Remind yourself of Act 3.1. What do you find interesting about Bianca in this scene and in the play as a whole?

... Remind yourself of Act 3.1. What do you find interesting about Bianca in this scene and in the play as a whole? Bianca is the youngest daughter of Baptista. At the beginning of the play, all the action centres on the wooing of Bianca, however this is not the case as Petruchio soon becomes the dramatic focus when he appears. There are many faces to the character of Bianca, as on the surface she is portrayed as being sweet and innocent, however, as her character develops and w learn more about her, we begin to see another side of her character. Although the plot of this play involves the taming of Katherina, the sub-plot of the play involves Bianca and the reversal of roles she has with Katherina. In Act 3 Scene 1, we see the wooing of Bianca, which is in sharp contrast to the wooing of her sister

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