Blog 13

At the end of Act V, scene ii, Katherina makes a famous speech about the relationship husbands and wives should have. What three (3) lines did you find particularly interesting [especially since you have read about Katherina's transformation]? What is noteworthy about what she DOES NOT mention in her speech?

Line 1: But love, fair looks and true obedience. In this line she is saying that these are the qualities that should be found in a wife. 

Line 2: They are bound to serve love and obey. Here she is saying what women's job is for her husband.

Line 3: to wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor. This line says what she thinks men are to women, superior.

She doesn't mention how women should act in the mental sense. This is important because it shows that she may be acting although she is the perfect wife on the outside, she thinks differently. It also shows that women aren't viewed as smart.

Blog 12

     I, Dr. White, think that sometime when someone's life changes, their personality adjusts. Getting married can cause people to feel like their young life is over. The reason Petruchio has been acting shrewish is because his life is changing and he wants to keep everything the same. Holding on to the past isn't a good thing to do.

     Another reason why he might have changed is because he has to be the "man" in the relationship and if she is acting more manly then he is, he will try to change himself to feel more masculine. If you give him time he will be back to normal and she will be more polite as well.

blog 11

1. What is "blank verse"? Give an example of it from your book.
A blank verse is a  passage that has no set rhyme. It is broken into five feet and ten stresses.

A pair of stocks, you rogue!

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

But wait! What time is it?
b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII] 

You are beautiful.
c. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well." [Macbeth] 
If you wait for it to be done, it will be done well.

d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]
Who tried to win someone over  fast, and wants to get married.

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 jaded clay-brained dogfish.

Thou reeky sour-faced pantaloon.

Thou yeasty weak-hinged snipe.

Thou gnarling dog-hearted egg-shell.