esloanpa

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   by esloanpa 11y ago

   Yep. Even though we like to claim that we are far more modern and advanced than our historical predecessors, many of the same narratives and anxieties about what is or is not appropriate for men and women remain the same as in the Renaissan
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   by esloanpa 11y ago

   It does! Kate is a classic shrew/scold. But what makes "Taming" really interesting to me is that Petruchio is a far greater shrew/scold than poor Kate. The play within the play angle also fascinates me. Te way it gets s
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   by esloanpa 11y ago

   This is a fun read and describes a lot of the social "types" seen in Shakespeare's London. The thing that interested me the most was the discussion of the scold, a figure that makes a lot of appearances in art from the time.
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   by esloanpa 15y ago

   Go CloudFlare!