The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed
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The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed is a Jacobean stage comedy by John Fletcher that serves as a witty, feminist-leaning sequel and response to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
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| The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed Context triple: [John Fletcher, notableWork, The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed]
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The Procuress
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B.
Woman in Love
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C.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
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The Mistress
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E.
The Mistress
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed Target entity description: The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed is a Jacobean stage comedy by John Fletcher that serves as a witty, feminist-leaning sequel and response to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
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A.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
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B.
Woman in Love
"Woman in Love" is a 1980 power ballad performed by Barbra Streisand, widely recognized as one of her signature hits and a classic of adult contemporary pop.
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C.
The Constant Maid
The Constant Maid is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, known for its witty dialogue and exploration of love and social manners.
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D.
The Mistress
The Mistress is the later female incarnation of the Doctor’s longtime Time Lord nemesis the Master in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.
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E.
The Mistress
The Mistress is a collection of love poems by 17th-century English metaphysical poet Abraham Cowley, exploring themes of passion, desire, and romantic idealization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobean stage comedy
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play ⓘ sequel play ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
The Tamer Tamed
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The Woman’s Prize ⓘ |
| antagonist | Petruchio ⓘ |
| associatedPlaywright | Beaumont and Fletcher canon ⓘ |
| author | John Fletcher ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Maria
ⓘ
Petruchio ⓘ |
| character |
Bianca
ⓘ
Livia ⓘ Maria ⓘ Moroso ⓘ Petronius ⓘ Petruchio ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | often described as proto-feminist ⓘ |
| dramaticContrastWith | The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | stage play ⓘ |
| dramaticMode | comedy of manners ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | comedy in five acts ⓘ |
| dramaticTradition | city comedy tradition ⓘ |
| firstKnownPerformanceDate | early 17th century ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
feminist comedy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | use of wit and verbal battles between spouses ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Jacobean era
ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
|
| literaryRelation | revisionist response to Shakespeare ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | part of the Fletcher canon studied in Renaissance drama courses ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | role reversal of taming plot ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Petruchio’s new wife Maria and other women band together to tame him and assert their rights ⓘ |
| portrays |
a husband being tamed by his wife
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negotiation of marital contracts and conditions ⓘ women organizing collective resistance to husbands ⓘ |
| protagonist | Maria ⓘ |
| respondsToWork | The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ |
| setting | Padua ⓘ |
| theme |
female agency
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gender roles ⓘ marriage power dynamics ⓘ resistance to patriarchy ⓘ |
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Subject: The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed Description of subject: The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed is a Jacobean stage comedy by John Fletcher that serves as a witty, feminist-leaning sequel and response to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
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