What metaphor does Petruchio use to describe Katherine?
What is the journey that Kate and Petruchio take a metaphor for? Which person do Lucentio and Tranio hire the Pendant or Merchant to be? He is the “falcon tamer” and Kate is the “falcon”. It is him saying to start the taming if the shrew by starving her and denying her of sleep.
How would you describe The Taming of the Shrew?
(Shrew is an old-fashioned word for a bad-tempered woman.) She behaves unpleasantly to him but he pretends not to notice. In the end he marries her and ‘ tames’ her by treating her roughly until she becomes as easy to control as wives were expected to be at that time.
What kind of person is Hortensio?
Hortensio is an outgoing person and has many friends and both in Padua and beyond. One of his greatest friends is Petruchio who is a member of one of the leading families in Verona.
What does Petruchio compare Kate to?
In a famous metaphor in “The taming of the shrew” by Shakespeare, Petruchio compares taming Kate to training a falcon, a hunting hawk: “My falcon now is [hungry] and [extremely] empty, And till she [fly to the lure] [ fly to the lure ] she must not be full- gorged, For then she never looks upon her lure.”
How does Petruchio keep Kate from eating?
7. How does Petruchio prevent Kate from eating after their marriage? He tells her she is too fat.
What character is the shrew?
PetruchioLucentioHortensioTranioBianca MinolaGrumio
The Taming of the Shrew/Characters
Who does Tranio disguise himself as?
Lucentio
In Padua, Baptista decides that Tranio (disguised as Lucentio) will marry Bianca, but he demands to meet his father first. Tranio as “Lucentio” finds a merchant from Venice and tricks him into agreeing to pose as Lucentio’s father.
What kind of person is Lucentio?
romantic idealist
Lucentio from The Taming of the Shrew is a quixotic character (a romantic idealist), who falls madly in love with Bianca upon first sight. He wants to be a scholar, a warrior, a rebel, but really Lucentio is only a romantic, in both a modern and literary sense (referring to the heroic tradition of legend or fantasy).
What does Petruchio tell Kate to do?
What does Petruchio tell Kate to do? The offense of the widow is to argue with Kate at the wedding feast and Petruchio tells Kate to argue back. This is in spite of all his “Taming” lessons which tell her not to argue back.
Does Petruchio love Katharine?
Petruchio marries Katherine and in return received a large dowry. Following their marriage Petruchio begins to court her through various acts. Hence we see that Petruchio does not “love” Katherine but instead it can be said that he enjoys controlling her.
What does Hortensio offer Petruchio?
Petruchio and Hortensio enter, and Petruchio offers Kate some food. Until she thanks him for providing it, however, she cannot have it. Reluctantly she gives in and receives her meal. Petruchio announces they will return to Baptista’s house, dressed in the finest clothes money can by.
Who marries Kate in Taming of the Shrew?
The Taming of the Shrew: Directed by Jonathan Miller. With Simon Chandler, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Frank Thornton. The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.