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

Cell 9: Act V; Scene II• PETRUCHIOShe hath prevented me. Here, Signior Tranio.This bird you aim'd at, though you hit her not;Therefore a health to all that shot and miss'd.TRANIOO, sir, Lucentio slipp'd me like his greyhound,Which runs himself and catches for his master.• Here Petruchio says that though Tranio tried to win Bianca’s heart,he did not. He then proposes a toast to those who had tried to winBianca’s heart but failed in doing so. Tranio then goes and says thatLucentio had used him to get to Bianca.• In the following line, when Tranio says, “O, sir, Lucentio, slipp’d melike his greyhound, which runs himself and catches for his master,”the expression, “Lucentio slipp’d me like his greyhound,” showsa) personificationb) similec) metaphord) alliteration• Who used whom to get to Bianca?• In the quote above, the word health most closely meana) the condition of the bodyb) pledging a person a toastc) free from diseased) death• Do you think Tranio is mad at Lucention for using him to get toBianca?