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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Ranald, Margaret L.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor Of English City, University Of New York

The Taming Of The Shrew: Act 5

Act V: Scene 1

This scene takes place in Padua in front of Lucentio's house, and it is
the climactic confrontation scene and denouement of the subplot. Here all
the knots are untied and the disguises are finally stripped from everyone.

The real Lucentio runs off to the church with Bianca to be married,
while old Gremio waits outside Baptista's house for him, still supposing him
to be Cambio. Petruchio, ...

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