Sonnets/Poetry
How is prose different from poetry?
Prose is the normal form of writing, poetry uses rhyme and rythm
What Grumio adds to the novel
Comedic Relief
What are the three worlds that a play is broken up into?
Ordinary World, Green World, Changed Ordinary World
What is a shrew and give one example of why Katherine is a shrew?
an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman characterised by scolding, nagging, and aggression (examples could vary)
What is the name of Petruchio in the modern remake?
Patrick
What is a sonnet made up of?
Fourteen liners and a volta
Who are the 3 characters who make a bet on their wives at the end of the play
Petruchio, Hortensio, and Lucentio
What is the green world normally and what is it in TOTS
Normally a forest, it is Petruchio's house in TOTS
What does the metaphor of the falcon and the falconer represent and who calls who it?
Petruchio calls Katherine it and it means that he is her keeper and she is wild and needs to be tamed
How much does Katherine hate Patrick?
Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all
Iambic, Trochaic, Anapestic, Dactylic, are all types of...
Who is Lucentio's father and why does Lucentio come to Padua?
Vincentio and Lucentio comes to get an education in philosophy
In a Shakespearean Comedy, what is life controlled by?
The players
What does Petruchio’s wedding costume symbolize?
His control over Katherine, showing that he can wear whatever he wants and embarrass her and she must sit by and let him
Who said “Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all. So I to her and so she yields to me, For I am rough and woo not like a babe” (II.i.86)
Petruchio
The three types of sonnets and their rhyme schemes
Spencerian - ABAB BCBC CDCD EE, Shakespearean - ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, Petrarchan - ABBA ABBA CDE CDE or ABBA ABBA CDC CDC
What does Bianca and Cambio’s name symbolize
Purity, innocence, perfection and Change
Define slapstick comedy and name one example:
A type of physical comedy characterized by broad humor, absurd situations, and vigorous, usually violent action (examples could vary)
Deception is a big theme, name all characters who disguise themselves and who they disguise as
Sly as a nobleman, Lucentio as Cambio, Tranio as Lucentio, Hortensio as Litio, the merchant as Vincentio
Who said “To cart her rather. She’s too rough for me. -/ There, there, Hortensio, will you any wife?”
Gremio
Name and define the two types of line breaks
End-stoppes: clearly paused at their conclusion
Enjambed: run into the next line
Who says, “I know not what to say, but give me your hands. God send you joy, Petruchio. ‘Tis a match.” (II.i.314-315).
Baptista
How does Shakespeare frame the story, explain what he does and how it adds to the complexity of TOTS?
He sets up the story with Christopher Sly, adding to fact that TOTS is a play in a play, and overall setting up the themes of identity, performance, transformation, and social roles
What is the final act in TOTS and what are the two ways it can be interpreted?
Katherine's final speech, can be seen as sarcasm or obedience
How long did Katherine go without eating or sleeping?
Several days