Taming_Of_The_Shrew_And_Comedy_Of_Errors

Taming Of The Shrew And Comedy Of Errors The concept of finding one’s identity, the process of it changing and the events that transpire that make or help it change is a prevalent theme in Shakespeare’s plays, especially Taming of the Shrew and Comedy of Errors. Taking a look at these two plays one can argue a strong case that everyone is in a daily process of finding their self and dealing with the changes they face. The changes within Taming of the Shrew are both physical and internal. The physical changes are easily adapted by the characters in changing their appearance as Hortensio does as a school teacher and Tranio disguised as Lucentio (II.i.38). The internal lasting changes that take place within the play are ling developing and are shown that they do not happen over night but are slowly transformed over time and events. The biggest change of all the characters is Katherina. She begins as a belligerent daughter wanting nothing to do with her family or any suitors until Pertrutio comes along and persistently chases her and wins her hand from her father. By trying to test and push Pertrutio she slowly becomes obedient and one could say love him. identity, change, changes, both, through, one, pertrutio, changing, within, treatment, taming, shrew, shakespeare, self, plays, loss, kate, family, because, about, respect, people, others, ones, love, dromios, different, characters, changed, being, antipholus, woman, willing, two, transformation