Kate & Petruchio’s First Meeting Monday, 03 December 2018Monday, 03 December 2018Monday, 03 December 2018 Kate & Petruchio’s First Meeting To perform and understand Act 2, Scene 1 To analyse the first interaction between Kate and Petruchio To explore the use and purpose of subtext

Act 2, Scene 1 – Acting Roles Petruchio Katherine Minola 54:41

Kate & Petruchio’s First Meeting What metaphors and similes are used? What is their purpose/what do they mean? What is repeated constantly throughout the scene? Why is it repeated? What animals are mentioned in the scene? What do they connote?

The thoughts and feelings a character feels while delivering a line Subtext The thoughts and feelings a character feels while delivering a line In groups of four, choose 10 lines from the scene Two group members read for Petruchio and Kate, while the other two perform their thoughts and feelings at that moment Line Subtext

Who Won the Argument? In 2 PEELA paragraphs, explain who won the argument, and why. P = ___________ won the argument with their use of _______________. Ev = This can be seen when _____________ says… Ex = What is the meaning of the line? How does it prove who won the argument? L = Why was the technique used? What are the key words in the evidence, and what is their connotation? A = How would a Jacobean audience react to the argument? Who won the argument, according to them? Which character? What technique?

Home Learning Translate Petruchio’s final speech in the scene. In a paragraph, explain how you imagine the speech is performed in the play, focusing on tone, emotion, and pronunciation. Optional: Prepare a performance of the speech. PETRUCHIO Be patient, gentlemen; I choose her for myself: If she and I be pleased, what's that to you? I tell you, 'tis incredible to believe How much she loves me: O, the kindest Kate! She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss She vied so fast, protesting oath on oath, That in a twink she won me to her love. O, you are novices! 'tis a world to see, How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. Give me thy hand, Kate: I will unto Venice, To buy apparel 'gainst the wedding-day. Provide the feast, father, and bid the guests; I will be sure my Katharina shall be fine.