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Comedy Conventions
Shakespearean plays are often seen as sad or depressing. In "The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare takes a somewhat sad topic of a man marrying off his daughters and makes it quite humorous. "The Taming of the Shrew" is about a man named Baptista, who has two daughters, one who is very loud and vicious named Katerina, and another sweet, sincere daughter named Bianca. Baptista makes a rule in his house that Bianca may not get married until Kate does, therefore a man sets up Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, to marry Kate because Kate offers a very high dowry of 20,000 crowns, and Petruchio loves money. In "The Taming of the Shrew," Shakespeare uses many definitions of comedy to produce humor such as a disguises, fluid action, and love at first sight.
Disguises play an integral part in the play "The Taming of the Shrew" and are a part of the definition of comedy used by Shakespeare. The men in this play decide that the only way to woo Bianca is to be in her......

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