Act 2 Scene 1 Flashcards
basic key summary
kat tormenting bianca about suitors, tying her up, suitors meet Baptista, petruchio and baptista talk ab marriage and dowry, petruchio and kat meet, petruchio starting tactics
family drama
- kat angry at wah she’s been treated by all men and takes it out on bianca when gets home.
- baptista and katerina, kay ignored and treated differently
key symbols
- tying of hands: restricted, contrasts with katherinas hands which r free + impedtuous
deception + disguise
bianca starts by acting as fake/ perfect daughter by giving suitors to her sister and manipulated by crying towagds her father to make kay seem worse/shrewish
“poor girl she wheeps”
“you shall have him”
marriage linked with family drama
baptista wants kat to marry/love petruchio first:
- don’t want bianca to get married
- soft? wants her happiness
- easier for husband
- ruins kats rep
- once she’s gone= losses perfect daughter
baptista quotes
“ she is not for your turn, the more my grief”
“when the special thing is well obtained, that is, her love”
marriage quotes
“what dowry shall i have with my wife?”
“her love”
“she is not for your turn, the more my grief”
“you shall by my wife”
“will you, nill you, i will marry you”
petruchio quotes / taming
“kate”
“i swear i’ll cuff you, if you strike again”
“born to tame you kate”
“wild kate to a kate”