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Commuting Roles Through out The Taming of the Shrew, many of the characters change their role, and class. This shows that people can change their status, and that their birth does not define who they are. In certain situations, it was not the characters choice that their role was changed. But this proves that the characters can change their role in many ways. Taming of the Shrew gives many examples of this, such as Tranio going from servant to Lord, and Lucentio going from Lord to servant, and Sly becoming a lord, and Kait becoming tamed. In the end, everything stays as it was witch shows that there is no problem for these change in roles. Nobody knows if Kait is putting on an act or if she really is a new person, or if Sly still thinks he’s a lord. By looking at all of this, it is shown that Shakespeare supports the idea of people changing their status or role, and there is no problem with it. The start of the play begins with someone changing to a higher rank. Sly is turned from a beggar, into a Lord. The play sets this up to be a joke, but does not end. Witch shows that Sly never turns back into a beggar. Sly remains a Lord, witch shows that he does not have to stay a beggar. Sly’s change from beggar to lord is one example of how Shakespeare’s characters change roles throughout the play. Since the play does not go back to finish this situation, no one knows what happened to Sly. Sly’s ending can be made to be anything the reader wants, because this situation is never really ended.
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