1. The Taming of the Shrew By. William Shakespeare Hannah Choi Block G

2. Basic Information  Romantic comedy.  Written by Shakespeare.  Setting : Padua, Italy. during the Italian Renaissance  Consists of five acts.

3. Major Characters  KATHARINA - the “Shrew” of this play.  PETRUCHIO - Suitor and the future husband of Katharina.  BIANCA - Katharina’s sister.  LUCENTIO - Someone who is in love with Bianca.  HORTENSIO - One of the suitors to Bianca, who later marries a widow.

4. Plot  Katharina has to marry before Bianca gets married.  Bianca’s suitors try to find a man for Katharina.  One of Bianca’s suitors, Hortensio, gets his friend, Petruchio, who wants to marry a rich woman.  Petruchio chases after Katharina and succeeds marrying to Katharina. He leaves horrible memories of marriage to Katharina.  Petruchio “tames” Katharina by finding faults, even in little things. Katharina surrenders.  Petruchio wins a bet of having the most obedient wife.

5. Plot  Lucentio falls in love with Bianca.  Bianca's father accepts the marriage of Lucentio and Bianca, thinking that he is the wealthiest of all the suitors. Bianca's father wants to check Lucentio's wealth  Hortensio decides to marry a widow.  On the day of Hortensio’s marriage, Bianca and Lucentio gets their love confirmed.  Hortensio ♥ Widow Lucentio ♥ Bianca Patruchio ♥ Katharina

6. Themes  Gender This play showed the social conditions of women back in the Renaissance. The social conditions of women were different from what is happening right now. The men controlled over women.  Marriage Marriage is an economic institution. In this play, marriage depended on wealth instead of love.

7. Bibliography  http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/t aming_of_the_shrew/taming_of_the_shrew.ht m http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/t aming_of_the_shrew/taming_of_the_shrew.ht m  http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/work units/ks4/shakespeare/tameshrew/plottheme.html http://www.newi.ac.uk/englishresources/work units/ks4/shakespeare/tameshrew/plottheme.html