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Katherina In The Taming Of The Shrew
Spring break 2010
English
Nickalson Thomas
Ms.Thomas

Choice 2 In play by William Shakespeare's play “The Taming of the Shrew”, the shrew Katherine had a very bad attitude on life and just about everything else. Bianca wanted to get married. She had all of the men's hearts, Katherine had none. If Katherine got married then Bianca could get married. She really was a shrew who needed to be tamed. No one wanted to marry Katherine until Petruchio arrives in Padua to find a wealthy wife. He and Luciento 1 of Bianca's suitors were talking, as a joke Luciento mentioned to Petruchio marry Katherine. Petruchio thought of the money and thought it could be great. Petruchio did not want to judge Katherine, for others are quick …show more content…
During the dinner after the wedding Petruchio demands that they s leave, now the taming of the shrew begins. Now the taming begins. Once they leave the wedding and are going to Petruchio home in Verona, Katherine has to ride a burrow in the rain while Petruchio rides a horse. During many bad things happen to Katherine. When they arrive at Petruchio home Katherine could not get sleep and food .Petruchio made excuses of the food not being good enough and the bed not being good enough for her. I believe that his method of taming her is not cruel but very effective. He shows her that she can get much farther and live life a lot happier if she is nice and obeys him rather than fighting …show more content…
When Petruchio tells Katherine that a tailor will be making a new outfit for her for the wedding, she gets excited. When she comes to see her new outfit Petruchio tells her that the fabric isn't good enough for her and that she will have to wear her old outfit. Petruchio’s stressful behavior teaches Katherine obedience. “Katherine learns obedience but and also she learns to see herself as others see her mean and shrewish. On their journey to Padua Petruchio demands that Katherine calls the sun the moon and an old Vincentio, a young virgin girl. Katherine says what Petruchio tells her to say. She even kisses him in public. That proved that Petruchio has tamed
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