Taming Of The Shrew Flashcards

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And kiss me, Kate. We will be married o’Sunday.

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Petruchio

Kate does not agree

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O monstrous beast!

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Upper class and lower class difference. Immediately introduces class theme

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To me she’s married, not unto my clothes

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Appearance, and class. Could indicate a more deep meaning to the marriage. Not just for money perhaps?

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Master

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Lucentio and Tranio’s relationship
Tranio speaks in verse, yet uses colloquial language, and calls Lucentio master.
Close relationship
Subverts natural view

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5
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Put finger in the eye

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Slapstick violence

Katerina and Bianca

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6
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If I achieve not this young modest girl

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Possessions
Gender
Treatment of women

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7
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What dowry shall I have with her to wife?

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Finance transaction

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8
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What, with my tongue in your tail?

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Slapstick violence
Bedroom farce
Bawdy humour

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Striking Curtis’s ear

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Relationship between upper and lower class 
Slapstick violence
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10
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‘Tis burnt, and so is all the meat

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Manipulative

Beginning of taming

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11
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And he’ll take her

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Natural to most people

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12
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At, but the mustard is too hot a little

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Grumio helps manipulate Kate

Belittling

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13
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Grumio keeps up with Petruchio

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‘The note lies’

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14
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Rogue

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Relationship between servants and masters

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15
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I am ____ wife in ___ obedience

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I am your wife in all obedience- Page
Foreshadow?
Induction

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16
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I am ____ to tame you ____, and bring you from a ____ to a Kate conformable as other _________ Kate’s

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I am born to tame you Kate, and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kate’s
Act 2