2009年5月3日星期日

Go to a Performance - watch the Taming of the Shrew.








On December 19th, 2008. I go to the third floor of cafeteria in NFLS to watched the Taming of the Shrew.

This drama is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. This play is both interesting and significant. I am very excited to watch the play.

At the beginning of the play, a drunkard named Christopher Sly, who stumbles out of an inn and falls into a deep sleep. A Lord passing by notices Sly and decides to play a trick on him.
This play introduction the beautiful and gentle Bianca has no shortage of admirers (Lucentio, Gremio and Hortensio) but her father insists that she will not marry until her shrewish sister, Katharina, is betrothed. Bianca's suitors persuade fortune-seeker Petruchio to court her. The suitors pay for any costs involved and there is also the goal of Katharina's dowry. Petruchio marries Katharina and he carries Katharina off to his country house with his servant Grumio. Petruchio intends to browbeat Katharina into submission and he denies her food, sleep and her new clothes, whilst continuously singing her praises. Katharina is tamed. They return to Padua where Lucentio has won Bianca. At a banquet they wager on who has the most obedient wife. Each wife is issued with commands but only Katharina obeys and promptly lectures everyone on the importance of wifely submission.

This play is very interesting; I am very like it, it not only can prove our English, also if you do then that makes you feel better and opens up your eyes and world to more fully understand both new – and old – things and people.



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