Blog 13 Katherina's Soliloquy

Lines 171-173: Kate is saying that arguments should not be solved by fighting. She is ashamed of women that think fighting with their husbands is the best solution.

	"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."

Line 82: Kate realized all her fighting was pointless.

"But now I see our lances are but straws."

Lines 185-188: Kate is telling Bianca and the widow to swallow their pride and do what they can for their husbands. she is more than ready to respect Petruchio.

	"Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot,
	And place your hands below your husband's foot:
	In token of which duty, if he please,
	My hand is ready, may it do him ease."

In her speach, Katherina never mentions women's rights or her formerly stubborn ways. She has been tamed.

Blog 12 TOTS Act IV

Curtis,

Petruchio was acting that way to teach Katherine a lesson. He is taming the shrew. She is being scared into humble submission by his actions. He is "breaking" her, in a sense. When a horse is bad, they are broken by a professional in order to be controlled. They are usually broken by frightening or hurting them. That is precisely what Petruchio is doing in order to tame Katherine.

Petruchio's change in personality is an act. He is only pretending to be so openly heartless in order to frighten Katherine. She will learn to obey him if he is intimidating. If he was acting calm around her, she would try to take advantage of him; she would not be tamed. He needs to teach her she cannot be a shrew and complain and whine about everything.

Blog 11 TOTS

1. A Blank Verse has no set rhythm or rhyme or pattern. It is in Iambic Pentameter à line length broken into five feet. One foot is 2 syllables. An example is "I'll feeze you in faith."

2. a) "But wait! What time is it?"

b) "You are loevelier and calmer."

c) If you did it when you were supposed to, it would have been done already!"

d) When you 'woo' someone without thinking first, then when you get married it is in vain."

Thou art a jaded, shrill-gorged minimus!