‘If the audience find the ending of The Taming of the Shrew funny
then they are the intellectual equivalent of the drunken tinker,
Christopher Sly.’
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Shakespeare has carefully constructed The Taming of the Shrew as a
comedy, particularly evoking humour at the end through the final speech.
This ending has been left open for interpretation in different ways; while it
may be argued that the ending was created for Sly’s pleasure, thus
dimming down the audience’s intellect to that of Sly’s if they find it
humorous, this can be disputed by the view that the audience can find
humour in the overwhelming irony, and the way that Shakespeare has
constructed the play.
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then they are the intellectual equivalent of the drunken tinker,
Christopher Sly.’
To what extent do you agree with this view?
Shakespeare has carefully constructed The Taming of the Shrew as a
comedy, particularly evoking humour at the end through the final speech.
This ending has been left open for interpretation in different ways; while it
may be argued that the ending was created for Sly’s pleasure, thus
dimming down the audience’s intellect to that of Sly’s if they find it
humorous, this can be disputed by the view that the audience can find
humour in the overwhelming irony, and the way that Shakespeare has
constructed the play.
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