How Does the Introduction of the Taming of the Shrew Effect the Rest of the Play?

The Induction to Taming of the Shrew allows the reader to be eased immediately in to an entertaining dramatic scene. The induction enters the audience in to an immediate dramatic issue as clear references to the sexist inequality of the 17th century. Christopher Sly poses the domination of men held within the Taming of the Shrew. In my own opinion I believe that Shakespeare immediately wants to grab the attention of the audience by introducing the play with such a ravenous character such as Sly. However, the actors of the play are also proposed with a dramatic problem at the very beginning of the play. However, a further opinion is that Sly, "O monstrous beast, how like a swine he lies" this reference highlights the disgust that the audience should feel for Christopher Sly which allows the audience to immediately perceive that men are weak and feeble. This view that men are not entirely powerful in the Taming of the Shrew is resonated later in the play; shown through the characters in Act 2 scene 1. The defiance of Katherina presents the audience that women will not lay down to the power of men, which in context to the induction transfers to the bar woman and therefore highlights the significance of the induction and the impact that women have on the rest of the play.