It tells us a lot about how she feels about marriage, female roles and the changes in her behaviour since marrying Petruchio. In this video, Mark Quartley shares some of the things he looks for to help him understand how a character is feeling in a monologue.
When a character is talking to the audience in a soliloquy they are usually open and honest in what they say. When a character has a monologue where other characters are on stage, they may have reasons not to be completely open in what they say. In this speech, Katherina is speaking to her sister Bianca, who has recently married Lucentio, and the new wife of Hortensio. See if you can notice the things Mark tells us to look out for:.
See if you can complete the grid below and finish the four points which explain what this speech reveals about her character at this point in the play. Petruchio has 22 per cent of the lines in the play, and is a catalyst for the main events. Whilst his motives remain largely ambiguous, he does reveal some clues in his soliloquy, where he speaks directly and openly to the audience. In this video, RSC actor Paapa Essiedu shares what he looks for in a soliloquy, that helps him understand how a character is feeling.
Shakespeare gives characters soliloquies for lots of different reasons, but characters are usually open with the audience in these speeches. In this speech, Petruchio is talking to the audience about his prior interactions with Katherina and his plan for taming her. Speak it aloud and see if you can notice the things Paapa tells us to look out for:.
See if you can complete the below grid and create four points which explain what this speech reveals about the character at this point in the play. Many characters disguise their true identity over the course of the play: Lucentio as the schoolteacher Cambio, Tranio as his master Lucentio, Hortensio as the schoolteacher Licio, and the merchant as Vincentio.
Clothes also become a statement of non-conformity and madness, as Petruchio embarrasses Katherina by arriving at their wedding in a strange outfit, or in Act 4 dictating what she can or cannot wear. How many examples of clothing imagery can you find in the play and what do they reveal about the character who uses them?
Why do you think Shakespeare has included so much disguise in the play? Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew is negotiated like a business transaction.
Deals are agreed on according to wealth and status, and Baptista uses Bianca as a bargaining chip to ensure a good deal for his eldest daughter. Consider how women are considered to be objects for trade over the course of the play.
Notice how often they are spoken about rather than to, and when they are on stage but silent. How is love spoken about in comparison to marriage? See if you can complete the below grid and create four points which explain what this language shows about their relationship at this point in the play.
You can find examples of opposites and nature being inverted, such as when Petruchio insists that the sun is the moon. However, other parts of the play become disordered too.
Consider how the play ends. Do you think this community is in a state of order or disorder? Which conflicts have been resolved and which remain? This page considers some of the themes and key speeches from the play.
You can print the PEE grids from each of the sections on this page to help students explore the language around these in more detail. Help us by taking a short survey — it will only take a few minutes and will help us make the Shakespeare Learning Zone even better for everyone. Main Site Menu. Analysing Katherina's language. Close Katherina. Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign: one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince Even such a man oweth to her husband. And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour, And not obedient to his honest will, What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord? I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace; Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth, Unapt to toil and trouble in the world, But that our soft conditions and our hearts Should well agree with our external parts? Come, come, you froward and unable worms! Kate is willful, outspoken, and rebellious, whereas Bianca appears to be a model of obedience and modesty. Who does Gremio marry? Gremio is a rather old, wealthy suitor of Bianca, competing for her hand in marriage with Lucentio and Hortensio, as well as others.
When Baptista decides to marry Bianca to Lucentio, he adds that she will marry Gremio if Lucentio's financial guarantees don't check out. Does lucentio marry Bianca? Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
Lucentio marries Bianca and, in a contest at the end, Katherina proves to be the most obedient wife. How does Hortensio see Bianca? Full of confidence, he tells Hortensio to lead him to the shrew. Hortensio, for his part, plans to disguise himself as a schoolmaster so that he can court Bianca secretly.
Gremio and Lucentio enter on their way to Baptista's house, interrupting Hortensio and Petruchio. How does Hortensio agree to help Petruchio? Hortensio explains that he will dress up as a private tutor and he wants Petruchio to present him as a "gift" to Kate's dad. That way, Petruchio can get in good with Baptista and Hortensio can make sweet love to Bianca in secret.
At that moment, Gremio and Lucentio disguised as Cambio happen along. How do Lucentio and Hortensio woo Bianca? Lucentio and Hortensio try to woo by using their disguises as schoolmasters by revealing their real identities through her studies. Why does Hortensio marry the widow? Once so sworn, Hortensio announces that he will marry a wealthy widow whom he has only known a short time, who has loved him as much as he has loved Bianca.
He promises that from now on, when searching for love, he will look for kindness in women, rather than their beauty. Bianca declares that she is ready for her music lesson now, and Hortensio sends Lucentio away.
Under the pretense of teaching Bianca musical scales, he encourages Bianca, "take [Hortensio] for Act 3, Scene 2. Petruchio, however, is late Left alone, Tranio and Lucentio discuss their plan to get Bianca for Lucentio. Tranio tells him that he will find Baptista tells everyone that they can still enjoy the feast, and that Lucentio actually Tranio and Bianca can take the places of Petruchio and Katherine.
Act 4, Scene 2. Back in Padua, Hortensio disguised as Litio leads the person he thinks is Lucentio in reality Tranio to spy on Bianca and the real Lucentio disguised as Cambio.
Tranio goes forward to Bianca and Lucentio and tells them the news about Hortensio. He also tells them that Petruchio is a Still pretending to be Lucentio , Tranio tells the merchant that he will do him a favor. Since the merchant resembles Tranio leaves to find suitable clothes for the merchant, he mentions that he will need Lucentio's "father" to make assurances about his inheritance, in preparation for a wedding.
Act 4, Scene 4. In Padua, Tranio still disguised as Lucentio brings the merchant, who is dressed up as Vincentio, to Baptista's house. Biondello arrives, as Baptista, the merchant, and Tranio decide to go to Lucentio's lodging to discuss the financial particulars of the marriage in private. Before they depart, Tranio Lucentio returns and Biondello informs him of their plans. Baptista has asked for Cambio to bring Act 4, Scene 5. Petruchio happily greets him as his father-in-law, since Lucentio is marrying Katherine's sister.
Vincentio is Act 5, Scene 1. Outside of Lucentio's home in Padua, Lucentio runs off with Bianca and Biondello to the church where he Biondello returns from the church, where Lucentio and Bianca have been married.
Vincentio recognizes Biondello, but Biondello pretends not to know Vincentio Biondello, Lucentio , and Bianca enter. Thinking that their deception has been uncovered and fearing punishment, Biondello, Tranio, Act 5, Scene 2.
It is finally time for Lucentio and Bianca's wedding banquet. Baptista, Vincentio, Gremio, the merchant who had pretended to be Vincentio, In response to all this teasing, Petruchio proposes a bet. He, Lucentio , and Hortensio will call their wives, and the husband whose wife comes first will win Katherine returns with Bianca and the widow.
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