Important Quotes Flashcards
What is one quote that suggests how much Lucentio trusts Tranio?
Counsel me, Tranio, for I know thou canst, assist me, Tranio, for I know thou wilt.
What is one quote that compares Kate to a prostitute?
To cart her, rather
What is one example of a violent threat said by Kate?
To comb your noddle with a three-legged stool, and paint your face and use you like a fool.
What is one quote where Kate calls Bianca a faker?
A pretty peat! It is best put finger in the eye, and she knew you
What are two quotes by Lucentio suggesting why he fell in love with Bianca
“But in the other’s silence do i see Maid’s mild behavior and sobriety”
“I see sweet beauty in her face”
What are two account of Grumio seemingly mocking Petruchio?
My master is grown quarrelsome
My master is mad
If this be not a lawful cause for me to leave his service
Give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet
What are two mean names that Petruchio calls Grumio?
A senseless villain
Rascal
How does Hortensio suggest Kate to Petruchio?
Wish thee to a shrewd ill favoured wife
Intolerably shrewd and curst and froward so beyond all measure
Quote to show Tranio as the stock character of the “clever servant”
If I fail not of my cunning
Biondello being sarcastic/a fool
Well when will he be here
When he stands where I am and sees you here
What are two quotes that portray how Petruchio’s parents hate him?
He’s a monster!- Biondello
“If you knew him as well as I do… throw a figure in her face”
What is one form of biblical referencing/ irony in Kate and Petruchio’s relationship?
Why he’s a devil, a devil- Gremio about Petruchio
“You may go to the devil’s dam” and “A husband, a devil” - Gremio about Kate
examples of Grumio being childish/sarcastic in act 4
“Tell thou the tale”
Petruchio-“Where is the foolish knave I sent before”- “here sir, as foolish as I was before”
Shows Petruchio’s arrogance
He that knows better how to tame a shrew, now let him speak
Proves Bianca’s power over Lucentio
I pine I burn I perish
You prove mistress of my heart
