Characters
The sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, violent elder daughter of Baptista that envies the favoritism of Bianca
Who is Katherine?
What information does Katherine hope to gain by tying Bianca's hands and questioning her?
What is Kate wants to know which of the suitors Bianca prefers?
What is Baptista's condition when it comes to wooing Bianca?
Katherina must be wed first.
Why does Kate weep?
Because Petruchio is not coming to her wedding ceremony
Where does the story take place?
Padua, Italy
the wealthiest, yet very superficial and absent-minded man of Padua with highly-sought-after daughters because of large dowries
Who is Baptista?
What names do Hortensia and Lucentio assume
Hortensio is Lito, and Lucentio is Cambio
What is Lucentio's plan to win Bianca?
He will be her tutor.
How is Petruchio dressed for his wedding?
like Rainbow Brite's twin brother
What does Petruchio convince Kate to say about the sun?
That it is the moon
the younger, favorite daughter of Baptista who seems soft-spoken, sweet, and unassuming with many suitors, but will not marry until Kate is wed.
Who is Bianca?
How is Hortensio injured?
He's trying to teach Kate to play the lute and she takes it away from him and clunks him on the head with the instrument.
What odd request does Lucentio make of Tranio?
He asks Tranio to woo Bianca.
What does Gremio call Petruchio in line 155?
He calls Petruchio "a devil, a very fiend”
How does Lucentio declare his love for Bianca?
Through a Latin translation
the boisterous, quick-witted Veronan gentlemen who have come to Padua to marry a woman with an enormous dowry; disregard warnings of Katherine's temper and succeeds in "taming" her
Who is Petruchio?
What type of language does Petruchio use to describe Katherine during the discussion with Baptista?
He calls her fair and virtuous.
What is Petruchio's father's name?
Antonio
What is Lucentio's translation of his lesson? (lines 31-36)
English
Whom does Baptista believe to be Lucentio for most of the play?
Tranio
the good-natured and intrepid student from Pisa who comes to Padua to study at university, but is immediately sidetracked when he falls in love with Bianca
Who is Lucentio?
What character does Tranio assume?
Tranio assumes the character of Lucentio
Lucentio returns disguised as a man named...
Cambio
What message to Bianca does Hortensio (Litio) encode in the gamut (scales)?
The gamut or scales have romantic words interjected in it meant to woo Bianca
How does Tranio trick the pedant?
He tells him that Padua and Mantua are at war.