Blog 14 Katherinas speach

And place your hands below your husband's foot;

In token  of which duty , if he please,

My hand is ready,  may it do him ease.

I found these lines in Katherine's speech to be most interesting because it shows how she has changed throughout the play. When the play starts out she is completely disobedient, a shrew, and would never do anything to help anyone. Now, in this speech she is saying that she would do anything for her husband and she will put her best hand forward in order to help him. "In token of duty, if witch he please" this is saying that she will always be there to do what her husband wants when he wants it. 

But, in this lengthy speech she did not compare women's mental strength and emotional strength to that of mens. She does this because she knows that Petruchio wants her to talk about how wives should do whatever the husband wants. So, during her speech she does just that but also, subtly gives an opinion that women may not be physically strong but they are mentally strong.

Number 12

Curtis,

 I think i have an explanation as to why your lord is acting so different from his usual behavior. I think this is Petruchios way of telling Katherine that she has to stop being so mean and rude. He is giving her a taste of her own medicine so she will realize what she is like and change her attitude towards everyone. Katherine is really bitchy and throughout the story she has developed the nickname of "the shrew". People dislike the way she acts, even Baptista, her father. Petruchio is very well behaved and he is only acting this way because it is the only way to "tame the shrew. 

Petruchio is trying to tame Katherina by treating herthe same way that she treats everyone else. He will not stop until he gets what he wants and Katherine changes her ways. As you can tell, Katherina is disgusted with Petruchios behavior, and this is what Petruchio wants. This is not about you and your servants Curtis, it is just a way to teach Katherine correct manners. 

Number 11

1. What is "blank verse"? Give an example of it from your book.
Blank verse is a no set rhythm / rhyme, pattern iambic pentameter. 

2. Interpret these Shakespearean lines using your Shakespeare Packet: Reading Shakespeare's English: 
a. "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" [R&J] 

Hold on what time is it?

b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII] 

You are more lovely and more innocent.

c. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well." [Macbeth] 

I was done when i should have been it would have been fine.

d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]
Who gave me gifts and means  to marry me with pleasure.

3. How many creative Shakespearean insults can you come up with? Add "thou" or "thine" to the front of the lists picked up on your way in: "Thou+Column A+Column B+Column C!"  Thou unmuzzled rabbit sucker