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The Taming of the Shrew Flashcards

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VOCABULARY:

Austerity

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The trait of self denial from worldly pleasures

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VOCABULARY:

Bereft

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Sorrowful through loss or deprivation

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VOCABULARY:

Chattels

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Any movable property

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VOCABULARY:

Jerkin

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A short jacket

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VOCABULARY:

Credulous

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Showing lack of judgment or experience

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VOCABULARY:

Dowry

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Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

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VOCABULARY:

Flout

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To show contempt for to disobey

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VOCABULARY:

Forbear

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To hold back

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VOCABULARY:

Gamut

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A scale of musical notes

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VOCABULARY:

Giddy

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Dizzy, lightheaded, or lacking seriousness

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LITERARY TERMS:

Pantaloons

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A stock comedic character usually an old man wearing baggy pants and chasing young girls

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LITERARY TERMS:

Aside

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Words spoken by an actor in such a way that the audience is supposed to hear him/her but not the other characters on stage

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LITERARY TERMS:

Soliloquy

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Lines in a play in which a character reveals his thoughts to the audience. This is longer than a aside and is usually done on stage alone

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LITERARY TERMS:

Couplet

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Two consecutive lines of rhyming poetry

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LITERARY TERMS:

Pun

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An expression that achieves humor by two words having the same meaning or two similar sounding words

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LITERARY TERMS:

Malapropism

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The misuse of a longer word for a humorous effect

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LITERARY TERMS:

Dramatic Irony

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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

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LITERARY TERMS:

Structural Irony

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A native hero whose view of the world differs from the author’s and the readers. It flatters the reader’s intelligence at the expense of the hero

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LITERARY TERMS:

Verbal Irony

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When what is said is not what is really meant

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LITERARY TERMS:

Stock Charcter

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When the audience knows things that the characters in the work do not

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

A tinker

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Sly

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Wants to marry for fortune

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Falls in love at first sight

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Lucentio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is seen as a Shrew by all in Padua

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Kat

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

The man in Padua who Petruchio knows before the play starts

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Hortensio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

From Verona

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is told that he will be punished for breaking glasses

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Sly

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Petruchio’s personal servant

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Grumio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Marries a widow

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Hortensio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Disguises himself as a music teacher, Litio

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Hortensio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Ties up Bianca

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Kat

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is told that Lucentio killed a man

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Biondello

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Says the sun is the moon

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Petruchio and Kat

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Tells the crowd that Katharine is affectionate

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Cusses at the wedding

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is more of a Shrew than Kate

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Throws meat about the kitchen

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Dresses Sly up as a lord

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Lord

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Pretends to be Sky’s wife

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Page

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Tries to outbid Lucentio for Bianca

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Gremio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is a pantaloons

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Gremio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Inquires about Petruchio’s new bride when Grumio returns home

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Curtis

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Makes a cap for Kate

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Haberdasher

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Makes a dress for Kate

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Tailor

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Pays for the dress

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Hortensio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is told men for Mantua will be killed

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Pedant

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Drops the Bible at the wedding

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Priest

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Are secretly wed

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Lucentio and Bianca

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is thought to be the most modest girl in Padua

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Bianca

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is knocked soundly at Hortensio’s house

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Grumio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Wife is too busy to come when he calls

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Lucentio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Can not marry until her sister does

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Bianca

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Is called a young virgin by Kate

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Vincentio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Pretends to be Vincentio

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Pedant

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Wins the wager

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Petruchio

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NAME THAT CHARACTER:

Disguises himself as a Latin tutor, Cambio

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Lucentio

57
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QUESTIONS ON ANALYSIS:

Be able to list 3 of the 5 themes from the play and give a brief description of each

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Love-It is only definable to the character who is experiencing it.

Love and Money-Everyone tries to offer Baptista riches and promises to care for Bianca handsomely when trying to secure her hand in marriage

Power and Language-Those who are well spoken and can manipulate language are the ultimate winners in this work

Marriage-Like many of Shakespeare’s comedies a wedding or weddings seem inevitable outcomes to the play

Appearance vs. Reality-Easily defined as using the art of illusion to get what one is aiming for within the Shrew

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QUESTIONS ON ANALYSIS: What is special about Act 2 of the play? (2 things)

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  1. One Scene

2. Longest Scene

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QUESTIONS ON ANALYSIS:

What motivates Kat’s behavior?

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She is called a shrew so she acts that way.

Father favors Bianca

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QUESTIONS ON ANALYSIS:

What are the two ways Love is defined in the play?

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  1. Petruchio and Kat, Sport to be won

2. Lucentio and Bianca, An art

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QUESTIONS ON ANALYSIS:

What is special about Act 4? (2 things)

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  1. Longest Act

2. Two story lines

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QUESTIONS ON ANALYSIS:

Baptista tells Petruchio he will give him another dowry for another daughter. Explain this statement.

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He is giving Petruchio the credit for changing Kat. Turning into a good person and not a shrew.

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ESSAY:
Is “ TheTaming of the Shrew” a sexist play? Use at least three examples to support your answer. (The do’s and don’ts of formal writing will apply to the essay. There is no set length. It is worth 25 points.)

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YES:
“The Taming of the Shrew” is a sexist play. The men in the play barter and trade for women, the men are in charge. Petruchio refer to Kate as “His”, Petruchio uses Kate as a money investment. Baptista uses his daughter as a conversation piece and despite his love for his children, Baptista uses them like property.

NO:
“The Taming of the Shrew” is not a sexist play. Kat speaks her mind, she is not concerned with finding a man,Kate seems in some aspects to “Humor” her husband, and Kate’s final speech is very sarcastic.

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