Act 2 Flashcards
Deception, Petruchio being manipulative, shows how one-sided their marriage was and adds quick pace to the plot, as is often featured in comedy (Petruchio talking to Baptista about Kate): W_ H___ agreed S_ W___ T_______, T___ U___ Sunday I_ T__ W______ D___
We have agreed so well that upon sunday is the wedding day
Show’s Gremio as the pantaloon and suggesting how much finance comes into play in edwardian marriage, said whilst Kate is trying to find out which suitor Bianca like the best: Y__ fancy R_____ M___, Y__ W___ H___ G_____ T_ K___ Y__ F___
“You fancy riches more, you will have Gremio to keep you fair”
Show’s kate’s jealousy of Bianca and how Kate is mistreated by her father- Kate saying this to Baptista after he tells her off for picking on Bianca: S__ I_ Y___ T______, S___ M___ H___ A H______; I M___ D____ B_______ O_ H__ W______ D__
“She is your treasure, she must have a husband; I must dance barefoot on her wedding day”
Petruchio lying to both Kate and Bianca, manipulation, deception and casts Petruchio as The Captain: Y___ F_____ H___ C________ T___ Y__ S____ B_ M_ W___
“Your father hath consented that you shall be my wife”
Once again, showing Petruchio lying to Kate and practicing his technique of reeling her in by being nice to her and then being horrible: H______ O_ her B_____ and her W__, H__ A_________ and her M______
“Hearing of her beauty and her wit, her affability and her modesty “
Physical humour, comic violence, the rivalry between Kate and Petruchio- I S____ I’__ C___ Y__ I_ Y__ S_____ A____ [ [Petruchio] S_ M__ you lose Y___ A____ [Kate]
“I swear i’ll cuff you if you strike again- [Petruchio] so may you lose your arms [Kate]”
shows marriage as contractual, also shows Petruchio as a gold digger and the captain and shows how his only ever interest is in material gain (Petruchio asks Baptista this) : W___ dowry S____ I H___ W___ H__ T_ W___
“What dowry shall I have with her to wife”
Stichomythia example between Kate and petruchio, sexual innuendo, insults:
Kate: A____ are made to B___ and S_ A__ Y__
Petruchio: W____ A__ M___ T_ B___ A__ S_ A__ Y__
“Asses are made to bear and so are you; [Petruchio] women are made to bear and so are you”
Petruchio’s manipulation, comparison of women to birds, suggesting how men see pursuing women as hunting and women as objects:
S__ T___ S__ R__, W__ T___ I’__ T___ H__ P____ S__ S____ S______ A_ A N__________
“Say that she rail, why then I’ll tell her plain she sings sweetly as a nightingale”
Creates a rivalry, shows marriage as a financial transaction, creates sub-plots of Tranio having to maintain the pretense of the massive dowry: H_ W__ C__ B_ M_ G_______ D_______ S____ H___ M_ B_____’s L___
“He who can be my greatest dowerer shall have my Bianca’s love”
