There are also several threats within the play. The comedy opens with Egeon unwittingly breaking the law, for which he is sentenced to death. In addition to this very real threat, there is also the threat that the play will end prematurely. At various times the characters are dangerously close to revealing the entire plot and ending the play. These occur when Antipholus has the chance to ransom his father at the beginning, and also when both Dromios are on opposite sides of the door at Adriana's house.

The play does not end prematurely, and for the simple reason that the characters are meant to learn something. For instance, the Duke claims that he is sympathetic, but that his duty is to

Overall a well done play, but I had trouble keeping up with the characters and had to read it over at spots, not really my type of Shakespeare I prefer the tragedies.

When reading the play I noticed that silence becomes very crucial in identifying characters. Silence is actually worse than talking because it leads to plotting and conniving. As Don John says, "I am not a man of many words"(1.1.127), thereby marking him as a man who instead will plot against the others. Indeed, it is soon obvious that silence is worse than talking too much, something that Beatrice and Bene*censored* do. The danger of silence also affects the relationship between Hero and Claudio. Since they fail to talk with one another, they never resolve questions relating to the other's motives. Indeed, a crucial first mistake for Claudio is when he allows Don Pedro to speak to Hero for him, thereby creating confusion about Don Pedro's true motives.

This play contains three stories of deception. In the induction, the drunkard Sly is tricked into believing he is a nobleman because he is dressed and treated like one. Later, in the play-within-a-play, Petruchio pretends to be a male counterpart to the shrew, beating and berating his servants and yet treating Kate with exaggerated kindness. His object is to give her a taste of her own medicine, while at the same time allowing her to take on the role of a gentlewoman. Deception and disguise are integral parts of the Lucentio-Bianca plot where four characters assume someone else's identity in order to gain access to Bianca. Bianca also pretends to be sweet and submissive, but in reality she shows signs of being self-centered and willful.

is left to decide this for themselves. This play reminds me of a modern day film called Ten Things I Hate About You, in which the plot is of an old high school kid who w

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