1. Meet Petruchio To perform and understand Act 1, Scene 2
Friday, 16 November 2018Friday, 16 November 2018Friday, 16 November 2018
Meet Petruchio
To perform and understand Act 1, Scene 2
To analyse the character of Petruchio and assume his voice

2. Act 1, Scene 2 – Acting Roles
Petruchio – Hortensio’s friend from Verona
Grumio – Petruchio’s servant
Hortensio – Bianca’s suitor
Gremio – An older suitor of Bianca

3. Petruchio’s Type of Woman
Signior Hortensio, 'twixt such friends as we Few words suffice; and therefore, if thou know One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife, As wealth is burden of my wooing dance, Be she as foul as was Florentius' love, As old as Sibyl and as curst and shrewd As Socrates' Xanthippe, or a worse, She moves me not, or not removes, at least, Affection's edge in me, were she as rough As are the swelling Adriatic seas: I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; If wealthily, then happily in Padua.

4. Petruchio’s Experience
Why came I hither but to that intent? Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea puff'd up with winds Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat? Have I not heard great ordnance in the field, And heaven's artillery thunder in the skies? Have I not in a pitched battle heard Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang? And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire? Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.
What has Petruchio experienced in his life?
Why does he share these with the other men?
How does this relate to marrying Katherine?
What kind of man is he, based on his type of woman and experience?

5. Analysing Petruchio
Petruchio is presented as a man who is strong, bold and fitting for the Jacobean Era.
Write a PEELA about the way Petruchio is presented in this scene, analyse the language used by Shakespeare.
Include:
How well suited he is to a patriarchal society
Quotations taken from the extract
Single word analysis

6. Petruchio P.E.E.L.A. Point = Petruchio is presented as…?
Evidence = What line shows it?
Explanation = How does the line prove the point? How does he represent men in the Jacobean Era?
Language = Is there a technique in the evidence? What are the most important words, and what do they connote?
Audience = How would men in Jacobean Era react to Petruchio’s character? How would women react?

7. Petruchio’s Dating Profile
Based on Act 1, Scene 2, complete Petruchio’s dating profile.
Make sure to:
Write in Petruchio’s voice
Refer to ideas and information from the play
Refer to the headings on the profile
Come up with an entertaining user name
Provide a photo of Petruchio

8. What could they improve?
Consolidate
Peer mark your partners work, using the SOLO framework mark your partners paragraph.
Provide them with constructive feedback.
What did they do well?
What could they improve?