Baptista quotes Flashcards
(To Bianca) For I will love
thee ne’er the less, my girl.
Katherina you may stay, /
for I have more to commune with Bianca
(To Petruchio about Dowry’s) After my death,
the one half of my lands, /And in possession, twenty thousand crowns.
(To Petruchio about gaining Kate’s love): Ay, when that special thing
is obtained, / that is, her love, for that is all in all.
(About winning Bianca’s hand):
Tis deeds must win the prize
(About Petruchio and Kate leaving after the wedding):
now let them go – a couple of quiet ones.
Lucentio, you shall supply
the bridegroom’s place, / And let Bianca take her sister’s room.
(About Bianca and Lucentio marrying): “Doth love
“Pass my daughter
my daughter, and she loveth him”
a sufficient dower, / the match is made and all is done.”
(To Bianca) For I will love thee ne’er the less, my girl.
-Possessive pronoun “my”.
-Proud to be her father, not proud to be Kate’s.
-Patriarchal ownership “my”.
Katherina you may stay, / for I have more to commune with Bianca.
-shows favoritism of Bianca and rejection of Kate.
-Almost justifies Kates behavior - she so rejected and isolated.
-Comical Villan
(To Petruchio about Dowry’s) After my death, the one half of my lands, /And in my possession, twenty thousand crowns.
-Shows how the marriage of Petruchio and Kate has mercantile motives.
-Kate is reified, she is a commodity used to seal a business transaction.
-Shows his mercenary wealth.
-Petruchio is part of the new gentry so likely marrying Kate to gain surplus capital (the twenty thousand crowns).
(To Petruchio about gaining Kate’s love): Ay, when that special thing is obtained, / that is, her love, for that is all in all.
-Shows some concern for his daughter, he seems to want her to marry for love.
-However later when he forces her to Mary Petruchio without her loving him this concern is obviously not very deep.
-Silly old man - comic function.
(About winning Bianca’s hand): Tis deeds must win the prize”
-Dehumanizing Bianca to a commodity to be won.
-He gets to make the decisions about who Bianca marries.
-Marriage is like a game/competition.
-Games and sporting - masculinity.
(About Petruchio and Kate leaving after the wedding): now let them go – a couple of quiet ones.
-Ironic they are not quiet.
-Does not care enough for his daughter, lets her leave with this crazy Petruchio.
-Shows potential wit - laughing at his joke not just him.
Lucentio, you shall supply the bridegroom’s place, / And let Bianca take her sister’s room.
-Instant replacement provides comic relief after the humiliating abusive scene that has just taken place.
