 In a mirror of the original, his new wife attempts (successfully) to tame him – thus the tamer becomes the tamed.Although Fletcher's sequel is often downplayed as merely a farce, some critics acknowledge the more serious implications of such a reaction.Lynda Boose, for example, writes, "Fletcher's response may in itself reflect the kind of discomfort that "Shrew" has characteristically provoked in men and why its many revisions since 1594 have repeatedly contrived ways of softening the edges."