Wipe Away That Strife

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For this first spring unit of Drama, we did some research about Shakespeare, who he was, and he affected the way we look at literature today. We learned that Shakespeare was not only a playwright, but he was also an author of many sonnets. In class, we read one of Shakespeare's well-known plays called, The Taming Of The Shrew. This play focused on gender roles, and "jobs" men and women had back in the 1500s. As we read this play we learned that the work that Shakespeare created was based on what was happening around him. For this action project, we had to create our own sonnet that speaks to one of the characters in the play, The Taming Of The Shrew. In the sonnet, we had to agree or disagree with the character and give them advice. While creating this type of poem we had to think about the iambic pentameter which is having ten syllables in each line, and in sonnets, we have to rhyme with every other line following the format of four lines for each quatrain.

SR.TheTamingOfTheShrew.2019

You should not make a pet out of your wife,
Nor you should not take her for a dowry.
With the matter of you being so strife.
You believe in an inhumane theory.

For “Nothing in this house belongs to you”
You grin with such haste, and vie to just tame,
And you cheat when you say you are to woo.
With love, you gain when people praise your name.

Petruchio, do not chide all the time,
You should just seek something more than fortune.
It’s not good to be sour like a lime,
Open your harsh mind before time shortens.

You should not be so ignorant of life,
Do something new, and wipe away that strife.

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