whence grows this insolence?. Father, and wife, and gentlemenfarewell. You will go see your pupils right away. Believe me, sister, of all the men aliveI never yet beheld that special faceWhich I could fancy more than any other. Petruchio is my name. To smile at scapes and perils overblown. But slow in speech, yet sweet as springtime flowers. When, with a most impatient devilish spirit, 'Frets' call you these? quoth she. When we were alone, we agreed that she would go on being a shrew in public. Enter HORTENSIO as LITIO, with his head broke. You have but jested with me all this while. Let him that moved you hither, Remove you hence. And she can have no more than all I have. Members will be prompted to log in or create an account to redeem their group membership. I'll now go to Venice to buy clothes for the wedding. [as LUCENTIO] Of Pisa, sir, son to Vincentio. If she and I are happy, then what's it to you? Then let whoever moved you here come and remove you. Marry, so I mean, sweet Katherine, in thy bed. Tranio (as Lucentio) If it be so, sir, that you are the man 231. And, let your father make her the assurance. Act I, Scene 1 also introduces us to Baptista, the family patriarch. I find you passing gentle. But thou with mildness entertainst thy wooers, With gentle conference, soft and affable. I choose her for myself. O slow-winged turtle, shall a buzzard take thee? Where are you from? Subscribe now. My fair Bianca, bid my father welcome, 4. The Taming of the Shrew Jump to line Act 1, scene 2 Scene 2 Synopsis: Petruchio, with his servant Grumio, has just arrived in Padua. These are their tutors. [as LITIO] For fear, I promise you, if I look pale. Oh, I can't wait to talk to her! That covenants may be kept on either hand. Marriage in The Taming of the Shrew is negotiated like a business transaction. Please wait while we process your payment. Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench.I love her ten times more than e'er I did. Here comes your father. PDFs of modern translations of every Shakespeare play and poem. His name is Cambio. Now, by Saint George, I am too young for you. for a group? Twenty thousand crowns right away, and one half of my lands after my death. Are you sad? 'Tis a match. All I ask is that, once you know who my parents are, you make me as welcome as Bianca's other suitors, and give me the same freedom and permission as the rest. Go do some sewing, and don't talk to her. Understand every line of The Taming of the Shrew . Provide the feast, father, and bid the guests; I will be sure my Katharina shall be fine. [To TRANIO, disguised as LUCENTIO]But, gentle sir, you seem to be a foreigner. I was told that you were rough, scornful, and sullen, but now I see that those rumors are lies. Go to it orderly. If that be jest, then all the rest was so. Oh, then belike you fancy riches more.You will have Gremio to keep you fair. I must confess that your offer is the best. Instead you entertain your suitors with mild and gentle conversation, and are quiet and friendly. Provide the feast, father, and bid the guests. Accept of him, or else you do me wrong. Kate, shocked, contradicts him, but he ignores her objections and insists to the other men that Katherine cannot keep her hands off him. Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies. I am a gentleman. Ha, it's nonsense! Say that she rail; why then Ill tell her plain, Say that she frown; Ill say she looks as clear. So why does the world report that Kate limps along? that have been more kindly beholding to you than any, studying at Rheims, as cunning in Greek, Latin, and. If your father will second your guarantees, then she's yours. With gentle conference, soft and affable. Do make myself a suitor to your daughter, I may have welcome mongst the rest that woo. If you can't, then she'll marry Sir Gremio. Was ever gentleman thus grieved as I?But who comes here? So may you lose your arms.If you strike me, you are no gentleman;And if no gentleman, why then no arms. Otherwise, you must pardon meif you should die before your father does, then what would become of all the wealth Bianca is supposed to inherit from you? What dowry shall I have with her to wife? When did she ever speak a single cruel word to you? I must confess your offer is the best, And, let your father make her the assurance, She is your own; else, you must pardon me. We will have rings, and things, and fine clothes, and kiss me, Kate. Ill fume with. That thinks with oaths to face the matter out. She is your treasure, she must have a husband. Proceed in your lessons with my younger daughter. After recovering from the shock of the hasty arrangement they have just witnessed, Gremio and Tranio immediately move to the matter of Bianca, who suddenly will be available after Sunday. Father, tis thus: yourself and all the world. God send you joy, Petruchio. PETRUCHIO and KATE exit at different doors. But if it's my jewelry and clothes you wantuntie my hands and I'll pull them off myself, yes, everything down to my underwear. Read more about Petruchios manipulation of Kate. