Unattributed Advice to would be Appropriaters of "Taming of the Shrew".

Appropriating of The Taming of the Shrew, altering the play and making it less sexist just to make it fit in to the 20th century would be changing the whole point of the play itself. The Taming of the Shrew reflected the 16th Century values of men and women alike, the play showed how men and women should behave towards each other. There was the whole Great Chain of Being thing, where god (who was …

…one another, makes it easier to find arguments in the play and compare it other appropriations which do not focus too much on the relationships between men and women. So therefore The Taming of the Shrew has proved to be the better text that deals with feminist issues and sexism as it explores the many ways that men and women interact and behave towards each other, contrasting what is considered 'acceptable' behavior and 'non-acceptable' behavior.