AQA A-level ENGLISH LITERATURE B Paper 1B Literary genres: Aspects of comedy Wednesday 24 May 2023

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P TRUCHIOꬲ
Am I not wis ?ꬲ
KATH RINA ꬲY s,ꬲ k pꬲꬲ you warm.
P TRUCHIOꬲ
Marry, so I m an,ꬲ sw tꬲꬲ Kath rin ,ꬲ ꬲ in thy b d.ꬲ
And th r for , s tting all this chat asid , ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
Thus in plain t rmsꬲ – your fath rꬲ hath cons nt d ꬲ ꬲ
That you shall bꬲ my wif ;ꬲ your dowry ’gr dꬲꬲ on;
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now, Kat , I am a husband for your turn, ꬲ For by this light wh r by I s thy b auty, Thy ꬲ ꬲ ꬲꬲ ꬲ
b autyꬲ that doth makꬲ mꬲ likꬲ thꬲꬲ w ll, Thou ꬲ
must b marri d to no man but m . ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
For I am h am born to tam you, Kat , ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
And bring you from a wild Katꬲ to a Kat ꬲ
Conformabl as oth r hous hold Kat s. ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
nt rꬲ ꬲ Baptista, Gr mio,ꬲ and Tranio
H rꬲ ꬲ com sꬲ your fath r.ꬲ N v rꬲ ꬲ makꬲ d nial; I ꬲ
must and will hav Kath rin to my wif . ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
BAPTISTA
Now, Signor P truchio,ꬲ how sp dꬲꬲ you with my daught r? ꬲ
P TRUCHIOꬲ
How but w ll,ꬲ sir? How but w ll?ꬲ
It w rꬲ ꬲ impossibl ꬲ I should sp dꬲꬲ amiss.
BAPTISTA
Why, how now, daught r ꬲ Kath rin ?ꬲ ꬲ In your dumps?
KATH RINA ꬲ
Call you mꬲ daught r? ꬲ Now I promis ꬲ you
You hav show d a t nd r fath rly r gard ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
To wish m w d to on half lunatic, ꬲ ꬲ ꬲ
A madcap ruffian and a sw aringꬲ Jack,
That thinks with oaths to facꬲ thꬲ matt rꬲ out.