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eMbedded performing Shakespeare ASSeSSMeNT 2
My Notes
Group 6
Re-enter SERVANTS severally
Nathaniel: Peter, didst ever see the like? Peter: He kills her in her own humour.
Re-enter PETRUCHIO
Petruchio: Thus have I politicly begun my reign, And ‘tis my hope to end successfully.
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty.
And till she stoop she must not be full-gorg’d, She eat no meat to-day, nor none shall eat;
Last night she slept not, nor to-night she shall not; As with the meat, some undeserved fault
I’ll find about the making of the bed;
And here I’ll fling the pillow, there the bolster, This way the coverlet, another way the sheets;
Ay, and amid this hurly I intend
That all is done in reverend care of her—
And, in conclusion, she shall watch all night;
And if she chance to nod I’ll rail and brawl
And with the clamour keep her still awake.
This is a way to kill a wife with kindness,
And thus I’ll curb her mad and headstrong humour. He that knows better how to tame a shrew,
Now let him speak; ‘tis charity to show. [Exit]
Act Iv, Scene III: peTrUcHIo’S house
Enter KATHERINE and GRUMIO
Katherine: The more my wrong, the more his spite appears. What, did he marry me to famish me?
Beggars that come unto my father’s door
Upon entreaty have a present alms;
If not, elsewhere they meet with charity;
But I, who never knew how to entreat,
Nor never needed that I should entreat,
Am starv’d for meat, giddy for lack of sleep;
With oaths kept waking, and with brawling fed;
And that which spites me more than all these wants— He does it under name of perfect love;
As who should say, if I should sleep or eat, ‘Twere deadly sickness or else present death. I prithee go and get me some repast;
I care not what, so it be wholesome food.
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