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InCliffsNotes on The Taming of the Shrew,you explore one of Shakespeare's most beloved, and imitated, works. In this play within a play, Petruchio, the man from Verona, marries Kate (the shrew of the story), so that Kate's younger sister Bianca may be allowed to take on several suitors and choose one to marry.
Summaries and commentaries lead you, act by act, through this Shakespearean classic, and critical essays give you insight into Shakespeare's historical basis for the play, as well as role playing inThe Taming of the Shrew. Other features that help you study include
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Life and Background of the Author.
Introduction to the Play.
Critical Commentaries.
Induction.
Induction.
Act I.
Act I.
Act II.
Act III.
Act III.
Act IV.
Act IV.
Act IV.
Act IV.
Act IV.
Act V.
Act V.
Character Analyses.
Critical Essays.
CliffsNotes Review.
CliffsNotes Resource Center.
Index.