ENGL 4148 Chapter : Taming Of The Shrew
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Induction: christopher sly: a tinker and a beggar, a lord, page, hostess, servants, huntsmen, players. Language: shakespeare uses this form to take reality and upgrades it a notch. Unstressed, followed by stressed syllables (not a monotone). The most normal amount of syllables someone usually gets out in one breath of air. Closely mimics the way we speak. (more notes on moodle. ) regularizes it. It"s an artifice with a foundation of reality in it (just like: lucentio and tranio"s exchange in act i, scene 1, lines 190-194. Suggests that the two are equals despite their master-servant relationship. exchange of words. An almost instantaneous realization of the same thing. Sense of simpatico: stichomythia: two characters completing a single line. The induction: setting: a bar and lord"s house in england. Makes the play more accessible to an english audience especially since the central play is more italian. Christopher sly is a lot like people in the audience.
