╖ 1623 Tone ╖ The overall tone of the play is light and comic, though the exploration of larger social questions, such as the proper relation of the sexes in marriage, lends much of the comedy a more serious tone. Settings (Time) ╖ Unspecific, though presumably sometime during the Italian Renaissance Settings (Place) ╖ Padua, a city-state in Italy prominent during the Renaissance Major conflict ╖ PetruccioТs attempt to УtameФ Katherine; that is, to assert his authority in their marriage and overcome her hotheaded resistance to playing the role of his wife Rising action ╖ Petruccio and KatherineТs early verbal conflicts; KatherineТs many scenes of shrewish behavior, including her attack on Bianca; the various disguises and subterfuges of the subplot; Katherine and PetruccioТs comical wedding Climax ╖ There is no single moment of intense action in the play, but rather a...
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