3. In the English countryside, a poor tinker (someone who repairs devices) named
Christopher Sly (sly means stupid) becomes the target of a prank (trick) by a local lord.
Finding Sly drunk out of his wits (mind) in front of an inn, the lord has his men take Sly
to his manor (large house), dress him in his finery, and treat him as a lord.
When Sly recovers, the men tell him that he is a lord and that he only believes himself
to be a tinker because he has been insane for the past several years.
Waking in the lord’s bed, Sly at first refuses to accept the men’s story, but when
he hears of his “wife,” a pageboy dressed in women’s clothing, he readily agrees
that he is the lord they purport (pretend) him to be.
Sly wants to be left alone with his wife, but the servants tell him that a troupe (group) of
actors has arrived to present a play for him. The play that Sly watches makes up the mai
n story of The Taming of the Shrew.
Can you guess what the prank is?
Do you think Sly will believe them?
4. Taming of the Shrew
A wealthy Padua merchant, Baptista, has two daughters.
Daughters
Younger sister
Bianca:
She is an obedient girl whom everyone
loves. Lucentio a student sees Bianca
and fall in love with her.
He has heard that Baptista will not Bianca
to be married before her older sister.
So Lucentio will disguise as a Latin tutor, to
know more about Bianca.
Older sister
Katherina or Kate
She is sharp-tongued, quick-tempered,
and prone to violence,
particularly against anyone who tries to
marry her.
Her hostility toward suitors particularly
distresses her father.
Petruchio, a friend of Hortensio, hears
about Katherina’s attitude towards men
and he will marry her as a challenge to
change her attitude.
5. Taming of the Shrew
Bianca:
Two local men, Hortensio and the elderly Gremio, are pursuing Bianca, but she
doesn’t like either of them. So they will start to play games to get into her heart.
Gremio hires lucentio to teach her Latin and
speaks about him during the sessions.
(Gremio doesn’t know that Lucentio himself
is in love with Bianca.
Later on, Lucentio and Bianca will fall in love.
Hortensio presents himself as a musician
To try to get into her company.
Later on, Hortensio will give up on
Bianca and married a widow.
6. 1-Katherine
The “shrew” of the play’s title, Katherine, or Kate, is the daughter of Baptista Minola, with
whom she lives in Padua. She is sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, and prone to violence,
particularly against anyone who tries to marry her. Her hostility toward suitors particularly
distresses her father.
2- Petruchio:
Petruchio is a young man of Verona. Through his friend Hortensio, he learns of
Katherine and agrees to wed her (for her dowry). What was originally a business venture
, though, turns to love as the story unfolds.
3- Bianca Minola:
Bianca is younger daughter of Baptista Minola. Bianca is loved by Gremio, Hortensio,
and Lucentio but cannot have serious suitors or marry until her older sister Katherine
has done so. Bianca is clearly Baptista's favorite daughter, although she may not be as
sweet as she appears.
7. 4- Baptista:
Minola Baptista is one of the wealthiest men in Padua. Baptista Minola is the father of
Katherine and Bianca.
5- Lucentio:
Lucentio is a young student from Pisa, the good-natured Lucentio comes to
Padua to study at the city’s renowned university, but he is immediately
sidetracked when he falls in love with Bianca at first sight. By disguising himself
as a classics instructor named Cambio, he convinces Gremio to offer him to
Baptista as a tutor for Bianca. He wins her love.
8. 8- Christopher Sly:
The principal character in the play’s brief Induction, Sly is a drunken tinker,
tricked by a mischievous nobleman into thinking that he is really a lord.
7- Gremio and Hortensio:
Gremio and Hortensio are two gentlemen of Padua. Gremio and Hortensio are Bianca’s
suitors at the beginning of the play. Though they are rivals, these older men also
become friends during their mutual frustration with and rejection by Bianca.
Hortensio directs Petruchio to Kate and then dresses up as a music instructor to marry
Bianca.
10. Chapter 1
A poor Man Thinks He is Rich
Answer the following questions:
1. Who is Christopher Sly?
Christopher Sly is a very poor man who spends more money than he has. He can’t pay
the rent to the hotel, and when he broke some glasses, he couldn’t pay. He was drunk
and hit the owner. Now, he is tricked by the lord.
2. “The lord came home from hunting with some of his friends and found
Christopher Sly sleeping on his door step. He decided to play a trick on the
poor man” . Discuss
The lord asked his servants to bring Sly to his manor, a large house, and dress him as
a lord and treat him as a lord. Sly refused at first, but they convinced him that he was
mad and now he has his mind back.
11. Chapter 1
Answer the following questions:
3. “Don’t call me lord” comment
Christopher Sly said that to the servants when they asked him if he wants a drink or fruit,
and another servant asked if he wants new clothes. Christopher Sly shouted and told
them that he isn’t a lord. Of course they are playing a game.
4. “You should stop acting like a poor man you are a lord, and you are married
to a beautiful lady who has been sad for these fifteen years”. Comment
The servants said that to Sly when they tried to convince him that he is a lord, but in the
last fifteen years, he was out of his mind and dreamt as if he were a poor man.
But actually he is a lord and must act like a lord.
12. Chapter 1
Answer the following questions:
5. The lord and his two Hunts men plan to play an elaborate practical joke on
Christopher Sly. What are they going to do to him?
The lord decided to play a trick on the poor man. The trick is to take the poor man to the
manor, a large house, and dress him like a lord and everyone in the house should treat
him as a lord.
6. “Would my lord like to listen to a story” comment
One of the servants came to Sly and asked him if he likes to listen to a story as the story
would give you a good rest. Sly couldn’t know how to act like a lord, decided that he
should do what his wife suggested.
13. Chapter 1
A poor Man Thinks He is Rich
Answer the following questions:
7. What according to the lord and his huntsmen, are the qualities of a good
hunting dog?
Complete:
1. Christopher Sly didn’t know how to act like a lord, and decided that
he should do what his wife suggested.
2- Every poor man wants to be rich, and every husband wants a wonderful
wife.
3- One of the servants Came to the lord and told him that there was a storyteller at
the door.
