In Shakespeare's play, Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio does indeed tame Katherina. There are many steps to this process, yet in the end they fall in love. It must also be noted that Katherina tamed Petruchio as well. Petruchio was quite the shrew himself and likely worse of a shrew than Katherina. Petruchio's methods of taming is eccentric- lying, harassing, forcing Katherina to deal with him, chasing, and so much more. He originally wanted to marry Katherina for the money that was likely to acquire from Baptista, Katherina’s father.
Petruchio, before meeting Katherina, realizes how much of a crazy shrew she was and decides to contradict or mimic Katherina’s statements and actions. Petruchio compliments her obsessively, which agitates Katherine
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This initiates the heaviest bombardment of the taming process for both Petruchio and Katherina. Katherina has had an unpleasant journey, she arrives late, filthy/muddy, wet, cold, isolated, exhausted, and hungry. The tables turn, Petruchio behaves similarly to Katherina’s when she was back at her own home. She turns a new leaf and recognizes what Petruchio is doing. The taming process for Petruchio launches as she executes countless tasks of cleansing, organizing, mending, and so on. This proved to Petruchio that his taming had a positive influence on …show more content…
She proves herself worthy in front of the humongous crowd at Bianca’s, Katherina’s younger sister, wedding as she displays a magnificent and admirable speech of pride and dignity towards her husband after the husbands made a bet of whose wife was the most obedient and would come when summoned. Neither wife would arrive to their husband until Katherine was summoned and she brings both of the wives to their respective husband. She says “...But love, fair looks, and true obedience- Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince Even such a woman oweth to her husband; And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour, And not obedient to his honest will, What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord?...”(Act V, Scene ii) The lecture demonstrated to the guests of the wedding that herself had a change of heart contrasted from her former self in the beginning of the play. Petruchio is pleased then they dismiss themselves as the leave to join each other in bed.
By the end of the play, the audience should notice that Petruchio and Katherina had tamed each other and had fallen in love. Both characters’ characteristics changed dynamically throughout the play. Petruchio was the quite the shrew himself, although it’s all about perspective and I’m aware that each person’s depiction of the moral given out towards the end of the play varies. However,
We see the girls in both “The Taming of the Shrew” and “10 Things I Hate About You” become very close to a boy, but for extraordinarily different reasons. This coincides directly with the idea that marriage was arranged during the time of Shakespeare, and now it is typically a mutual relationship between two people.
Different Interpretations of the Relationship Between Kate and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew
Kate and The Taming of the Shrew describes the progression of the outspoken and headstrong Kate, wife of Petruchio, as she gradually transitions into an almost perfect example of an archetypal loyal wife. This classic female archetype can be expressed through blind and ignorant support of their husband without any personal opinion or any priorities and objectives other than to satisfy the needs and desires of their husbands. While Kate begins possessing traits that oppose the loyal wife archetype due to her strong willed personality, her shift to obedience. However she continues to think with cunning strategy throughout the entire play, regardless of her weakened mental state caused by Petruchio limiting her food and sleep.
The scene starts off Katherine terrorizing her sister, the men all introducing themselves, and Hortensio being hit by a lute. Katherine is eventually brought out to met Petruchio and they are left alone. Petruchio takes to calling Katherine by “Kate”, wriling her up. Kate begins to insult her suitor without hesitation. They then engage in an argument, which was more along the lines of clever puns and metaphors thrown to and fro. It then ends in Kate hitting Petruchio and his response being they will be married on Sunday, “will you. nill you”.
In the play, Taming of the Shrew, this character is known as Petruchio. In act 1 scene 2, Petruchio insists on meeting Kat no matter who tells her of his behavior, for he was only looking at one factor – that she had a rich father. Upon meeting Baptista, Petruchio insists on meeting Katherine. “Lucentio” and Petruchio battle, promising this and that to Katherine until Baptista finally chooses Petruchio. Upon meeting Katherine, she immediately is biting at his heels. With his quick wit he is responding with equal amounts of insults which frustrates Katherine. Every insult Katherine throws at Petruchio he manages to throw back a sexual innuendo. further along into the story with Kate and Petruchio. Petruchio
Petrucio enjoys verbal sport and a non-conventional sense of humor. Petrucio surrounds himself with neither tame nor conforming people. You can even see this in his servants. His servants like him very much and enjoy his entertainments. An example of this is when Petrucio and his servant man Grumio get into a disagreement about knocking on the gate. Reflective of this is Petrucio’s methods to “woo” Katherine. His methods are game like and outrageous. Such as when he beats up Grumio because Kate’s horse stumbles, or showing up late to the wedding. While showing Katherine how ridiculous she is about things, he is also making her feel special, which is something she never felt in life. He also says that “This is the way to kill a wife with kindness.” (IV,i 211) This is his courting method of when he makes the wife feel to good for everything surrounding her. When they eat dinner once he complains “Endanger choler planteth anger…. since of ourselves are choleric”. (IV, I 177) While Petrucio may not agree with what society has determined to be proper, he is aware of the importance to conform. He knows the ways of society and that he must demonstrate this to Katherine, who has no regard for public presentation.
The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare depicts the common roles of men and women in the early seventeenth century. Shakespeare writes of Petruchio and Kate, a male and female who sharply oppose each other. Petruicho must "tame" his wife Kate without breaking her true inner spirit.
