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Taming of a Shrew
Flashcards for the senior CP test on 4/2/08
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English
12th Grade
04/01/2008

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Term
Suggested causes for Kate's behavior
Definition
- She needs attention
- Birth order and no mother
- She is jealous
- Defense mechanism
- Bianca provokes Kate
- Self-fulfilling prophesy
- An independent woman born at the wrong time
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Setting
Definition
Padua (where the Minolos live) and Verona (where Petruchio lives), Italy 1596
Term
Baptista Minola
Definition
Rich, wealthy father
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Katherine
Definition
Eldest daughter; shrew
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Bianca
Definition
youngest daughter; favored
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Lucentio
Definition
Disguises himself as Cambio
Suitor to Bianca
Wealthy young man from Pisa coming to Padua to study
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Vincentio
Definition
Lucentio's father
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Tranio
Definition
disguises himself as his master Lucentio
the smart servant
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Biondello
Definition
Lucentio's servant who is initially kept out of the loop
Term
Hortensio
Definition
disguises himself as Litio the music teacher
A suitor to Bianca
Stock character: dandy, fop, cozcomb, effeminate
Ends up with the widow
Term
Gremio
Definition
Another stock character; suitor to Bianca
The pantaloon (wizened old man)
Term
Petruchio's servants
Definition
Antonio, Grumio, Curtis, Nathaniel, Joseph, Nicholas, Phillip, Peter
Term
Merchant from Mantua
Definition
disguises himself as Vincentio, Lucentio's father
Term
Choleric
Definition
Fire
Dominated by an excess of yellow bile
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Sanguine
Definition
Air
dominated by an excess of blood
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Melancholic
Definition
Earth
dominated by an excess of black bile
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Phlegmatic
Definition
Water
dominated by an excess of white bile
Term
Renaissance man
Definition
a well-rounded man
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Great chain of being
Definition
Everything had a hierarchy
God->Angels->Pope
Man-> woman

etc
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Law of primogeniture
Definition
Eldest son inherits father's estate
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Natural vs Unnatural
Definition
Order vs. chaos
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Elizabethan entertainment
Definition
Bearbaiting, bullbaiting, hawking, dancing, fencing
Term
Banns
Definition
three successive Sundays the minister announced the wedding and asked for objections (had to have special license from the bishop to get around it)
Term
Dowry
Definition
the material things that the woman brings to the marriage
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jointure
Definition
what the prospective husband promises to leave his wife in the event that he dies before she does
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Funeral customs
Definition
Coat of arms on flags were carried around
Mourners feasted after the funeral
$ given to the poor
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