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English Lit- The Taming Of The Shrew > Key Quotes > Flashcards

Key Quotes Flashcards

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‘Sirs, _ _ ___ _ _ drunken man’ - Lord (Induction)

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‘Sirs, I will practice on this drunken man’ - Lord

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‘I am your __ _ _ ___.’ - Page (Induction)

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“I am your wife in all obedience.” - Page

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“O’ ___ __, how like a swine he lies!” - Lord (Induction)

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“O’ monstrous beast, how like a swine he lies!” - Lord

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“I pray you, sir, is it your will to make a stale _ _ __ __ __.” - Katharina (Act 1)

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“I pray you, sir, is it your will to make a stale of me amongst these mates” - Katharina

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“I burn, _ __, _ __” - Lucentio (Act 1)

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“I burn, I pine, I perish” - Lucentio

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“___ the __” - Hortensio/ Grumio (Act 1)

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“Katharine the curst” - Hortensio / Grumio

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“Have I not _ _ __ __ lions roar?” - Petruchio (Act 1)

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“Have I not in my time heard lions roar?” - Petruchio

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“He hath the __ of my life in hold, _ ___ ___, ___ __” - Hortensio (Act 1)

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“He hath the jewel of my life in hold, his youngest daughter, beautiful Bianca” - Hortensio

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“I come to __ _ ___ in Padua; if ___ __ ___ in Padua.” - Petruchio (Act 1)

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“I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; If wealthily then happily in Padua.” - Petruchio

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“I prithee, ___ __, __ _ __”- Bianca (Act 2)

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“I prithee, sister Kate, untie my hands” - Bianca

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“Pray, __ _ _ _ ___ called Katharina, __ _ ___?”- Petruchio (Act 2)

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“Pray, have you not a daughter called Katharina, fair and virtuous?” - Petruchio

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“Where two raging fires __ ___ _ _ ___ _ __ that feeds their __.”- Petruchio (Act 2)

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“Where two raging fires meet together they do consume the thing that feeds their fury.” - Petruchio

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“With a ___ __” - Hortensio (Act 2)

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“With a devilish spirit” - Hortensio with ‘his head broke’

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“_ _ _ ___, best beware my sting” - Kate (Act 2)

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“If I be waspish, best beware my sting” - Kate

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“will you, nill you, I will marry you…I am __ _ __ _ __.” - Petruchio (Act 2)

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“will you, nill you, I will marry you… I am born to tame you Kate.” - Petruchio

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“For such an injury would vex a very saint. __ __ _ __ _ _ impatient humour” - Baptista (Act 3)

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“For such and injury would vex a very saint. Much more a shrew of thy impatient humour”- Baptista

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“An __-__ _ _ solemn festival” - Baptista (Act 3)

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“An eye-sore to our solemn festival!” - Baptista

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“Be mad and merry - or go hang yourselves. _ _ _ __ __, she must with me” Petruchio (Act 3)

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“Be mad and merry- or go hang yourselves. But for my bonny Kate, she must with me”-Petruchio

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“I will be master of what is mine own. __ _ _ __ _ ___; she is my house” - Petruchio (Act 3)

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“I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house”- Petruchio

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“By this ___ _ _ __ shrew than she” - Curtis (Act 4)

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“By this reckoning he is more shrew than she”- Curtis 4.1

21
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“And thus i’ll curb her mad and headstring humour. _ __ __ __ __ _ __ _ __, now let him speak” - Petruchio (Act 4)

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“And thus I’ll curb her mad and headstrong humor. He that knows better how to tame a shrew, now let him speak”-Petruchio

22
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“Enter tranio [___ _ ___] and Hortensio [___ _ __]” (Act 4)

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“Enter Tranio [disguised as Lucentio] and Hortensio [disguised as Litio]”

23
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“And here I __ _ __ ____ oath never to marry __ __” - Tranio (Act 4)

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“And here I take the like unfeigned oath never to marry with her” - Tranio

24
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“The more my wrong, _ __ _ __ ___. What, did he marry me to famish me?” - Kate (Act 4)

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“The more my wrong, the more his spite appears. What, did he marry me to famish me?” - Kate

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“Be it moon or sun or whatever you please; And if you please to call it a rush-candle, ____ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _” - Katharina (Act 4)

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“be it moon or sun or whatever you please; And if you please to call it a rush-candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me”-Katharina

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“I will __ __ _ __; now pray thee, love, stay.” - Katharina to Petruchio (Act 5)

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“I will give thee a kiss; now pray thee, love, stay.” - K to P

27
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“Am I your bird? _ __ _ __ _ __.” - Bianca (Act 5)

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“Am I your bird? I mean to shift my bush.” - Bianca

28
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“When she is forward, peevish, sullen, sour/ And not obedient to his honest will/ __ _ _ _ _ __ ____ __.” - Kate (Act 5)

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“When she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour/ And not obedient to his honest will/ What is she but a foul contending rebel.” - Kate

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“They husband is thy lord,__ __, __ ___, __ __, __ ____.” - Katharina (Act 5)

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“Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper thy head, thy sovereign.” - Katharina

30
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“Thou __ ___ _ __ __.” - Hortensio ( Act 5)

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“Thou hast tamed a curst shrew” Hortensio

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