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

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Cell 11- Biondello enters –Act V, Scene II• “How now! What news?”Biondello: “Sir, my mistress sends you word that she is busyand she cannot come.”Petruchio: “How! She is busy and she cannot come! Is that ananswer?”Gremio: “Ay, and a kind one too: Pray God, sir, your wife sendyou not a worse.”Petruchio: “I hope better.”• Petruchio, Gremio, Hortensio, Baptista, and Lucentio are all atLucentio’s house. Biondello returns with news that Bianca cannotcome. Gremio and Petruchio make comments on Hortensio’s wifenot coming.• Who is Biondello’s mistress?• In <strong>the</strong> quote above, <strong>the</strong> word worse most closely means…a. horse c. kissb. trouble d. sheep• Do you think it was right <strong>for</strong> Petruchio and Gremio tomake comments on Bianca not coming?• Find <strong>the</strong> best contemporary paraphrase- “SirrahBiondello, go and entreat my wife to come to me <strong>for</strong>thwith”a. Mister Biondello, go and entreat my wife <strong>for</strong>thwith.

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