Examine the ways in which Shakespeare presents issues connected with marriage and male/female relationships in the play The Taming of the Shrew.

"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare closely examines the ideas of marriage and relationships between males and female in the time it was written. (Circa 1593). Shakespeare presents contemporary issues pertaining to those issues by utilising themes (domestication), centralising the importance of marriage to create tension, depicting marriage as a financial institution and using symbolism to convey abstract ideas.
The idea of domestication or 'taming' is evident right through the play, beginning with the title. Katherine is immediately depicted as a character that requires tami…