A long time ago, a drunken man fell asleep outside an alehouse. This man, Christopher Sly, was discovered by a mischievous lord who took him into his home. The witty lord then convinced Sly that he was a lord, as well. The lord then put on a play for him. The play, The Taming of the Shrew, was about the two young daughters of Baptista. The youngest daughter, Bianca, wished to wed but her father, Baptista, would not allow this until his eldest daughter, Katherina, was married. Under normal circumstances, it would be easy to find a husband for Katherina with all her beauty, but all her beauty was covered by her shrewd personality. By this time Bianca's suitors were growing very impatient, so they decide to team up and find a husband for Katherina. In jest they mentioned their plan to a friend, Petruchio, who surprisingly agreed to marry Katherina. All her beauty and wealth were enough for him. Katherina reluctantly was wed to Petruchio and she was taken to his home to be tamed. With Katherina out of the way, Bianca was now allowed to marry Lucentio, who offered her father the highest dowry for her. In the final scenes of the play, Katherina proves that she is tamed by winning an obedience contest at a dinner party. Katherina is now even more in accordance with her wifely duties than Bianca. A fare is a type of comedy based on a ridiculous situation. The Taming of the Shrew, an eminent example of a farce, is the first of three farces written by Shakespeare.
This illustrates how Petruchio is manipulating Katherina and controlling her behaviour through concealing his true intentions of taming her with a disguise of love in addition to not giving her any other options, and also shows that he has no remorse about causing harm to her by depriving her of sustenance and sleep. Despite it being evident throughout the play that Petruchio is confident in his ability to manipulate among many other things, he is insecure and vulnerable to comments related to who he is as a person made by those whom Petruchio considers to be important to him. More specifically, when he first meets Katherina, he pays no attention to her many insults but after the majority of Petruchio’s manipulation of
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is a play that is ahead of its time in its views toward gender roles within society. Katherine is a woman who is intelligent, and is not afraid to assert her views on any given situation. She is paired with another obstinate character in Pertuchio. The Marriage formed between the two is a match made in heaven for two reasons. First Because Katherine is strong enough to assert her views, and more importantly, she realizes when she should assert them. The second reason the bond survives is that Petruchio is strong enough to accept the fact that Katherine has a mind and, more importantly he loves her for that reason. Petruchio cleverly weaves the relationship into the framework of society without compromising the integrity of the relationship. Petruchio does this by comparing Katherine’s at attitude to repulsive clothing. Carefully and calculatingly, Petruchio forges a relationship that is envied by all who witness it.
. is almost a model of intelligence and humanity" and that "what Petruchio wants, and ends up with, is a Katherina of unbroken spirit and gaiety who has suffered only minor physical discomfort. . . " 138. The n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n This is a very interesting take on the situation I read about. To me, Katherina's spirit was completely broken at the end of the play.
By charming her with kind words, Petruchio is able to manipulate Katherine into marriage and woo her, but in an unaccustomed way, as Kate is not used to men being so nice and direct with her. Petruchio is able to achieve this end by manipulating Katherine’s words. He twists what Kate says and makes it seem as if she is coming on to him sexually, while in reality he is the one implying the sexual innuendo. This manipulation can be seen when they have an argument about whether or not the wasp carries his sting on his tail or tongue, and Petruchio says “What, with my tongue in your tail? Nay, come again, good Kate. I am a gentleman—” (II, 1; 230-231). By contorting the words he ...
Patrick and Petruchio’s desire to date Kat or Katerina is influenced by money. In Taming of the Shrew Hortensio mentions that Katerina is a shrew, but Petruchio does not care because she is wealthy. Petruchio could have easily found another woman, but with money involved, Petruchio does what he can to “win” her love by attempting to talk with Katerina and eventually takes his time to try and tame Katerina. “When Petruchio first meets Baptista, Petruchio inquires about the dowry, once Baptista replies, Petruchio immediately demands to sign the contract.
When someone is a female their first thought should not be weak or nurturing, just as when someone is male their first though shouldn’t always be powerful. Unfortunately it has becomes so ingrained in societies mentality that this is the way that things work. The Taming of the Shrew is a past writing piece that expands on a mentality that is modern. The male gender cannot be put into this same constraint. Petruchio is the epitome of what society would describe a male as. He thinks he is in charge and always the superior to women. He expects Katherine to always do what he tells her to do, because he believes that is her duty as his wife. Moreover he should not be expected to do that for her. Furthermore, Bianca is what many would describe as the perfect woman. She is nurturing and she does not speak out against what she is told. When she does speak she always speaks like a lady. She exists merely for decoration in the home and to serve her husband. Katherine is the inconsistency in this stereotype on femininity. Her purpose in the novel originally is to rebel against this biased thought on female gender roles. Katherine is not afraid to speak out against the things that she is told to do. If she disagrees with something she will act on it and she is just as strong as the men in the novel; which is why many of the men actually fear her. Katherine is not submissive and does not believe that the only reason that she exists is to serve a husband. Katherine does not want to be just the damsel in distress, she wants to be in charge. At the end of the novel there is a switch in the personalities of Katherine and Bianca. This alteration provides the purpose of showing that gender is not something that someone can be confined in just because they were born a female. A woman can have many different traits and still be feminine. It is impossible to put femininity in a box because there are no real qualities for what
Petruchio begins to tame Katharina by deceiving her father. When Petruchio and Katharina first meet, she rejects Petruchio's offer of marriage. She argues with him and hits him. In order to marry Katharina, Petruchio assures Baptista and Katharina's sister's suitors “...we have 'greed so well together, that upon Sunday is the