the taming of the shrew by william shakespeare

Kate strikes him he hurts her leg > calls the world slanderous for 'calling her something that she is not.' when they meet they trade insults, bawdy comedy, and Petruchio says some verbally ironic commentsġ) O slow-winged turtle, shall a buzzard take thee (simile)Ģ) With my tongue in your tale? (bawdy humour) *He will continue to attempt to annoy Katherine with verbal irony when they meet, like saying that she is as sweet as springtime flowers (simile).* Katherine abuses Hortensio as Litio with his lute Katherine and Petruchio Meet - *just before she comes, Petruchio declares how he plans to woo her with verbal irony by defying everything she says.* * Shakespeare uses verbal irony*: Petruchio says that Kate is fair and virtuous. Gremio gives Baptista Lucentio as Cambio (HE IS NOT AWARE OF THIS) Petruchio gives Baptista Hortensio as Litio (HE IS AWARE OF THIS) Baptista meets Tranio as Lucentio, who asks to be suitor to Bianca (simile. Petruchio comes a wooing -Petruchio and Baptista meet and discuss Katherine's dowry.

Act 2 1 scene Sibling Rivarly: Katherine and Bianca Katherine is seen being aggressive to Bianca, perhaps this is because she is jealous of her father's favoritism towards Bianca. Hercules, a strong mythological hero, whom Gremio directly compares Petruchio to as he will need this strength to tame Katherine. Katherine is directly compared to a wildcat. woodcock: a bird easily snared and hence thought to be foolish. Metaphor: 1)Hortensio directly compares Bianca to a treasure. a women's tongue that gives not half so great a blow to hear AS will a chestnut in a farmer's fire. were she AS rough as are the swelling Adriatic seasĤ). > ' I've come to wive in weathily in Padua, if wealthily then happily in Padua' (alliteration) Gale a very strong wind: Hortensio asked Petruchio what gale brought him to Padua> L.Frank Baum choose this to be the last name for his heroine Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz since a tornado with gale force brought her house to Munchkinland. Comes to Padua to look for a wife WITH RICHES > his friend Hortensio offers him Katherine (then takes it back as she is so bad) > but Petruchio is interested as he only looks for money in a wife. Aside/Breaking the Fourth Wall an aside is a speech often directed to the audience, so that no other characters can her, and is often done in terms of breaking the fourth wall, in which actors acknowledge that they are acting, this is often done in tv shows like 'Modern Family.' Petruchio - From Verona, Italy Metaphor: I saw her coral lips to move ~ Lucentio Lucentio compares Bianca's red lips to red coral, which is more valuable than white coral.

The taming of the shrew by william shakespeare