![]() ![]() ![]() Sly eventually wakes up, and after the servants insist that he has been asleep for a very long time and he is in fact wealthy, he relaxes and watches as the servants put on a play (360-362). The lord decides that he wants to play a trick on the drunkard, named Sly, and that he wants his servants to treat the poor drunkard like he is a wealthy noble (356-358). The induction begins with a wealthy lord returning from a hunt, only to find the hostess of the inn he is staying in to be throwing a drunkard out. While the induction is not mentioned again in any of the five acts of the play, it is resolved within the play itself. Since the induction is not referenced again, many believe that it is unnecessary and pointless. The induction consists of characters that are introduced only for a few pages, while the actual play is a play within the induction. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy The Taming of the Shrew, many readers question the importance of the induction that Shakespeare included. ![]()
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