The Taming of the Shrew Group

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sonia-b
sonia-b
Student
High School - 11th Grade

what do you think the ppurpose of the practical joke the lord plays on sly in the induction was?

 

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Posted by sonia-b on Monday October 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM and tagged with lord, the taming of the shrew.

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  1. moushey
    moushey Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    There was no real purpose in the induction other then setting a humorous tone before a non-humorous story. Most of the inductions written in Shakespears time were a framework for the story, like book ends. But in this play it is incomplete. The only time Sly is mentioned is the induction and at the end of Act 1 scene 1. After this he is never talked about again, and forgoten.

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    Posted by moushey on Friday November 13, 2009 at 2:11 PM