The Taming of the Shrew (OCR A Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Fill in the gap: "My ＿＿＿＿＿ now is sharp and passing empty"
Petruchio, Act 4 Scene 1
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Fill in the gap: "My ＿＿＿＿＿ now is sharp and passing empty"
Petruchio, Act 4 Scene 1
Answer: "My falcon now is sharp and passing empty"
Fill in the gap: "They call me ＿＿＿＿＿ that do talk of me"
Katherina, Act 2 Scene 1
Answer: "They call me Katherina that do talk of me"
Fill in the gap: "I must, forsooth, be ＿＿＿＿＿ / To give my hand opposed against my heart"
Katherina, Act 3 Scene 2
Answer: "I must, forsooth, be forced / To give my hand opposed against my heart"
Fill in the gap: "To me she's married, not unto my ＿＿＿＿＿"
Petruchio, Act 3 Scene 2
Answer: "To me she's married, not unto my clothes"
Key quote: "I pray you, sir, is it your will / To make a stale of me amongst these mates?"
Katherina, Act 1 Scene 1
Analysis
Katherina asks whether she is being put on display for other men's amusement. The pun on "stale", meaning both laughing-stock and prostitute, lets her name her own humiliation.
Key quote: "I smell sweet savours and I feel soft things: / Upon my life, I am a lord indeed"
Christopher Sly, Induction Scene 2
Analysis
Soft furnishings alone convince Sly that he is a nobleman, and his speech shifts from prose into verse. Class turns out to be something a man can be dressed in rather than born into.
Key quote: "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua"
Petruchio, Act 1 Scene 2
Analysis
The alliteration of "wive" and "wealthily" makes marriage sound like a business deal. Petruchio is open about looking for money rather than love.
Key quote: "And not a jot of Tranio in your mouth: / Tranio is chang'd into Lucentio"
Lucentio, Act 1 Scene 1
Analysis
The servant's name is wiped out so that his master can court Bianca in disguise. Identity in the play belongs to whoever holds the higher status.
Key quote: "Love wrought these miracles. Bianca's love / Made me exchange my state with Tranio"
Lucentio, Act 5 Scene 1
Analysis
Lucentio blames love for the deception instead of admitting that he planned it. Calling the swap a "miracle" lets him present disguise as something romantic rather than dishonest.
Key quote: "You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, / And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst"
Petruchio, Act 2 Scene 1
Analysis
Petruchio renames Katherina three times in two lines, which is his first move in taking control. Deciding what she is called begins the process of dismantling her identity.
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