Taming Of The Shrew Flashcards
And kiss me, Kate. We will be married o’Sunday.
Petruchio
Kate does not agree
O monstrous beast!
Upper class and lower class difference. Immediately introduces class theme
To me she’s married, not unto my clothes
Appearance, and class. Could indicate a more deep meaning to the marriage. Not just for money perhaps?
Master
Lucentio and Tranio’s relationship
Tranio speaks in verse, yet uses colloquial language, and calls Lucentio master.
Close relationship
Subverts natural view
Put finger in the eye
Slapstick violence
Katerina and Bianca
If I achieve not this young modest girl
Possessions
Gender
Treatment of women
What dowry shall I have with her to wife?
Finance transaction
What, with my tongue in your tail?
Slapstick violence
Bedroom farce
Bawdy humour
Striking Curtis’s ear
Relationship between upper and lower class Slapstick violence
‘Tis burnt, and so is all the meat
Manipulative
Beginning of taming
And he’ll take her
Natural to most people
At, but the mustard is too hot a little
Grumio helps manipulate Kate
Belittling
Grumio keeps up with Petruchio
‘The note lies’
Rogue
Relationship between servants and masters
I am ____ wife in ___ obedience
I am your wife in all obedience- Page
Foreshadow?
Induction