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Enduring Love Act 2 Analysis

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Act 1 Lucentio appears with his faithful servant Tranio, and Lucentio just arrived in Padua to go to college. He’s wealthy but wants to add wisdom and virtue to his endowments. Then a fight broke out about Baptista Minola’s youngest daughter, Bianca. Two men really want to have Bianca’s hand in marriage, Hortensio and Gremio. But Baptista explains that he can’t hand his youngest daughter in marriage until his oldest daughter, Katherine is married first. He also added that he needs help looking for a schoolmaster for Bianca, so they both put their differences on hold to look for one. Act 2 Later, Katherine tights her sister Bianca’s hands up and demands her to choose a suitor but when she refused to, she slapped her. Then Baptista comes in, and saves Bianca. …show more content…

And when he heard about her dowry, he was satisfied and reassures her father that he will woo Kate. Petruchio points out that, whether she wants to or not, he will take her for his wife. He even told everyone how happy he is to being able to marry Kate. And since Katherine seems to be taken care of, he is ready to focus on Bianca getting married. Act 3 So many guys want Bianca, and she is loving the competition for her hand in marriage. Bianca has been showing Lucentio more interest, so because Bianca isn’t being faithful to Hortensio, he decides to not be faithful either. Next day Kate and Petruchio wedding day arrives, but he showed up super late, and the first time ever Baptista showed sympathy for Kate. He finally showed up but wearing the ugliest wedding outfit ever, embarrassing Kate even more. And then he decides that he can’t stay for his own eating, making Kate come with

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