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| Character | Lucentio | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Teenager (13-19), Young Adult (20-35) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Introduction to story, Rejoicing/Excited, Praising | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Description | Lucentio arrives in Padua | |
| Details | ACT 1 Scene 1 | |
Summary
Lucentio is a young student from Pisa who goes to Padua to study at the university. As soon as he arrives he falls in love with Bianca at first sight. He decides to pursue her and disguises himself as her tutor to be close to her. He will have to compete with her two other suitors, Gremio and Hortensio, and get her father's approval, who has declared nobody will be able to court Bianca until the quarrelsome and ill-tempered Katherine, her sister, finds a husband.
In this monologue, which starts the actual play after the induction, in ACT I, Scene 1, Lucentio has just arrived in Padua and tells his servant Tranio how excited he is to have come to study in Padua.
In this monologue, which starts the actual play after the induction, in ACT I, Scene 1, Lucentio has just arrived in Padua and tells his servant Tranio how excited he is to have come to study in Padua.
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| LUCENTIO Tranio, since for the great desire I had To see fair Padua, nursery of arts, I am arrived for fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy; And by my father's love and leave am arm'd With his good will and thy good company, My trusty servant, well approved in all, Here let us breathe and haply institute A course of learning and ingenious studies. Pisa renown'd for grave citizens Gave me my being and my father first, A merchant of great traffic through the world, Vincetino come of Bentivolii. Vincetino's son brought up in Florence It shall become to serve all hopes conceived, To deck his fortune with his virtuous deeds: And therefore, Tranio, for the time I study, Virtue and that part of philosophy Will I apply that treats of happiness By virtue specially to be achieved. Tell me thy mind; for I have Pisa left And am to Padua come, as he that leaves A shallow plash to plunge him in the deep And with satiety seeks to quench his thirst. |
