The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare · c. 1592 CE · Play · English · Renaissance

A wealthy Paduan will not let his younger daughter marry until someone takes the elder, Katherina, who has driven off every suitor. Petruchio comes from Verona for the dowry, marries her over her objections, and sets about breaking her by deprivation dressed as kindness. A forced wooing played as a war of wills; the obedience speech is still contested ground.

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• influenced by ↑ One Thousand and One Nights
  Anonymous · c. 900 CE · Folktale
• ↓ Life Is a Dream
  Calderón de la Barca · 1635 CE · Play — shares sources with this

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