The Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene 2 summary
Induction, Scene 2 of 14 · 6 min to read the scene
In Induction, Scene 2, Christophero Sly wakes amid luxury and accepts the Lord’s claim that his life as a pot mender is a long illness. A Page disguised as his wife avoids sharing his bed, and Sly agrees to watch a comedy presented as treatment.
What happens
- Sly asks for weak ale and defends his identity when servants address him as a nobleman.
- The Lord and servants offer luxurious pleasures and insist that Sly’s ordinary life is a delusion.
- Sly trusts his senses, accepts his supposed rank, and hears that his confusion lasts fifteen years.
- The Page enters as Sly’s wife and invokes doctors’ orders to avoid going to bed with him.
- A Messenger announces a comedy, and Sly settles beside his supposed wife to watch.
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In this scene
What to notice
Sly explicitly abandons the identity he initially defends. The comforts around him make the invented noble identity seem credible.
Quick check
How does the Page avoid sharing Sly’s bed?
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