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Must get a father, called supposed Vincentio. A curse on your crafty withered hide! [as LUCENTIO] Gremio, tis known my father hath no less Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses, And twelve tight galleys. What name should I call you? Ill plead for you myself, but you shall have him. . Thou dost not halt. If she and I are happy, then what's it to you? The group is composed of the gentlemen who were on their way to the pub at the end of the last scene: Gremio with Lucentio (dressed as a schoolmaster), Petruchio with Hortensio (likewise dressed as a schoolmaster), and Tranio (dressed as Lucentio) with Biondello (dressed as his servant). But now, Baptista, let's think about your younger daughter. But here she comesand now, Petruchio, speak. Learn. 'Tis a world to see, How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. Give me thy hand, Kate. But now, Baptista, let's think about your younger daughter. It's a match. Where did you memorize all this witty talk? Oh, you be Diana, then, and let Diana be Kate. And where two raging fires meet together. I tell you, tis incredible to believe How much she loves me. 20% Saving your tale, Petruchio, I prayLet us that are poor petitioners speak too. Pardon me sir, for the boldness is all my own. He ran this way and leapt this orchard wall. Come, come, you wasp. And, for an entrance to my entertainment. To conclude, we've gotten along so well together that Sunday will be our wedding day. But as for my daughter Katherine, this much I know: she won't meet your expectationsand that's a pity for me. Good sister, wrong me not nor wrong yourself, To make a bondmaid and a slave of me. Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing.They call me Katherine that do talk of me. Learn. Bid them use them well. Why, no, for she hath broke the lute to me. By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from SparkNotes and verify that you are over the age of 13. You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst, But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom, Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate For dainties are all Kates and therefore, Kate, Take this of me, Kate of my consolation: Hearing thy mildness praised in every town, Thy virtues spoke of, and thy beauty sounded Yet not so deeply as to thee belongs Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife. Sir Baptista, I'm in a bit of a hurry with this business, and I can't come wooing every day. Then tell me, if I get your daughters love. PDF downloads of all 1699 LitCharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. Was there ever a man who suffered like I do? 3 That I disdain: but for these other gawds, 4 Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself, 5 Yea, all my raiment, to my petticoat; I' faith, you are too angry. But here she comesand now, Petruchio, speak. I have nothing left. But now, Baptista, to your younger daughter. He arrives at his old friend Hortensio's house and fills Hortensio in on his financial situation. Now listen, Kate: you won't escape like that. (as LUCENTIO] That only came well in. Sirrah young gamester, your father were a fool. [as LUCENTIO] Thats but a cavil: he is old, I young. You young gambler, your father would be a fool to give you everything and spend his declining years as a dependent in your house. On the following Sunday, Bianca will marry youif you can make this guarantee. [As LUCENTIO]But in ladies' eyes, it's youth that flourishes. What a witty mother! "The Taming of the Shrew": Act II, Scene 1: Sisters and Suitors (11:23) Tied up, Bianca begs to be released. We will be married on Sunday. I tell you, father, I am as domineering as she is proud-minded, and when two raging fires come together, they cancel each other out. First, as you know, my house in the city, which is richly furnished with gold and china, and basins and jugs for her to wash her dainty hands. Exit Servant with LUCENTIO and HORTENSIO, BIONDELLO following. Swords might withstand her, but never lutes. Sunday comes apace. That's just what I do, when I see a crab apple. We will have rings, and things, and fine array, And kiss me, Kate. to start your free trial of SparkNotes Plus. You do me wrong, Sir Gremio. / I must dance barefoot on her wedding day, / And for your love to her lead apes in hell (II.i.3234). You crow too like a craven. I have a daughter, sir, called Katherina. [To BAPTISTA] Sir, list to me: I am my fathers heir and only son. [To TRANIO]What, have I silenced you with a ship? Who doesn't know where a wasp wears its stinger? I will settle this quarrel. He is wise. If she refuses to marry me, then I'll ask about the date for the announcement and the wedding. Please accept his service. Why, then the maid is mine from all the world. 'Tis bargained twixt us twain, being alone, That she shall still be curst in company. The only complication is a 1594 quarto titled The Taming of A Shrew that is not ascribed to Shakespeare and which has an uncertain relationship to The Shrew.While there are plot similarities, much of A Shrew is different from The Shrew, including character . Sunday is coming soon. If she's a shrew, then it's for some crafty purpose, for she's not naturally willful, but is in fact as modest as a dove. BIANCA 1 Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself, 2 To make a bondmaid and a slave of me; 3. gawds: ornaments. Petruchio and Gremio offer Hortensio and Lucentio as tutors. On Sunday next, you know My daughter Katherina is to be married. on 50-99 accounts. 