Monday, 4/8 - Taming the Exam and the Shrew

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in . . . real life?

• P&P

• Exam

• Sesame Street links to "Up! Down!"
• Original
• Irritated

HW: Get a copy of The Taming of the Shrew and begin reading Leithart (205-216) on Taming.

Journal due (Wed)
  
Shrew - J1 (Induction and Act 1)

1. What is the point of the two "induction" scenes with Christopher Sly? How do these scenes relate to the action of the main play?
2. What is the structure of Act 1? Why did Shakespeare arrange the scenes in this way?
3. Why has Lucentio come to Padua?
4. What is Tranio's advice? How does it fit with the two models of education discussed in Leithart?
5. What does Lucentio call Bianca when he first sees her and why is this significant?
6. What kind of character is Bianca?
7. What does Katherina mean by saying that her father has made her a "stale"? How does this help to explain her shrewish behavior?
8. Why is Petruchio in Padua? How are his reasons for coming different from AND similar to Lucentio's?
9. What kind of man is Petruchio?