The impact of Shakespeare's induction in Taming of the Shrew thematically on the rest if the play

Zoë Charlwood Topic 1 - The impact of Shakespeare's Induction in Taming of the Shrew thematically on the rest of the play. Introduction. In the play Taming Of The Shrew, set in the 16th century, its author William Shakespeare tells a story of a shrewish unmarried woman, Katherine. She is courted, and married by a man attracted by her money, who then sets out to tame her. The induction, which precedes the main play, introduces one …

…characters of Sly and Katherine, the change agent of marriage. Katherine is persuaded to call the sun the moon and an old man a beautiful woman. Sly only consents that he is a lord when he hears of a wife, "Am I a lord? and have I such a lady? Or do I dream?...I am a lord indeed, and not a tinker, nor Christopher Sly. Well bring our lady hither to our sight" October 25, 2002