The Taming of the Shrew

[kelby_lake]

Half-blasphemy! Measure for Measure is one of the greatest of Shakespeare's plays!

I agree!

[shug]

As for being offensive, George C. Odell said that Measure for Measure and All's Well That Ends Well were so disgusting that he thought they should never be performed and wished that Shakespeare had never written them.

What nonsense. The National Theatre did a superb "All's Well" a few years ago that caught the sense of the ambiguous ending perfectly.

The version from the BBC Shakespeare Series of the early 80's is also excellent.

[cacian]

Shakespeares plays are either a reflection of the society relevant even today or present an ironical or satirical approach to the society which is again relevant even in the present day world. while reading a text you should not be prejudiced only then will you be able to grasp the essence of it.

Interesting you bring the word Prejudice up.
Whilst your recommend that one deos not use prejudice when reading but then isn't the book itself is based on it?
How is one supposed to reciprocate or feel when the book itself is full of it?

[cacian]

What nonsense. The National Theatre did a superb "All's Well" a few years ago that caught the sense of the ambiguous ending perfectly.

The version from the BBC Shakespeare Series of the early 80's is also excellent.

well I tend to agree with C.Odell because it takes one to know one.
If Shakespeare involved himself in such topics then he must have experience or them. He would not have such an impact in depicting them so true to life without having lived thought or even applied them himself.

[cacian]

The taming of the shrew

Thanks Charles the wonders of abbreviations never ceases to amase.

[kelby_lake]

Whilst your recommend that one deos not use it when reading something but isn't the book itself is based on prejudicism?

Not at all. If anything, it's attacking patriarchy.

[pitchford]

I read an article recently that indicated the word _shrew_ could be used in reference to some males in the Renaissance. Check the O.E.D. on that.

[shug]

well I tend to agree with C.Odell because it takes one to know one.

That's the most disappointing thing I've read on this forum so far.

[cacian]

I read an article recently that indicated the word _shrew_ could be used in reference to some males in the Renaissance. Check the O.E.D. on that.

Thank you pitchford but what is OED I am useless on abbreviations

That's the most disappointing thing I've read on this forum so far.

Hi shug it was not meant to disappoint at all and I am sorry if it did.
I could not help but wonder about the amount of knowledge shown in the this story and about this particular topic one must have had first hand in it one way or another how else would one explain the details of it all?

[kelby_lake]

OED is the Oxford English Dictionary.