Taming of the Shrew

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Taming of the Shrew
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Taming of the Shrew
Taming of the Shrew

• Katherine-angered, mean, needs taming
• Bianca-sweet, popular, liked
• Petruchio-mean, hard on his wife, harsh
• Lucentio-suitor to Bianca
• Hortensio-suitor to Bianca
• Gremio-suitor to Bianca
• Baptista-father to Bianca and Katherine

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Baptista

• Father to Katherine
• Father to Bianca
• Wealthiest man in Padua
• Looking for Suitor for Katherine and Bianca
• Wants Katherine to marry before Bianca

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Katherine

• The Shrew
• Daughter of Baptista
• Quick-Tempered and prone to violence
• Resents her suitor Petruccio for a long time, but
  then begins to love him.

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Petruchio

• From Verona
• Loud, boisterous, eccentric
• Wants a woman with an enormous dowry
• Woos Katherine
• Tames the Shrew in Katherine

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Bianca

• Daughter to Baptista
• Suitors are Hortensio, Gremio, and Lucentio
• Youngest of the two
• Soft-Spoken, sweet, and unassuming
• Can not get married till Kate is married

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Lucentio

• Young student from Pisa
• Falls in love with Bianca
• Disguises himself as Cambio, a teacher
• He wins Bianca's love

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Hortensio and Gremio

• Both suitors to Bianca
• Both do not win Biancas love
• Hortensio disguises himself as a music teacher
• Gremio and Hortensio become friends throughout
  the story