Study guide for The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare ...

ACT III, CELL 2BiancaWhy, gentleman, you do me double wrong,To strive for that which resteth in my choice:I am no breeching scholar in the schools;I’ll not be tied to hours nor ‘pointed times,But learn my lessons as I please myself.And, to cut off all strife, here sit we down:Take you your instruments, play you the whiles;His lecture will be done ere you have tuned.Bianca tells the men that she likes her lessons when she wants themand not at a structured time.Does Bianca want a structured lesson with appointed times foreverything?In the quote above the word strife most closely means:a) A struggle, fight, or quarrel.b) A game, play time, or imagination.c) A joke, laugh, or riddle.d) A death, murder, or attack.Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of thechoices below is the best contemporary paraphrase:[Take you your instruments, play you the whiles;His lecture will be done ere you return.]a) Go away because his lecture is more interesting.b) Go away because I don’t like you.c) His lectures is boring, go away with me.d) By the time you come back from tuning your instrument, his lecturewill be done.