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The Importance of Societal Roles
Major Motif: the societal
roles of women
all of the roles are technically being played by poor actors within the play
Shakespeare's Language: Induction - Act I
The Importance of Societal Roles
Societal Roles
Social Class: Christopher Sly
Role switch by making Christopher Sly a Lord
Verse:
The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
the different “parts” people play in society and the specific expectations that society places upon them.
“What think you: if he were conveyed to bed,/ Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,/ A most delicious banquet by his bed/ ...Would not the beggar then forget himself?” (Ind.1.33-7)
- How do you know if the lines are Verse (Poetry) or Prose?
- The first word of each line written in Verse (Poetry) is capitalized.
- The lines written in prose align evenly on the right side of the page. Lines in verse do not.
- Verse has certain features such as rhyme and puns.
Wife
Student
submissive to a husband
Beautiful
The Title
Prose:
Slanders, sir. For the satirical rogue says here that old men have gray beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams. All which, sir, though I most powerfully and potently believe
Takes care of children
(Negative)
hard-working, obedient, social
(positive)
Shrew - an agressive or
overly assertive woman
Taming - usually used
in the context of animals
Shakespeare's Purpose in Using Verse and Prose
Social Class: Tranio and Lucentio
Social Class: Grumio
Gender Roles: Katharine
- lines in verse were often delivered by upper class characters.
- lines in prose were often delivered by lower class characters.
- a character’s use of verse and language can emphasize his or her wit and/or complexity.
social commentator making observations about the upper class characters -
opens his scene by disobeying his master, Petruchio (1.2)
Katharine has a reputation for breaking this mold.
Tranio switches places with his master, Lucentio.
Women have no control and are meant to be submissive
“Gremio: O this learning, what a thing it is!
Grumio: O this woodcock, what an ass it is!” (1.2.155-6)
“And let me be a slave t’achieve that maid” (1.1.214)