Comedy Quotes Flashcards
‘pantaloon’ stage directions, used to describe Gremio.
-referring to the commedia’s standard old man
-Comedia Italianate.
Lucentio: I read that I profess, the Art of Love.
Bianca: And may you prove, sir, master of your art!
Epitome of young lovers (the innamorati). Hopelessly/Romantically in love.
Comedia Italianate
Petruchio: Stage directions: “He wrings him by the ear” This happens to Gremio.
-Lazzi, Comedia Italianate, involves beating or cuffing, throwing around of food or clothes, and generally gross behavior. - Paralinguistic humour.
Katherine: Put finger in the eye, an she knew why.
Violence.
Shrew tradition
Kathrine: Asses are made to bear, and so are you.
Petruchio: Women are made to bear, and so are you.
Shrew tradition/Boardy humour.
-pun on bear - Petruchio means bear children.
-Petruchio may also mean bear the weight of man during sex - bawdy humor.
-Battle of the sexes - comedic repartee
Gremoi: Woo her, wed her. Bed her, and rid the house of her.
Cruel/misogynistic and Objectifying.
Bawdy humor/proleptic irony of her marriage to Petruchio.
Biondello’s description of patruchios outfit: “Old Jerkin” “Boots” + “have been candle cases” “full of winndgalls” “Sped with Spavins” “rayed with yellows” “a womans crupper of velour”
Comically juxtaposes with scene of the church - is supposed to be serios/Solem - ridiculed by Petruchio’s behavior.
Slap-stick.
When Patruchio enters in this outfit, paralinguistic humor is created by his clothe.
“Such a cuff/that down fell the priest and book, book and priest”
Transgressive humour /taboo behaviour– disrespecting religious figure would have been outrageous in those days.
Enjambment after cuff - emphasise taboo behaviour of punching priest.
Grumio: I warrant him, Patruchio is Kated.
Suggesting marrying Kate is making him like her.
Pun on mated – meaning married.
Suggest Grumio is not always the butt of the joke.
Grumio: Take up my mistress’ gown to his master’s use?
-sex/rape, misogynistic.
-Sexual objectification “use”.
-Implies she is of lower status than servants – even they can publicly humiliate her.
-Bawdy humor.
-Double meaning - could be making a joke on cross dressing - Patruchio wearing dress.
If have time - add ‘Knock’ - pun grumio
