The Life of Diana

As I mentioned in my last blog, I am reading William Shakespeare's  Taming of the Shrew  in my English class. This play is about a young woman named Katherine who is known as a shrew because she is able to speak up and stand up for what she wants. The people who surround her try tame her shrewdness which shows the pressure that was put on women in order for them to remain silent during the time that this play was written. In addition, once Katherine gets married, her husband, Petruchio does not see her as anymore than another one of his possessions that he has control over. Around the time that this play was written, women did not have much power and were seen inferior to men. Today, there is a #MeToo movement going on where women of all ages speak about abuse, harassment, and their power in society. This movement shows that the world that we live in today is much different than the world Katherine lived in. Women are now much more powerful and are able to stand up for what ...

It is the beginning of the second semester and we have started off this semester by reading William Shakespeare's,  Taming of the Shrew. This play is about two sisters, one who is extremely quiet and the other who is outspoken. When I first heard of this play I thought that it would be only about the taming of a women rather than the life of her sister depending on the disappearance of her shrewdness. I also believe that the "shrew" will never be able to be tamed. The six posters from recent productions of the Taming of the Shrew all shared thematic commonalities. They each include a picture that depicts a way of trying to tame Katherine, also known as the shrew. These posters show that the woman in the picture is more powerful than the men who are trying to stop her in each different poster. Katherine's character is revealed in each of these posters, showing the audience the shrew that she acts as will be hard to tame throughout the play. These posters supp...