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How Does Shakespeare Use Disguise In The Taming Of The Shrew

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Disguise is a common, persuasive theme in many of Shakespeare’s plays that he uses in the story to persuade someone to do something else or think in another way. In Act 2 of The Taming of the Shrew, a play by William Shakespeare, many people use disguises in a plan in order to marry off Bianca and Kate, Baptista’s daughters. Scene One begins with Kate and Bianca bantering and Kate decides to tie Bianca up because she refused to tell her who she was interested in marrying. They continue fighting and Bianca is slapped by her sister. Baptista enters the scene and unties Bianca’s hands while scolding Kate for her unruly actions. But in doing this, he only angers Kate more by making her think that Baptista loves Bianca more. Bianca and Kate exit as Gremio, Lucentio (as …show more content…

Petruchio then presents his plan to be a music teacher to Kate and attempt to woo her so that Baptista will let him marry Kate. Gremio then steps in and presents his plan of having Lucentio (as Cambio) be a schoolteacher to his daughters. Tranio (as Lucentio), gives Baptista some books and a musical instrument as gifts to him and his daughters. Baptista then sends the teachers into his house so that they can start teaching. Petruchio stays behind with Baptista so that he can persuade him to let Petruchio see Kate and discuss what the dowry would be if him and Kate were to get married. Hortensio (as Litio) then comes running in because Kate had hit him with the instrument while teaching her. Because of this, Petruchio claims that he now loves Kate even more. Kate enters the scene, meets Petruchio, and they start to argue back and forth, using a series of puns. Baptista, Gremio, and Tranio (as Lucentio) enter back into the scene and Petruchio lies to Baptista and says that him and

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