The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-11
Questions and Answers.
Answers BY Mrs. Whitfield.

i. Question: What ElIzabethan
play. In which the husband Is domi-
mated by n wifc's influence, may be
considered a sequel to Tanning OF
the Shrcw''?
j. Answer: The Tanner Tamed"-
John Fletcher. 1853.
2. Question: At what period in the
career of Shakespeare was The Tam
ing OF tho Shrew" produced?
2. Answer. The play belongs most
probably to the first period. some
where between 159i-'97.
3. Question: Was 1t customary In
s~hakespeare's day for women of high
social position to study Greek. Latin
and other languages?
3. Answer: Young ladies' of high
rank. especially as here. under the
shadow OF Il great university, was
often instructed In Greek and Latin.
A. Question: What does Shake
speafe accomplish in Act i. of this
play. as noted by the careful OBJ
server and reader?
a. Answer: At tho end Of Act ].
We find that the principal characters
have been introduced, tho underplot
OF the suitors of Blanca has been
well launched and the main plot has
been sketched out, needing only to be
elaborated In the remaining acts OF
the play.
8. Question: Did Petruchio select
Sunday aus his wedding day because
h was the usual fashion in Eliza
bcthan England?
o. Answer: Sunday was not an I'M
common day for weddings at that
time.
6. Question: Why does shekespear
describe the wedding Of Katherine
and Petruchio BY narrative. rather
than by action?
6. Answer: The incidents of tho
marriage are n side issue, and the
portrayal on the stage would hayo
consumed Il disproportionate amount
OF time; the scene, too, hardly be-
n church, and is therefore given
by description.
q. Question: What information does
the reader derive in regard TO the
~Elizabethan stage from the stage
directions given at the beginning of
Scene III?
4. Answer: The old stage direc-
tons read. Enter aloft the drunkard
and attendants etc. that Is. sly.
and the others about him We're rep
LItotEItGo II a. bdA1oiS at No1n oAH
whence they were to witness the per-
Torrance of the ''The Tanning OF the
Shrew.' Such seems to have been
the custom when n play within a play
was to be given on the Elizabethan
stage. while the reverse is now pra-
ticed.
50 Question: What dramatic pur-
pose had Shakespeare in Il detailed
description of Katherine and Pctru-
chic?
s. Answer: katherine and Petru-
chic, being the principal characters,
are set wildly before us, that In tho
end. the complete subsection of the
"curst shreW'' by the one she first
fonts, may be the more intensely
realized.
.. Question: What is Katlerinc's
description Of her treatment by her
husband. and what passionate protest
against this treatment does n make?
o.. Answer: What? Did he marry
me to. famish me?' cries katherine.
in Act ", Scene III, in a passionate
outburst against this husband of hers,
who keeps her from food, from sleep
from rest all under name OF per-
feet love-
10. Question: What dispute takes
place between Petruchio and Kathe-
rine as to the sun and moon?
10. answer: AS they start, at mid
day, on the journey to Padua,. Petru-
chic admires the shining of the moon.
at which Katherine sharply, and in
establishment, correct him. But at
the treat of giving up the journey,
and upon Hortensio's cntreaty Kathe-
rine submits to his whim, with What
you have named 1t, even that 1t Is;