A review by morgob
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

4.0

I read this play with my students. I was actually reading it for the first time with them, which is always fun. This was an interesting play, because going into it, I sort of knew the story, from 10 Things I Hate About You, but the play is so different. I know Shakespeare wrote it to comment on the times and how women were treated/expected to act, but that didn't stop me from getting so mad with how Petruchio treated Katherine and how much she changed herself for him just for the sake of placating him. Of course, I loved the language, the bantering between Petruchio and Katherine, and the funny plot twists that complicated things. This is technically my Shakespeare for the year already, though I may read another one over the summer again. It is a fun play for talking about gender roles and the ideas of misogyny while also talking about how things are different or the same in today's world.