Love And Shrew In Hortensio's '

Hortensio in the beginning of the play is one of the suitors to Bianca but then when he sees Bianca show her affections towards her teacher Cambio (Lucentio in disguise) he gives up on her and goes off to marry a wealthy widow instead. Hortensio is also a friend of Petruchio's and is the character who actually introduces Petruchio to Katherina. Hortensio and Petruchio are very similar, they both want to marry someone wealthy (they are gold-diggers), and their wives both are disobedient and shrew like towards their husbands. Both try to tame their wives and while Petruchio ends up successfully taming Katherina, Hortensio ends up with a dominating wife.
Hortensio's search for a wealthy wife is understandable, it's driven by his lust of the power