Induction

Induction

1. A hostess of an alehouse throws out Christopher sly, a lord decides to play an trick on him, pretending he is a lord. sly wakes up to find himself surrounded by luxury, the servants convince him that he is a lord and introduces the page dressed as id wife. They watch a play.

   • alewife in the Elizabethan era was a symbol of certain women attempt of independence. a proper women was not rebellious or outspoken. most men expected a woman to show obedience, respect, and an attitude of submission
     • quotes that show the oppression of women: "soft low tongue" "lowly courtesy" and women where expected to "make known her love" by honoring her husband
     • the alewife vociferous and violent behavior will be mirrored in the women characters in the play.
   • sly is offered his choice of entertainments and the words and imagery take on a sensual tone meant to seduce Sly.

2. this is an usual prologue. characters usualy come forward to give an overview of the play. the audience is immediately thrown of guard. the audience are made to think about a performance

   • the audience can draw a comparison between the lord and petruccio and Katherina and Sly. sly is seen as a mere plaything .
     • lord description as "monstrous beast" "a swine" in the lord tricky it could be argued that the lord is attempting to domesticate the "beast" jus tlike kate with per

3. themes include: deception, transformation, power, hierarchal class order and submission

   • nothing or no one is as he or she seems . figures represent the transformation of one thing into another "venus, lo and jove" found in Ovid Metamorphoses. sly changes his speech - poetry assigned to the upper classes
   • sly orders the page disguised as is "Madam" to bed. uses the imperative "undress you" "come to bed now". sexual reference reflects "i hope this reason pronounced "raisin" stands for my excuse" petru and kate first meeting

4. foreshadows aspects of the main plot: the running metaphors about hawing and hunting; the use of social power and control.

5. hunting imagery reflects how the suitor viwed kate and Bianca.

6. quotes : "i am Christophero Sly! Call not me "Honour nor lord - parallel with katherina telling pertuchio not to call her "kate" . the repetition of the negative idea " no more" when sly talks about thing which he does have coveys a lack of wealth. "you knew but what you are" ironic link with kate the idea that what she becomes in the end isn't really who she is. describing sly's word as "idle" before his transformation connotes the idea that they were meaning less just like kate words were seem as meaning less ountill she transformed and submitted.