Shakespeare, New Ethics and Destruction of the Canon The comedy "Taming of the obstacle" is an integral part of the European literary canon. However, even in the time of Shakespeare, she raised doubts about her ethics, which were reflected in John Fletcher’s polemic play “A reward to a woman, or taming a tamer”. Maria Eliferova - about how this work again turned out to be relevant in the West and was paradoxically forgotten with us.