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kaynicole
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To which poet does Shakespeare allude in Petruchio's speech about a wife's duty to her husband?

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Posted by kaynicole on Wednesday October 24, 2007 at 1:45 PM and tagged with taming of the shrew, the taming of the shrew.

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  1. julikiyomi Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    In Act 2, Scene 1, Shakespeare alludes to Chaucer's "Clerk's Tale" from Canterbury Tales when Petruchio compares Katherine to the character Griselda in describing how she will represent the epitome of wifely devotion.  Later, in Act 3, Scene 2, when Petruchio, in talking about a wife's duty to her husband, says, "I will be master of what is mine own, she is my goods...", Shakespeare alludes to the Bible catalogue of a man's possessions as listed in the Tenth Commandment.

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    Posted by julikiyomi on Saturday October 27, 2007 at 4:18 PM