How Does Katherina Change In Taming Of The Shrew

Katherine is the main character in the movie Taming of the Shrew, she starts out as the shrew suggested by the title, but is not at the end of the movie. What causes her change is a psychological happening more than a physical happening. At the beginning of the story she is the very definition of a shrew, a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant, (from dictionary.com). This was the case because she was jealous of her sister, who was more beautiful and sought after by suitors than she, this causes her anger. Her father Señor Baptista, would not marry her younger sister, named Bianca, until Katherine was married, but none would marry her. Which continued to cause her more anger, especially at her sister and father for the situation constantly reminds her of her lack of self worth. At the end of the story she was much different than at the beginning. She was submissive, nice, and even talked down other wives for not being good wives. What happened was she had got married to Petruchio. Who married her for the high downey placed on her. This was set up by a suitor of Bianca, Lucentio, who poses as a tutor, but has little else to do with her change. She did not immediately fall for Petruchio, she fought him and even had to be tricked to go through with the marriage. Slowly Petruchio taught her how to act, through withholding food and clothing and ill treatment, and even some clever mind games she figured it out. To simply recount the movies plot and happenings does little to explain why she actually changed, for as mentioned earlier it is of more phycilogical means. Her mind set at the beginning was of anger, made obvious by her actions, but contains jealousy of her sister, and
She starts as a shrew like person, and ends as nice and respectful. It took her husband, Petruchio, to tame her, and he used psychological means to teach her her