Blog 13: Katherine's Speech

And place your hands below your husband's foot;

In token  of which duty , if he please,

My hand is ready,  may it do him ease

I found that line very interesting because it shows that now she is always ready for him. Whatever he wants she is there. He tamed her and before she was mean and nasty. She wouldn't follow orders from a man. But now she is there waiting for him to give her orders. She doesn't mention in how a woman should get respect like everyone else. She says how women should love and obey. Women should also get respect. 

Blog 12: Act IV, A shrew is as a shrew does

Hello Curtis. I am Doctor Luggysmittypopper, and i am Petruchio's doctor. I have figured that he is trying to act like his wife. They traded personalities. Now since Katherina finally found a husband she doesn't have to be a shrew or she isn't angry anymore. She just wanted someone to love her and be with. She found that and thats why she isn't a shrew. 

Now Petruchio is a different story. He fell in love with the lady that was a shrew. He likes the mean lady that pushes people around and yells all the time. It gave him excitement and he doesn't like the nice, kind lady she turned into. He is trying to make the beast come out of her. Not giving her food or any sleep will make her inner beast come out. He wants to unleash it and Tame it. Thats why he has been acting like this. Once she turns into a shrew again, he will go back to normal and everything could or could not be the same again. Give it time, and go along with his actions. My only advice would be to don't cross him or he will lash out on you.

Blog 11: Shakespeare's Language

1. What is "blank verse"? Give an example of it from your book.

A blank verse is no set rhythm/ rhyme, but it does follow a pattern called iambic pentameter. An iambic means line length broken five feet. Pentameter means 5.  "And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy."

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 of day is it.
b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII]: Are you ready and calm.
c. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well." [Macbeth]: If its done when its done, its good.
d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]: To love in a hurry means to marry in free time.

Thou unmuzzled sour-faced waterfly.

Thou greasy pale hearted moldwarp

Thou gnarling heavy-headed hedge pig

Thou peevish paper-faced snipe

Thou hideous onion-eyed egg-shell