April 3rd

Using your lines that you have gathered addressing gender in Taming of the Shrew, you are to select 5 lines from Taming and you will journal about each line. I am using the term "journal" because I want this to be an informal exercise where you pour over the line.  Don't just go through the line and tell me a summary and answer the questions below. Be thoughtful.. ask questions yourself.

I want this exercise to be reflective and exploratory.  I want you to think about the following as you think about these lines and gender:

• What is the context of the line(s)/passage? 
• What diction is significant? What do you notice about the choice of words being utilized. How would the meaning of the text change if different words would be used. 
• How do male and female characters interact with each other? How do they relate to each other? Are these relationships of conflict? Are these conflicts resolved? 
• How does the work affirm or challenge traditional views of women? Men? How? 
• If female characters were male, and male characters female, how would meaning change? 
• How is power related to gender? Do characters utilize forces of gender to attain/relinquish power? 

These are to be done on notebook paper to be turned in. I don't want them typed. Start with the line, itself, and cite it correctly. After this, start writing.