Katherine Minola Taming Of The Shrew

Lies and deception that consume William Shakespeare’s play are made out to be a joke in The Taming of the Shrew, yet the center of the comedy revolves around the most honest character on set. Katherine Minola, the first daughter of Baptista Minola, was only portrayed as “shrewd,” through other characters’ assuming perception of her persona (Shakespeare 1.2.91). Those characters openly criticize her throughout the play and treat her like an animal by not giving her any sort of acknowledgment. Furthermore, Katherine has no voice at the beginning because she was silenced by the stubborn patriarchal sovereignty that degrades the idea of a woman’s opinion, thus their society perceives Katherine’s outspoken nature to be shrewish. She understood that

Petruchio’s arrival not only marks new opportunities for Baptista to sell his most prized daughter, Bianca, which had allowed Bianca’s suitors to fully boast and appeal, and get rid of the despised Katherine, but also introduces an escape for Katherine to establish a new reputation. Petruchio sought to pursue Katherine through methods of positively taming her and his persistent personality lead them to accomplish Shakespeare’s joyous ordeal of marriage. The outspoken Katherine and selfish Petruchio were initially battling each other from opposite ends of their aberrant relationship, however as they discover parallel traits and succumb to one another’s schemes, their strange compatibility reveals that a shared passion is key to success in the ideal form of long

By being dauntlessly audacious, Katherine’s truthfulness draws in Petruchio’s trust and devotion, and Petruchio’s security and boldness to go against the current for them both appeals to Katherine’s loyalty. She recognizes his trick in mocking the other characters and jumps in to humiliate them and gain their respect, such as Hortensio attempting to follow Petruchio’s footsteps. Petruchio helps her realize that she does not have to stand alone against a world filled with those who had refused to give her a chance to truly present herself, thus his respectable status helps her by being a partner who can make her look like the idea wife that disproves everyone’s initial perception of her. She could never prove them wrong because of the patriarchal ideology, and he gives her that opportunity by marrying-something others highly doubted. Kate provides Petruchio with dowry and a strong-minded wife whom he enjoys because she is honest to herself and does not conform. Furthermore, she also provides him the satisfaction of triumphing the other men with an ideal wife that he has seemingly molded her into through the powerful speech she addresses. Both characters share a secret understanding of what society desires and they help each other’s cruel satisfaction by mockingly representing that through their compatible