Finish reading Act 2. Feel free to answer any of the following questions in your 250 word blog entry.
Act II
1. What information does Katherine hope to gain by tying Bianca's hands and questioning her?
2. What type of language does Petruchio use to describe Katherine during his discussion with Baptista? (l. 42-65) What does this tell us about his character?
3. What names do Hortensia and Lucentio assume? What roles will they play?
4. What character does Tranio assume? How does Baptista react to him? Please quote from the text.
5. Summarize the content of Petruchio and Baptista's conversation (l. 111-141)--be brief.
6. How is Hortensia injured?
7. When Katherine and Petruchio meet how do they get along? Particularly, what is the pervading attitude in lines 182-196, 209-220, and in Petruchio's lines 264-277
8. What does Petruchio claim about his and Katherine's interaction? How does Baptista react?
9. At the end of Act II what are Tranio, Gremio, and Baptista discussing? What decision is made? What must Tranio do in light of this decision?
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Katherine is to be married so everyones focus is on Bianca. Lucentio,Hortensio, and cambio are disguised as a school techer and as the musician litio. each of them want to win over Bianca's love.
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