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Petruchio

ENGLISH RESEARCH

PETRUCHIO• My charater is petruchio from the

taming of the shrew• Petruchio is a protagonist with kate

as he struggle with katherine to tame her into submission.• The taming of the shrew is a

comedy by william shakespeare. Written in 1590 and 1591• The Taming of the Shrew is set in

Padua and the countryside near Verona. It is set in 1590.

PLOT SYNOPSISBaptista, a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca, will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina, a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio, a student and the son of a wealthy Pisan merchant, has fallen in love with Bianca. He poses as a tutor of music and poetry to gain entrance to the Baptista household and to be near Bianca. Meanwhile, Petruchio, a fortune-hunting scoundrel from Verona, arrives in Padua, hoping to capture a wealthy wife. Hortensio, another suitor of Bianca, directs Petruchio's attention to Katharina. When Hortensio warns him about Katharina's scolding tongue and fiery temper, Petruchio is challenged and resolves to capture her love. Hortensio and another suitor of Bianca, Gremio, agree to cover Petruchio's costs as he pursues Katharina

Man vs. Man: Petruchio is challenged and resolves

to capture Kate’s love.

Man vs. society: petruchio struggles to tame Kate

into submission

Man vs. self: petruchio cant contian himself

CONFLICT

MAIN CONFLICTPERSON VS PERSON: It doesn't take much to convince Baptista that Petruchio should be allowed to marry Kate. Baptista says Kate must give the green light but the deal is pretty much done before Petruchio even sees Katherine. When the two meet Kate is insulting and the two verbally spar for a few rounds. She wants nothing to do with Petruchio but he announces that Kate has no choice in the matter he wants her and that's that.

Beginning • At the beginning Petruchio is a

wealthy bachelor who is on the prowl for a rich wife. Petruchio sees himself as the ultimate shrew taming champion he even tutors other men on how to get their wives in line. He has a relationship at the start of the play with Katherine. He marries he despite she has a reputation of a shrew.

• He behaves very kindly to others because he is a shrew tamer.

PLOT OUTLINEInitial SituationKate's shrewish behavior and attitude leave her with zero marriage prospects and a difficult relationship with her family. Petruchio is looking for a rich wife.

ConflictBaptista says Petruchio can marry Kate but Kate hates Petruchio and continues to be a shrew.

ComplicationPetruchio marries Kate and begins his shrew-taming campaign. ClimaxKate submits to Petruchio's will on the road to Padua. SuspenseEverybody says Kate is still a shrew. Petruchio bets that she's the most obedient wife. DenouementPetruchio wins the bet. Kate delivers a speech about a woman's obligation to obey her husband.

ConclusionPetruchio and Kate run off to bed.

PETRUCHIO IN THE MIDDLEFirst Petruchio acts like a shrew on his wedding day and throughout the honeymoon so that Kate can see what her bad behavior looks like in another person. This involves a lot of yelling, swearing the abuse of servants, and erratic and cruel behavior toward Kate. Basically Petruchio deploys some tried and true torture techniques to get Kate to behave the way he wants.

PETRUCHIO AT THE ENDAt the end of the play petruchio has learnt that its better to be kind and nice than bad and angry. Then petruchio and kate run off to be.

QUOTES• My remedy is then to pluck it out• Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry.• Signior Hortensio, 'twixt such friends as we

Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou knowOne rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,As wealth is burden of my wooing dance,Be she as foul as was Florentius' love,As old as Sibyl and as curst and shrewdAs Socrates' Xanthippe, or a worse,She moves me not, or not removes, at least,Affection's edge in me, were she as roughAs are the swelling Adriatic seas:I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;If wealthily, then happily in Padua.

BIBLIOGRAPHYWebsites

http://www.shmoop.com/http://www.shakespeare-online.com/http://www.sparknotes.com/http://www.wikipedia.org/

BOOKS

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.Edited by G. R. HIBBARD

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