Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew: Appearance Versus Reality Have you ever been hit in the groin and had someone there laughing at you? This essay is not about that. It is about how Shakespeare uses many different indications to develop appearance versus reality. Three of them are characters, symbolism, and plot. I will explain how he uses these things to introduce and maintain the appearance versus reality theme. One way Shakespeare does this is with …

…and elaborately weaves the appearance versus reality theme with his characters, symbolism, and plot. To quote Barrie Keeffe, "I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theater." I think that Shakespeare did the same thing. He wrote plays in ways that the average person would understand, although written in old English. I have great respect for a man, that despite his fame, still writes for everyone and not just the intellectual.