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

Act I. Scene I. Padua. A public place.Cell # 4 - “Only a devil would marry her.”HortensioMarry, sir, to get a husband forher sister.GremioA husband! A devil.HortensioI say, a husband.GremioI say, a devil. Thinkest thou,Hortensio, thoughHer father be very rich, any manis so very a foolTo be married to hell?Hortensio says to Gremio that they must find a husband for Katharinaand Gremio says that only a devil and a fool would marry hell(Katharina). Hortensio andGremio described a husband for Katharina is like a devil is an exampleof ________.A) SimileB) metaphorC) hyperboleD) apostropheWho is "hell" and only who, would marry "hell"?“I say, a devil. Thinkest thou, Hortensio, though”In the quote, Thinkest means:A) To thinkB) To drinkC) to linkD) to wink