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The Taming of the Shrew Study Guide

The Taming of the Shrew Study Guide

Brian Vaughn (left) as Petruchio and Melinda Pfundstein as Katherine in  The Taming of the Shrew,  2015.

Brian Vaughn (left) as Petruchio and Melinda Pfundstein as Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew, 2015.

Information on the Play

  • Synopsis
  • Characters

Scholarly Articles on the Play

  • How Many Ways to Tame a Shrew?
  • Look More Closely at the Period
  • Were Shakespeare's Heroines Liberated?
  • Male Chauvinism?
  • Laughter and Beyond
  • The Affirmation of Affection
  • Shakespeare on the Sly
  • Where Two Raging Fires Meet

Classroom Helps

  • Examining the Text
  • Vocabulary
  • Famous Lines
  • Elementary School Study Guide
  • High School Discussion Questions
  • Synopsis for Student Audiences
  • Shakespeare's Language
  • References from Shakespeare's Time and Place
  • Allusion in Shakespeare
  • Other Literary Devices
  • Evolving English
  • Folded Paper Brainstorming
  • More Discussion Questions
  • Classroom Activities

Information on William Shakespeare 

  • Shakespeare: Words, Words, Words
  • Not of an Age, but for All Mankind
  • Elizabeth's England
  • History Is Written by the Victors
  • Mr. Shakespeare, I Presume
  • A Nest of Singing Birds
  • Actors in Shakespeare's Day
  • Audience: A Very Motley Crowd
  • Shakespearean Snapshots
  • Ghosts, Witches, and Shakespeare
  • What They Wore

The Entire Study Guide

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