Literature Crossroad
We are a group of students who study literature. This tumblr would be a platform for us to discuss mainly on The Taming of the Shrew, and other literary texts (:
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“Sex and alcohol - it fuels the desire, but kills the performance”— Shakespeare
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Sonnet 128
How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st,
Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds
With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway’st
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Another underlying hierarchy system in TOS is between the two genders and the roles they represent in the play.
Although the play depicts a scenario where all the males are helpless and thirsty for the affection of the females but this does not meant that the females are at a position of power.
In fact when you explore deeper, it will be clear to you that the female characters in the play are actually being objectified and regarded as prizes.
The dominant power of the father to control and dictate the marriage and life of the female characters like how Baptista displayed when interacting with Bianca and her suitors put emphasis on the power of the male in the family.
The lack of appearances of the wife of Baptista and mother of Bianca also indicate that the females in the family have no voice and power to make any decisions.
Even the feisty Katherine is not free from these boundaries of the genders as she finally gets tamed and submit herself wholly to Petruchio.
The specific dictions in the play helps to amplify this underlying notion of male superiority over female in the play and establish the Shakespearean time as a patriarchal society.
Excerpt
Tranio (as Lucentio) : Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free for me as for you?
Gremio: But so is not she
The “she” in this excerpt refers to Bianca and despite not having any romantic relationship with her, Gremio openly states that she is not available to Tranio. This established Bianca only as a object and prize for the males to fight for without taking into consideration her own preferences.
Thus from all these observations, we can clearly observe that TOS is a patriarchal play where a hierarchy of genders existed in it.
If you guys desire more holistic understanding of the play, here is a link to a version of TOS : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6117710320762600410
The visual interaction with the play will help you understand it better through stage positioning, tone of the conversations and depth which is hard to get through the text only. Enjoy (:
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