Disguise
Lucentio dresses up as a tutor. What is his fake name?
Cambo
“For I am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Comfortable as other household Kates.”
What theme does this quote link to?
Gender
Who are the three suitors to Bianca? Must have all three to get the points.
Hortensio, Gremio & Lucentio
Called a witch or sent to a nunnery
She cannot marry until her sister does
Hortensio dresses up as a tutor. What is his fake name?
Litio
“Forward, I pray, since we have come so far,
And be it moon, or sun, or what you please"
Looking at the quote above, why does Kate give in to Petruchio?
She has no choice but to agree with him or else she cannot go to her sisters wedding
Bianca and Lucentio
Katherine and Petruchio
The Widow and Hortensio
Who were the upper-class people of the Elizabethan Era? Name the titles. You need to have at least three for the points to be awarded.
Monarch - ruler (usually King or Queen)
Nobility - highest social class with the leader of the family usually an earl, duke or baron and the men and and women were referred to as the lord or lady. (during this time there were few noble families)
Gentry - knights, gentlemen, gentlewomen and squires. People of this class rarely worked with their hands.
Merchants - prosperous people who made their wealth through sales of goods.
Yoemen - common folk who have just enough money to support their family but any misfortune could plummet them into poverty.
Laborers - carpenters, shoemakers, servants etc. Peasants, those who don’t own a home and those who do not have enough money to support a family.
Who is the shrew in the play and is she ever tamed?
"I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;
If wealthily, then happily in Padua."
Who says this quote and what does it mean?
Petruchio says this as he wants a wife and to become richer than he already is.
The Taming of the Shrew is a play within a play. Who is the character that is made to watch the play being performed during the Induction?
Sly
Money, goods and property
When Petruchio marries Katherine and brings her to his home, what methods of torture does he use? 2 responses required for the points to be awarded.
Starvation and sleep deprivation
When does Petruchio use disguise and what is he disguised as? Must have both parts of the answer.
His wedding day. He arrives in tattered rags.
"Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife, your dowry ‘greed on,
And will you, nill you, I will marry you"
What does this quote suggest about the gender inequality of this time period?
Fathers owned their daughters and were in charge of them until they became married. Then they were the property of their husband. Women never got a say.
Tranio, Grumio and Biondello are who in the play?
servants to Lucentio and Petruchio
Males 14
Females 12
Why would Petruchio want to wed Katherine the shrew?
The Merchant is asked to be disguised as someone else. Who does he have to be and why?
Vincentio as Lucentio's fake dad so he can marry Bianca.
"Then God be blessed, it is the blessed sun,
But sun it is not when you say it is not,
And the moon changes even as your mind.
What you will have it named, even that it is,
And so it shall be still for Katherine."
What does this quote suggest about the change the audience can see in Katherine?
She is becoming tame. Katherine is agreeing with Petruchio despite knowing he is lying. She is doing this because it is expected of her to do as she is told.
What is different about the marriage between Bianca and Lucentio, compared with many other couples of the time?
What is the genre of The Taming of the Shrew?
Comedy
What happens when Lucentio's real father arrives in Padua?
Tranio lies and says he is a fake as Lucentio's father (the fake Vincentio) is already in Padua.
Tranio is on the verge of being arrested as a fraud.