Act 1 Scene 2

Question 1

basic key summary

Answer 1

• intro to petruchio
• many suitors wanting Bianca
• Petruchio looking for wife, Petruchio not fazed by stories of Kat, Hortensio into tutor,

Question 2

marriage key quotes

Answer 2

“i woild not wed her for a mine of gold”
“my treasure” “jewel” “beautiful”
“she is sweeter than perfume itself”
“heavens artillery thunder in the skies”
“as will a chestnut in a farmers fire”

Question 3

quotes about katherina

Answer 3

“shrewd ill favoured wife”
“scolding tongue”
“katherine the curst”
“wild-cat”

Question 4

quotes about bianca

Answer 4

“my treasure”
“jewel”
“beautiful”

Question 5

quotes about petruchio and katerina displaying their relationship is not based on love

Answer 5

‘he’ll rail in his rope-tricks’
‘he will throw a figure in her face’
‘heaven’s artillery thunder’
‘pitched battle’
- taming tactics to assert dominance

Question 6

‘heavens artillery thunder’ + ‘pitched battle’

Answer 6

• semantic field of battle/war
• petruchio is ready to fight/compete with katerina, dismissing her
• humourous as he is likely to not have suffered- showing his arrogance

Question 7

‘this wild-cat’

Answer 7

gremio misogynistic comparsion of Kat as wildkat that mustn’t be tamed insults her as animal like and less human
idea of taming- male control