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

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Act I. Scene I. Padua. A public place.Cell # 5 - “Wretched Sister!"LucentioTranio, I saw her coral lips tomoveAnd with her breath she didperfume <strong>the</strong> air:Sacred and sweet was all Isaw in her.TranioNay, <strong>the</strong>n, 'tis time to stir himfrom his trance.I pray, awake sir: if you love<strong>the</strong> maid,Bend thoughts and wits toachieve her. Thus it stands:Her eldest sister is so curstand shrewdThat till <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r rid hishands <strong>of</strong> her,Master, your love must live amaid at home;And <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e has he closely mew'd her up,Because she will not be annoy'd with suitors.Lucentio tells Tranio about Bianca and her "sweetness". Tranio tellshim that only if Katharina is to be married, shall <strong>the</strong>n Bianca be able tobe married also.According to Tranio, what kind <strong>of</strong> person is Katharina?“Her eldest sister is so curst and shrewd”In <strong>the</strong> quote, shrewd most closely mean:A) Sincere, openB) Bad-tempered, madC) evil, wickedD) foxy, slickWhat would you have done in a situation like Lucentio’s?

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