The Taming of the Shrew

Christopher Sly

• A drunk beggar  

• In the induction  

• Switches from prose to verse when he “discovers” he is a wealthy man  

• Uses slang and latin to explain simple thing as complex 

• He is easily manipulated to forget his past self and there is shift in character 

• Asks for ale but they propose rich food instead 

  • switches from prose to verse

Lord in the Induction

• Is annoyed at Christopher and comes up with a plan to trick Christopher that he is a noble man and not a beggar and has been mentally ill for many years 

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• Disguised as a lady to trick Christopher her is a wealthy man who has been mentally ill for many years 

Baptista Minola 

• Father to katherine and bianca 

• Many men want to marry biance, but none want to marry katherine, he wont let anyone marry biance until her older sister gets married  

Katherine

• The eldest daughter  

• “the shrew”  

• Described as too ill-tempered for any man to handle 

• Referred to as the devil 

• Violent person, when she hits pertuchio he is more interested in her in means of taming her  

• Abused by pertuchio until the point where she loses her individuality and is obeidinet to him 

Bianca

• the younger daughter 

• Attracts many suitors (Gremio anf Hortensio) 

  • ends up marrying lucentio

Pertuchio 

• a suitor for Katherine

• intrested in marrying her for her riches

  • starves, abuses and man ipualtes her into being obiendent woman 

Gremio

suitor to bianca

Hortensio

• Suitor to Bianca  

• Later, disguised as a teacher named Litio  

Lucentio

• Suitor to Bianca  

• Later disguised as the teacher Cambio

• Married bianca in secret 

Vincentio 

lucentios father 

Tranio

Merchant, servant to Lucentio  Later impersonaiting lucentio on the request of Lucentio  Switches from prose to verse upon tranformation

Servant to Lucentio   Later disguised as Lucentios father Vinccentio

Servants to Petrochio

Merchant, servant to Lucentio  Later impersonaiting lucentio on the request of Lucentio  Switches from prose to verse upon tranformation

Servant to Lucentio   Later disguised as Lucentios father Vinccentio

Induction 0.1

• 0.1 

•  Noblemen find a beggar passed out at an ale house (christopher sly) and decides to play a practical joke on him, convicning him hes a mighty lord and that the memories he has of being a beggar was all a dream  

• Sly refuses to pay for broken goods 

• Carries sly back to amnor, clean him up, and put him in manor treat him as master, and Sly will be attending a show  

• Pays abrthlemo to dress as a woman adn pretend to be his wife  

• Induction helps lead us in to the hevay themes of the play: disguise, deception and transformation 

Induction 0.2

• 0.2  

• Sly wakes up, servants address them as his master and he sys its mistake, lord digusied as a servant, Lord gives him option that wealthy people  

• Temptation of wealth and pleasure helps him easily forget his past life 

• There are parralels between the lord and pertuchio and Katherine and Sly, as Katherine is more strong willer  

• Does she choose to submit?

1.1

• Lucentio arrives in Padua arrrives with servatn Tranio, to further his education  

• Baptista suggest that they should find a husband for Katherine so they can marry Bianca  

• Lucentio falls in love with bianca on first sight and him and tranio come up with a scheme that Lucento will disgusie himself as a tutor and Tranio will disguise himself and Lucentio 

• Germio and Hortensio make plan to find catherine a suitor 

1.2

• Petruchio plans to marry for wealth and asks hortensio for women recommendation 

• Petruchio doesn't care how ugly or ill-tempered women are he jsut wants a wealthy woman 

• Katheirne values independence, she is weel aware of her dads intentions  

2.1

• Katheirne boudn biancas’s hands to get bianca to confess who she lieks th emost, katheirne hits her  

• Hortensio is disguised as a music teacher named Litio  

• Lucentio is disgused as a history teacher named Cambio 

• Tranio poses as Lucentio  

• Petruchio declares he wants to marry Katherine , Katherine hits him after talking to him, petruchio pretends the convo went well and he says to baptista they will get married next sunday, Katehrine protests are ignored  

• Baptista then tzlks to Biancas suitors and says whoever can provide the largest doweer for Bianca will be her hubby  

• Tranio wins the contest , but Baptista wants to meet with lucentios fatehr Vincentio  

3.1

• Lucentio and hortensio disguised, Bianca talks baout how she feels like an object  

• Lucentio conffesses he has disgused himself to convice Biance to marry him 

• Bianca says he doesnt trust him 

• Both biancas tutors see their lessons see it as an oppuruntity to charm bianca  

• Bianca can't choose freely to choose partn

3.2

• Katherine and pertuchios wedding day, but pertuchio missing  

• Pertuchio arrives in ugly clothing, but he refuses to change, to embarass her   

• Pertuchio hit the preist , Katheirne and Pertuchio forces her to skip the feast to do urgent buinsess 

• Katherine contineus to hold her own, know pertuchio is out to get her 

• Plans to humialte bride by his outift and horse  

4.1

• Gumio arrives and pertuchios house, perthuchio in vioemt temper wanrs servants to be ready  

• Pertuchio physically and verballly assults his servants  

• He becomes engraged food is overcooked  

• Katheine tries to reason with her husband but he starves and doesnt let her sleep 

• Solioquey: to deprive ehr of food and sleep until she is submissive of will, with Kahteirne in his home he contorls her, and he can pretned is all out of love, enlist servants to do the same  

• Taming her, domesticate an animal, imagine s her as a falcon  

• Uncooperative falcons were deprived food by handlers  

4.2

• Tranio and hrotensio eavesdrop on lucentio, lucentio and bianca kiss, tranio tells bianca he will no longer be courting her 

• Find person to rpetend to be vercentio  

• Baptista favour tranio who is pretending to be Lucentio  

• Demanig view of women as pets “haggard”  

• Taming school: bully wives into good behaviour  

4.3

•  Grumio is part of pertuchio taming plot, keeps tempting her with food, pertuchio brings food but forces katheirn eot thank her to reive the food 

• Hes angry the tailor didint make the dress to how he suggested  

• Katherine at beggingin longs for home 

• Hortnesio ends up being embarrased by pertuchio by offering to pay the tailor 

4.4

• Tranio, the merchant as disguised as vencento, he gives conset to baptista and Traino (Lucentio) 

• Lucentio elopes with Bianca  

4.5

• Pertuchio and katheirne retunr to baptista hosue 

• Katheine promises to agree with pertuchio from now on  

• Katheine wants to return home, losing her fighting spirit  

• Pertuchio compares her to luggage, furniture, livestock, pets 

5.1

• Lucentio and bianca hurry to chich to elope  

• Vencentio and fake vecenito and they have funny encounter  

• Luventio and Bianca arrive, and lucentio explains everything, he isnt actually the tutor, and tranios identity is revelaed  

5.2

• Contest between the women, to see whonis the most obiendet between widow, bianca and katherine 

• Katherine wins and gives a lecture to the other women that it is their role to be obedient  

• Katherine is willing to tame other women now