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

Katharina is telling Petruchio that he’s ugly because he has wrinkles,and he says that he has wrinkles because he has too many things toworry about, and she says she doesn’t care.Why does Katharina think Petruchio is ugly?In the quote above the word wither’d most closely meansi) to be shriveledii) to be with heriii) to be unhappyiv) to be happyIs it nice of her to tell him that he is ugly even if she doesn’t say itstraight out?Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of thechoices below is the best contemporary paraphrase: “ Yet you arewither'd”.a) You’re wrinkled.b) You’re tired.c) You’re sleeping.d) You’re not nice.