The Taming of the Shrew

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The Taming of the Shrew by Mind Map: The Taming of the Shrew

1. Act 1, Scene 1

1.1. Characters

1.1.1. Sly -He's in his bedroom watching the play with his wife.

1.1.1.1. Bart - Sly's wife.

1.1.2. Lord -Sly's bedroom is in his house.

1.1.3. Lucentio -He likes Bianca. -He disguise himself as a teacher to give Bianca some "private tutoring".

1.1.3.1. Tranio -Lucentio's trusty servant. -He disguise himself as Lucentio and went to Padua.

1.1.3.2. Biondello -Another one of Lucentio's servants. - Lucentio and Tranio fool him with a fake story about why are they in disguise.

1.1.4. Baptista -Bianca and Kate's Father.

1.1.4.1. Bianca - One of Baptista's gorgeous daughters. -She's "nice" and "quiet". -She can only get married after Kate get married.

1.1.4.2. Kate - The other Baptista's gorgeous daughter. -She has to be the first daughter to get married. - However she isn't interested in marriage.

1.1.5. Gremio -Wants Baptista's permission to marry Bianca. -He says he would rather "cart" Kate than marry her.

1.1.6. Hortensio -Wants Baptista's permission to marry Bianca. -He tells Kate that she's never going to get married unles she "pipe down".

1.1.7. The suitors -They are looking for someone to marry Kate so they can have free access to Bianca.

1.2. Act 1, Scene 2

1.2.1. Characters

1.2.1.1. Petruchio - He went to visit Hortensio in Padua from Verona -His father recently died.

1.2.1.1.1. Grumio -Petruchio's servant.

1.2.1.2. Hortensio - In this scene he is going to dress up as a private tutor and wants Petruchio to present him as a "gift" to Baptista to make sweet love to Bianca in secret.

1.2.1.3. Gremio - In this scene brags that he hired Cambio (Lucentio) as a gift for Baptista.

1.2.1.4. Lucentio - In this scene he disguises as Cambio.

1.2.1.5. Tranio - In this scene he is disguised as Lucentio.

2. Act 2, Scene 1

2.1. Characters

2.1.1. Kate -In this act she has tied up Bianca and is slapping and pulling her hair out.

2.1.1.1. Bianca - In this act she's provoking Kate. - She doesn't want to tell her favorite boyfriend.

2.1.2. Baptista -In this act he scolds Kate for being mean to her little sister.

2.1.3. Gremio -In this act, he gifts Baptista a schoolteacher named Cambio (Lucentio in disguise)

2.1.4. Lucentio - He still in disguise as Cambio the tutor for this act.

2.1.5. Hortensio -In this act he disguises as Licio the tutor. - Kate brakes a lute over his head.

2.1.6. Petruchio - He gets down to business telling Baptista he wants to marry Kate. - He then gets in a figth with Kate arguing with each other. -Then he's off to Venice but will be back in Padua to marry Kate on Sunday.

2.1.6.1. Tranio - In this act he is disguised as Lucentio. - He promise that his father will vouch for him and verify his cash flow.