'Tis deeds must win the prize, and he of both, That can assure my daughter greatest dower. Fathers usually father their children, not the other way around. Why, how now, daughter Katherine? Analyzes how shakespeare's katherina of the taming of the shrew and . Good luck with your wooing. I was born to tame you, Kate, and change you from a wildcat Kate into a Kate as obedient as other domesticated Kates. I am your neighbor, and I was her first suitor. She's a quick learner and will be grateful for your help. I will compound this strife. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? We will be witnesses. Two thousand ducats by the year of land! If she do bid me pack, Ill give her thanks, As though she bid me stay by her a week. No, this turtledove will catch a buzzard. Petruchio enthusiastically agrees. The two phony schoolmasters leave to ply their trades on Bianca, while Petruchio presses Baptista further for information about Katherine. [To TRANIO]On the following Sunday, Bianca will marry youif you can make this guarantee. When Baptista, Gremio, and Tranio enter to check on Petruchios progress, he claims that they have already agreed upon Sunday as the wedding day. Shes apt to learn and thankful for good turns. 'Twas told me you were rough and coy and sullen. A curse on your crafty withered hide! Then she jumped up with impatience and said, "'Frets,' is that what you call them? Petruchio's wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. I'm off to Venice. I order you to tell me which of your suitors you like best. Never make denial. Ay, to the proof, as mountains are for winds. I knew you at the firstYou were a moveable. The Taming of the Shrew Translation Act 2, Scene 1 Also check out our detailed summary & analysis of this scene Original Translation Enter KATHERINE and BIANCA, her hands bound KATHERINE enters with BIANCA, whose hands are tied. You'll be billed after your free trial ends. Proceed in your lessons with my younger daughter. For patience she will prove a second Grissel, And Roman Lucrece for her chastity. Explore Act 2 Scene 1 and Act 4 Scene 4 and consider how Katherina's language to Petruchio alters over the course of the play. Now I see that she is your treasure. The Taming of the Shrew Act 2, scene 1 Synopsis: Baptista stops Katherine from abusing Bianca and receives a visit from Petruchio, who presents Hortensio (disguised as Litio, a music teacher); Gremio introduces Lucentio (disguised as Cambio, a teacher of languages). Both sisters leave in a huff, just before a group of visitors enters to see Baptista. If she refuses to marry me, then I'll ask about the date for the announcement and the wedding. Kates compliance with Petruchios decree may surprise us, but if we consider her as essentially misunderstood by the other characters, her behavior may appear more understandable. When I shall ask the banns and when be marrid. [As LUCENTIO]And I am a man that loves Bianca more than words can express, or your thoughts can guess. Instead you entertain your suitors with mild and gentle conversation, and are quiet and friendly. KATHERINE enters with BIANCA, whose hands are tied. Now I see that she is your treasure. [To himself]All my land together doesn't add up to that much!Well, from me she'll have all that, plus a merchant ship that's now docked in Marseilles harbor. Instant downloads of all 1699 LitChart PDFs. Baptista accepts the gift and then hears from Tranio, who, pretending to be Lucentio, presents his own gift of books and a lute, in exchange for the permission to see and woo Bianca. I choose her for myself. If you accept them, then they are valuable indeed. She threw her arms around my neck, giving me kiss after kiss and swearing vows of love, and in an instant she had won my heart. But I've bluffed successfully without even a face card. What, you can't even stand my presence? She must have a husband, dance barefoot on her wedding day and lead apes in hell. Fathers commonly Do get their children. Fine linen, Turkey cushions bossed with pearl, Pewter and brass, and all things that belong. Pray, have you not a daughter, You wrong me, Signior Gremio. Are you really jealous of me because of him? Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well. The Taming of the Shrew Act 1, scene 2. And so I take my leave, and thank you both. His friend Hortensio suggests that Petruchio woo Katherine. You lie, I swear, for you are called Kate, plain Kate, and pretty Kate, and sometimes Kate the shrew, but always Kate, the prettiest Kate in God's kingdom, Kate from Kate Hall, my delicious Katefor all delicacies are. Accept him, or else risk offending me. Faith, gentlemen, now I play a merchants part. Sir Petruchio, will you come with us, or should I send my daughter Kate to you? Never make denial.I must and will have Katherine to my wife. Or I'll do anything else you command me to do, for I know that it is my duty is to obey my elders. But in this case of wooing, a child will father a father, if my wits don't fail me. 'tis a match. For the next 7 days, you'll have access to awesome PLUS stuff like AP English test prep, No Fear Shakespeare translations and audio, a note-taking tool, personalized dashboard, & much more! Petruchio and his servant, Grumio, enter. I tell you, it's incredible how much she loves me, though. For patience she will prove a second Grissel. [To KATHERINE]For shame, you vicious creature, you devil! For shame, you vicious creature, you devil! Read our modern English translation of this scene. Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. And if you break the ice, and do this feat, 233. Match. Teachers and parents! But for these other goods, Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself, SparkNotes Plus subscription is $4.99/month or $24.99/year as selected above. While I with self-same kindness welcome thine. On Sunday next, you know, Now, on the Sunday following, shall Bianca. Nay, then, good night our part. A little wind will make a little fire great, but a great gust will blow the fire out. Petruchio enthusiastically agrees. You lie, I swear, for you are called Kate, plain Kate, and pretty Kate, and sometimes Kate the shrew, but always Kate, the prettiest Kate in God's kingdom, Kate from Kate Hall, my delicious Katefor all delicacies are Katesand so, Kate, listen to me: having heard your modesty, virtue, and beauty praised in every town, though not as highly as you deserve, I have been moved to court you for my wife. You knew my father well, and through him, me, the only heir to all his lands and wealth, which I have increased rather than depleted. Both daughters had arranged marriages by there father. Read more aboutPetruchio and Kates first meeting. I am your neighbor, and was suitor first. And so I bid you farewell, and thank you both. Than three great argosies, besides two galliasses. Left solely heir to all his lands and goods. Brother Petruchio, sister Katherina, 6. I'm just eager to get down to business. HORTENSIO (as LITIO) enters with a cut on his head. Want 100 or more? Undaunted, Petruchio waits for Baptista to send Katherine out to see him. Detailed quotes explanations with page numbers for every important quote on the site. [as LUCENTIO] Why, then the maid is mine from all the world,By your firm promise. No, not a bit. Sly is surrounded by servants who offer tasty snacks, expensive booze, and the coolest clothes, all of which Sly rejects on the grounds that he is Christopher Sly, the . Well mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed.But be thou armed for some unhappy words. I find you exceedingly gentle. A room in Baptista Minola's house. With all due respect, Petruchio, please let us poor petitioners get a word in too. It were impossible I should speed amiss. I see you do not mean to part with her, Or else you like not of my company. And make sure you don't lie. Taming of the Shrew | Act 2, Scene 1 A ct 2, S cene 1 Scene Summary [A room in Signor Baptista's house. I see no reason why the pretend Lucentio shouldn't produce a father, called "pretend Vincentio"and that'll be a miracle. She has the patience of Griselda and the chastity of Rome's Lucrece. Youngling, thou canst not love so dear as I. Even if it keeps blowing forever, the mountain never shakes. A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. But thou with mildness entertainst thy wooers. What, you don't think you can break her to the lute? He has heard stories about her rebellious and wilful nature. In your dumps? Of whence, I pray? GREMIO TRANIO Good sister, don't wrong both me and yourself by turning me into a slave. Proceed in practice with my younger daughter. Why, there's no crab apple here, so don't look sour. Indeed, I do mean to keep myself warm, sweet Katherine, in your bed. If you strike me, then you're no gentleman, and if you're not a gentleman, then you have no arms. And so farewell. . You are very welcome, sir. Or I'll do anything else you command me to do, for I know that it is my duty is to obey my elders. No cock of mine. Believe me, sister, out of all the men alive I've never yet seen that special face that I could love more than any other. A play is staged for Slythe play that we know as The Taming of the Shrew.In the play, set in Padua, Lucentio and other suitors pursue Bianca . Taming of the shrew The Taming of the shrew was just one of William Shakespeare's 4 great comedies. Summary and Analysis Act I: Scene 2. Abrasive as always, Katherine tears into Petruchio from the moment he sets foot in her room. He agrees also to present Hortensio, in disguise, to Baptista as a music teacher named Litio. You may cancel your subscription on your Subscription and Billing page or contact Customer Support at custserv@bn.com. I see no reason why the pretend Lucentio shouldn't produce a father, called "pretend Vincentio"and that'll be a miracle. I think shell sooner prove a soldier.Iron may hold with her, but never lutes. Let him that moved you hitherRemove you hence. I will to Venice. 'Tis a match. Signior Baptista, my business asketh haste, And every day I cannot come to woo. It would be impossible to go any other way. Really, you're too angry. Is this what you call success? Nay, I have offered all, I have no more,And she can have no more than all I have. For thou are pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous. Petruchio. As Kate this chamber with her princely gait? Read our modern English translation of this scene. Test. Act 1, scene 2. Say she be mute and will not speak a word; Then Ill commend her volubility, And say she uttereth piercing eloquence. Holla, within! Then let Kate be the chaste one, while Diana is my love. Why dost thou wrong her that did ne'er wrong thee?