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

Act V. Scene I. Padua. Before Lucentio’s house.Cell 3TranioSir, what are you that offer to beat my servant?VincentioWhat am I, sir! Nay, what are you, sir? O immortal gods! O fine villain!A silken doublet! A velvet hose! A scarlet cloak! And a copatain hat! O,I am undone! I am undone! While I play the good husband at home,my son and my servant spend all at the university.TranioHow now! What’s the matter?BaptistaWhat, is the man lunatic?TranioSir, you seem a sober ancient gentleman by your habit, but yourwords show you a madman. Why, sir, what ‘cerns it you if I wear pearland gold? I thank my good father, I am able to maintain it.VincentioThy father! O villain! He is a sailmaker in Bergamo.Tranio claims that he is Lucentio. Vincentio notices that Tranio isdressed up with expensive clothes and concludes that he has beenstealing his son’s money. When Tranio pretends not to know Vincentio,he thinks that his son has been murdered by Tranio and the rest of theservants.In the following line, when Baptista orders Vincentio away, he says,“Away with the dotard!” Dotard is a denotation to:i. Animalii. Elderiii. Character