Taming of the Shrew Definitions and 300word summary

300word summary
The criticism I chose was the modern criticism. The article says that most of the criticism comes from most of the feminists and people that think it’s unfair that a woman should be obligated to “serve” her husband and listen to everything her husband says. Also people also think that it’s a little bit funny because of how many people reject the idea that women had to listen to what their husband said every time he says something. Also other criticism says that they think that its offensive that Pertrutio has to break down Kate and that he has to abuse his slaves in order to “break” the wall between him and Kate’s love. Even though some people are offended by the fact that Pertrutio abuses his servants to break Kate’s spirit, some people are happy to see that because it sort of makes him look like a jerk, when sometimes today people use women as the mean ones and the ones that yell at their husband. There was a woman that said “Taming of the Shrew’s obsessive attempt to circumscribe woman's ‘place’ has especially fatal attractions for late-twentieth century feminist readers and spectators.” Getting a little bit off track, I think it’s confusing how there’s a group of people that think Taming of the Shrew is offensive and there’s a totally different group that just loves the play and never really thought that the play was sexist, and these are women that I know. So yeah my argument is that how do we know what’s actually sexist and what’s not because I guess all about opinion because people make it out to be that all women think that the play’s sexist when some don’t.

Vocab:
Historiography: The study of history
Ideology: The body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture.
Commodification: to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
Misogynistic: hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.
Satire: a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice is held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
Patriarchal: the male head of a family or tribal line.
Flux: the flowing in of the tide.
Consternation: a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
Circumscribe: to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, esp. narrowly
Consensus: general agreement or concord; harmony
Fraught: filled
Ironic: coincidental; unexpected
Rapport: relation; connection, esp. harmonious or sympathetic relation
Subjugate: to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.