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Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare) - Quotes Flashcards

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“Sirs, I will ________ on this _______ ____”

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“Sirs, I will practise on this drunken man” - Lord, Induction

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“O’ __________ _____, how like a _____ he lies!”

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

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“I am your ____ in all _________”

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“I am your wife in all obedience” - Page, Induction

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“I ____ you, sir, is it your ____ to make a ____ of me _______ _____ _____”

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“I pray you, sir, is it your will to make a stale of me amongst these mates” - Katherina, Act 1

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“I ____, I ____, I _____”

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“I burn, I pine, I perish” - Lucentio, Act 1

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“Katherine the _____”

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“Katherine the curst” - Hortensio/Grumio, Act 1

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“Have I not in my time _____ _____ ____”

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“Have I not in my time heard lions roar?” - Petruchio, Act 1

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“He hath the _____ of my ____ in ____, his youngest daughter, _________ ______”

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“He hath the jewel of my life in hold, his youngest daughter, beautiful Bianca” - Hortensio, Act 1

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“I come to ____ it _________ in Padua; if ________ then _______ in Padua”

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“I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; if wealthily then happily in Padua” - Petruchio, Act 1

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“I _______, sister Kate, _____ my ______” - “[Katherina _______ ___]”

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“I prithee, sister Kate, untie my hands” - Bianca [Katherina strikes her], Act 2

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“____, have you not a _______ called Katherina, ____ and ________?”

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“Pray, have you not a daughter called Katherina, fair and virtuous?” - Petruchio, Act 2

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“Where two ______ _____ meet together they do _______ the thing that _____ their ____”

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“Where two raging fires meet together they do consume the thing that feeds their fury” - Petruchio, Act 2

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“With a ________ ______”

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“With a devilish spirit” - Hortensio with ‘his head broke’, Act 2

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“If I be _______, best ______ my _____”

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“If I be waspish, best beware my sting” - Katharina, Act 2

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“____ you, ____ you, I will _____ you…I am ____ to ____ you Kate”

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“Will you, nill you, I will marry you…I am born to tame you Kate” - Petruchio, Act 2

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“Much more a _____ of thy _______ _____”

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“Much more a shrew of thy impatient humour” - Baptista, Act 3

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“An __-___ to our solemn _______”

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“An eye-sore to our solemn festival” - Baptista, Act 3

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“Tut, she’s a ____, a ____, a ____, to him”

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“Tut, she’s a lamb, a dove, a fool, to him” - Gremio (Act 3)

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“Be ___, be ______ - or go ____ yourselves. But for now my _____ ____, she must with me”

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“Be mad, be merry - or go hang yourselves. But for now my bonny Kate, she must with me” - Petruchio, Act 3

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“I will be _____ of what is ____ ___. She is my _____, my ________, she is my _____”

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“I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house” - Petruchio, Act 3

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“By this ________ he is more _____ than she”

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“By this reckoning he is more shrew than she” - Curtis, Act 4

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“He that knows better how to ____ _ _____, now let him _____”

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“He that knows better how to tame a shrew, now let him speak” - Petruchio, Act 4

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“Enter ______ [disguised as ________] and _________ [disguised as _____]”

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“Enter Tranio [disguised as Lucentio] and Hortensio [disguised as Litio]” Act 4

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“The more my _____, the more his _____ appears. What, did he _____ me to ______ me?”

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“The more my wrong, the more his spite appears. What, did he marry me to famish me?” - Katharina, Act 4

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“And here I take the _________ ____ to never _____ with her”

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“And here I take the unfeigned oath to never marry with her” - Tranio, Act 4

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“I will give thee a ____; now ____ thee, ____, ____”

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“I will give thee a kiss; now pray thee, love, stay” - Katharina, Act 5

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“Am I your ____? I mean to _____ my ____”

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“I am I your bird? I mean to shift my bush” - Bianca, Act 5

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“When she is _______, _______, sullen, ____// And not ________ to his honest ____// What is she but a ____ __________ _____”

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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” - Katharina, Act 5

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“Thy husband is thy ____, thy ____, thy ______, thy head, thy _________”

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“Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, thy head, thy sovereign” - Katharina, Act 5

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“Thou hast _____ a _____ _____”

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“Thou has tamed a curst shrew” - Hortensio, Act 5

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“Would not the ______ then ______ himself?”

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“Would not the beggar then forget himself?” - Lord, Induction

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“We can _______ ourselves,/ Were he the _______ _____ in the _____”

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“We can contain ourselves, / Were he the variest antic in the world” - Player, Induction

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“Your _______‘_ _______, hearing your _________, / Are come to ____ a ________ ______”

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“Your honour’s players, hearing your amendment, / Are come to play a pleasant comedy” - Messenger, Induction

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“I am ____ to ____ you ____, and bring you from a ____ _____ to a ____ ___________ as other _________ _____”

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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 Kates.” - Petruchio, Act 2

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“Not so well __________ as _ ____ ___ ____”

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“Not so well apparelled as I wish you were” - Tranio, Act 3

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“But where is ____? I ____ too ____ from ___”

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“But where is Kate? I stay too long from her”- Petruchio, Act 3

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“She is my ______, my ________, she is my _____”

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“She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house”- Petruchio, Act 3

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“Go with me to ______ ___ as _______ ___”

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“Go with me to clothe you as becomes you”- Tranio, Act 4

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“Be it ____ or ___ or ________ you ______; / And if you please to call it a ____-______, / Henceforth I ___ it shall __ __ ___ __”

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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.”- Katherina, Act 4

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“Marry, _____ it _____, and ____, and quiet ____”

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‘Marry, peace it bodes, and love, and quiet life’ - Petruchio, Act 5
(Petruchio has successfully called Katharina to him, other men are aghast and ask how he did such a thing - basically he’s completely lying)

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“She is ______”

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“She is changed” - Petruchio, Act 5

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“[He _____ him by the ____]”

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“[He wrings him by the ears]” - Petruchio to Grumio, Act 1

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“We may yet again have ______ to ___ ____ _________”

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“We may yet again have access to our fair mistress” - Gremio talking to Hortensio about Bianca, Act 1

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