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The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew. Final review. Format. 20 multiple choice questions (and they aren’t easy comprehension questions, either)X3 pts. Each = 60. 11 quote ID’s X 2 pts.=22 3 essay questions X 6pts = 18. Aside from the play itself, study. Viewing guide for Shakespeare video

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The Taming of the Shrew

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  1. The Taming of the Shrew Final review

  2. Format • 20 multiple choice questions (and they aren’t easy comprehension questions, either)X3 pts. Each = 60. • 11 quote ID’s X 2 pts.=22 • 3 essay questions X 6pts = 18

  3. Aside from the play itself, study • Viewing guide for Shakespeare video • Notes on Shakespeare’s comedies (Ppt) • The Goode and the Badd

  4. Themes of the play • Class and social status • Love and money • Marriage

  5. Major motif • What’s a motif? A recurring element, such as blood in Macbeth • Disguises • Which characters pretend to be someone else? • Dig deeper: which characters take on a new personality or social situation?

  6. Purpose of induction • Sets up the frame story • Introduces motif of disguise • Introduces theme of class and money • First example of the “good wife” stereotype • Would the play be just as good without it?

  7. Dramatic Irony • Definition: occurs when the readers/audience know something that characters do not know—helps create suspense • Examples: • Vincentio’s arrival • Tranio offering a dower of his “father’s” money, land, and ships

  8. Social Misfits and Fools • Which two characters best fit this category? • How is the language of these characters different from that of the nobility? • Good illustration of the witty dialogue and puns that are characteristic of Shakespeare’s comedies

  9. Bianca vs. Katharina • What character is missing from the Minola family? • What effect does this have on the girls’ relationship with their father? With each other? • “Nay, now I see/She is your treasure, she must have a husband;/I must dance barefoot on her wedding day”

  10. What about Bianca? • How she acts around her father • How she acts around her “tutors” • How she acts at the end • So who’s the real shrew?

  11. How Does Petruchio “Tame” Katharina? • Name change (p. 333-34): “Good morrow, Kate, for that’s your name, I hear.” (Kate) “Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing:/They call me Katharine that do talk of me.” (Petr.) “You lie, in faith; for you are called plain Kate, /And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst…/ Hearing thy mildness praised in every town,/Thy virtues spoke of, and thy beauty sounded…”

  12. Taming Katharina • Petruchio acts as a mirror—shows Kate how she herself acts • Makes her realize she does care about conforming to social conventions by defying them himself (think of examples) • Falcon training: How is this like/unlike torture?

  13. Kate’s final monologue • To whom is she speaking? • Reread this! • Does Kate really mean this? • Critics have argued about it… • Is Shakespeare misogynistic? • Or is this a satire? • Or is this the power of love? • Which couple would you expect to have the happiest marriage?

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