CliffsComplete on Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewIn the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature. CliffsComplete The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most beloved, and imitated, works. In this play within a play, Petruchio, the man from Verona, marries Kate (the shrew of the story), so that Kate's younger sister Bianca may be allowed to take on several suitors and choose one to marry. Discover what happens to Petruchio and Kate — and save valuable studying time — all at once. Enhance your reading of The Taming of the Shrew with these additional features:
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Page 67
... Cambio . ( It is interesting to note that cambio means " changes " in Italian . ) Gremio has agreed to introduce Lucentio / Cambio to Baptista as a Latin tutor for Bianca . Explaining to the disguised Lucentio what he should " teach ...
... Cambio . ( It is interesting to note that cambio means " changes " in Italian . ) Gremio has agreed to introduce Lucentio / Cambio to Baptista as a Latin tutor for Bianca . Explaining to the disguised Lucentio what he should " teach ...
Page 76
... Cambio ] that hath been long studying at Rheims , as cunning in Greek , Latin , and other languages , as the other in music and mathematics . His name is Cambio . Pray accept his service . Baptista A thousand thanks , Signior Gremio ...
... Cambio ] that hath been long studying at Rheims , as cunning in Greek , Latin , and other languages , as the other in music and mathematics . His name is Cambio . Pray accept his service . Baptista A thousand thanks , Signior Gremio ...
Page 100
... Cambio will use music and poetry to woo Bianca . Their courting is quiet , subtle , and sly compared to the loud , overt , and passionate scene between Kate and Petruchio . As the scene begins , Hortensio / Litio and Lucentio / Cambio ...
... Cambio will use music and poetry to woo Bianca . Their courting is quiet , subtle , and sly compared to the loud , overt , and passionate scene between Kate and Petruchio . As the scene begins , Hortensio / Litio and Lucentio / Cambio ...
Contents
The Taming of the Shrew | 25 |
Introduction | 27 |
A Bedchamber in the Lords house | 33 |
Copyright | |
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