How you explore The Taming of the Shrew on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 21 characters, 9 places, 5 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 35 passages of The Taming of the Shrew sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as William Shakespeare wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on William Shakespeare instead.
The Taming of the Shrew feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of The Taming of the Shrew
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- The Induction
- Baptista's Two Daughters
- Petruchio Woos Kate
- The Mad Wedding
- The Taming
- The Wager
The author's pen in The Taming of the Shrew
The passages themselves, William Shakespeare's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Sly Refuses To Pay
- The Beggar Forgets Himself
- Sly Believes He Is a Lord
- My Lord And Husband
- A Comedy for Mirth
- Plunging Into The Deepch. 1
- No Bianca Before Katherinach. 1
- No Mates For Youch. 1
- Content in Discontentch. 1
- Lucentio Confesses His Lovech. 1
- Master and Servant Exchangedch. 1
- Wiving It Wealthilych. 1
- A Husband or a Devilch. 1
- Whom Thou Lovst Bestch. 2
- Born To Tame Youch. 2
- The Wedding Day Settledch. 2
- Bianca Construes the Lessonch. 3
- Bianca Chooses Her Lessonch. 3
- Poor Katherine Pointed Atch. 3
- Petruchio in Ragged Gearch. 3
The characters of The Taming of the Shrew
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Katherina Minolamajor
- Petruchiomajor
- Bianca Minolamajor
- Lucentiomajor
- Traniomajor
- Baptista Minolamajor
- Christopher Slysupporting
- The Lordsupporting
- Hortensiosupporting
- Gremiosupporting
- Grumiosupporting
- Biondellosupporting
- Vincentiosupporting
- The Pedantsupporting
- The Widowsupporting
- The Page as Sly’s wifeminor
The locations in The Taming of the Shrew
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- The alehouse on the heathalehouse exterior / heath
- The Lord’s bedchamberbedchamber
- Paduacity
- Baptista’s househouse
- The street before Hortensio’s housestreet / house exterior
- The church of Katherina and Petruchio’s weddingchurch
- Petruchio’s country housecountry house
- The public roadroad
- Lucentio’s house and banquet roomhouse / banquet room
The core concepts in The Taming of the Shrew
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Identity becomes believable when everyone performs it
- Marriage is negotiated as transaction and enforced as possession
- Obedience is staged before an audience, not simply felt in private
- Who controls the words controls the world
- Comic performance exposes rather than erases cruelty
- Learning becomes a mask for courtship and deception
- Household order depends on reputations that the play keeps unsettling
The objects of note in The Taming of the Shrew
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Lucentio and Tranio’s exchanged clothing
- Bianca’s books and instruments
- Petruchio’s wedding clothes
- The meat dish
- The cap and gown
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