the taming of the shrew

the main characters : Baptista, a rich gentleman of padua

vincetio, an old gentleman

lucentio, son of vincentio: in love with Bianca 

petruchio, a gentleman of verona : later the husband of katharine

Hortensio, a gentleman of padua A DRESSMAKER AND A HAT_MAKER

katharine, the shrew 

Bianca 

Baptista:

Baptista is the wheeling and dealing father in search of suitable husbands for his daughters, Bianca and Katherine. Baptista treats marriage negotiations like a business – his girls go to the highest bidders and he’s not above taking a bribe or two from any suitor looking to get on his good side. (Insofar as Baptista is willing to use his daughters for his own personal gain, Baptista is a bit like Ophelia’s father, Polonius, in Hamlet. Both of these guys are accused of acting like “pimps.”) Baptista’s business comes back to bite him when two of Bianca’s suitors dress up like tutors and infiltrate his home. Bianca runs off and elopes with one of these characters, making dear old dad look like a chump. Baptista is also punished for favoring Bianca and failing to see that his little princess is not the good girl that she appears to be.

vincentio:

lucentio: Lucentio is a rich kid who travels to Padua to top off his education and “see the world.” His plans to study and make his family proud are quickly abandoned when he spots Bianca and falls in love with her obedience to her father and her silence. Soon he forgets all about his studies and begins to gush about his burning passion for Bianca. He basically transforms into a giant cliche

petruchio: 

Petruchio is a wealthy bachelor who is on the prowl for a rich wife. When he hears about Katherine Minola, he agrees to marry her despite (or, perhaps because of) her reputation as a shrew. You see, Petruchio sees himself as the ultimate shrew taming champion – he even tutors other men on how to get their wives in line. (Elizabethans were really worked up about all the shrewish wives running around making their husbands look like wimps. They came up with sermons about how women should be silent and obedient, and tons of little gadgets to keep overly talkative women quiet – ever heard of a scold’s bridle?)

Petruchio’s not a hard one to figure out – in fact, he’s pretty honest throughout the play. He’s the only guy who unabashedly admits that he loves money more than anything else.

Hortensio:

Hortensio is Petruchio’s best friend and sort of his wingman. (He tells Petruchio about Kate and personally escorts his pal to Baptista’s house to seal the deal.) Hortensio is also in love with Bianca and dresses up like a tutor (“Licio”) to get closer to her. Poor Hortensio really doesn’t stand a chance – it’s pretty clear from the beginning that Bianca’s interested in Lucentio. Still, Hortensio plays an important role. When he gets fed up with what he sees as Bianca’s “loose” behavior, he decides to marry the Widow. To do this, he runs off to Petruchio’s “taming school,” where he hopes to learn how to keep his more experienced lady in line. Problem is, Hortensio really doesn’t learn how to tame anything and the Widow ends up playing the dominant role in their relationship after they get married. The moral? It’s a huge mistake for any man to leave the theater thinking he’s going to go home and try to pull a Petruchio on his wife. Not going to happen. Ever.

katharine:

Kate is the title character (the “Shrew”) of the play. The eldest and unmarried daughter of Baptista Minola, no man wants anything to do with her because she’s got a hot temper, slaps people around when they make her mad, and shreds men to bits with her razor sharp tongue. Her knack for verbal repartee and ability to call it like she sees it reveals her incredible wit and intelligence, which we can’t help but appreciate.

Bianca:

Bianca is the youngest and favorite daughter of Baptista Minola. When we first encounter her, she is surrounded by her doting dad, her jealous sister, and a group of suitors that can’t wait to get their hands on her. Why? Men see her as the ideal 16th-century woman and the antithesis of her shrewish sister Katherine – Bianca appears to be chaste, obedient, and most importantly, silent. The only obstacle preventing her marriage to the highest bidder is her older sister, who must be married before Bianca is allowed to wed.

5 chunks i learned from the story

1: at the end of the day

2: to attempt to do something

3: to encourage someone to do something

4: to obey someone/something

5: to declare something to someone

my opinion of the story: The story is very expressive in which a lot of complexity but the characters are exciting and sophisticated and i like william shakespeare because he knows how to send the main messege to the reader and i because of that i think he is one of the best playwrights in history

the character that i disliked the most is Baptista because he loves Bianca more than katharine and sometimes he was using his girls for his own right and that thing is not good for me because a father should be a good example for his daughters but i guess he was not

the protagonist: the protagonist is abviously katharine because almost all the main things that happened in the story have her included in it and this personality was highlighted