... to what the play proper is going to be about, it creates a comedic theme, which is created by the language used by Christopher Sly, it introduces many themes that link to the play proper i.e. deception and illusion and it summaries the play as a whole. Obviously the play proper can stand on its own, but the story of the Lords practical joke on Christopher ... role which she initially rejects. The implication that Katherine like Sly "Cannot choose" suggests that she is as much a plaything of Pertruccio as Sly is of the lord. Another theme is illusion and reality. The main play is an illu...

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... even be mentioned without someone blushing or being offended. When grown in test tubes and bottles until "decanted-, then raised by various teachers in the Center London Hatchery and Conditioning Center, families come to be thought of as primitive and unhygienic, preventing people of this society from identifying a major theme of almost every Shakespearean play. Love is also devalued; seeing one person exclusively ... is the kind of thing that would give a person a bad reputation. Promiscuity is highly encouraged, and without disease, pregnancy, or love to think about people are not forc...

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