Gremio,+by+Mel.

Gremio is a very rich man, and an excellent suiter to Bianca, although she favours Lucentio.

Gremio isn't one of the main characters in 'Taming of the Shrew' but his place in the play contributes to the development of the story line. Like most characters in the play, Gremio agrees with the fact that the idea of finding a man willing to marry Katherina is going to be a difficult task, he expresses his agreement by stating that her personality is to rough for him, and that he would prefer to be wed to Biance - //"To cart her rather. She's too rough for me.// //There, there, Hortensio, will you any wife?"//

"Hark, Petruchio; she says she'll see thee hang'd first." - describes Gremios role as a commentator, and his repition to Petruchio of what Katherina had already made clear. To emphasise the idea that she would rather be hung than to be married to him.