William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

In the play the taming of the shrew I will be discussing about

Katherine & Petruchio’s behaviour towards each other through words,

body language and stage craft.

In the Elizabethan times men kept women as possession the women had

many hard times coping without freedom & limited to what they could do

out side also women were accompanied by men at all times because they

were thought as being vulnerable.

1ST meeting:

When Petruchio and Katherina first meeting, he winds her up by using

the opposite ironic language for example “the prettiest Kate in

Christendom” Petruchio makes mistakes and calls her “Kate” instead of

Katherina she replies with “They call me Katherina that do talk of me”

Katherina tries to correct Petruchio, she probably is very direct

about her name being said right, but Petruchio ignores this comment

and continues.

He also says “Kate of my consolation” meaning his comfort, does he

mean this or not? I believe that Petruchio doesn’t, because it’s only

talk and just his way to woo Katherina, she keeps her distance away

from Petruchio physically she feels awkward because it probably is the

first guy flattering her but she argues back telling him to be moved.

Petruchio physically asks her to sit on his lap “come sit on me” in a

dirty, humour way. She replies with “asses are to bear and so are you”

this also is rude and offensive. He replies with “women are to bare

and so are you”. They carry on and argue wittily they use a lot bawdy

language quoting “with my tongue in your tail” he uses this rude

suggestive way to be cheeky and to see what she replies and what she
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...used, Petruchio believes there is no other

way in taming a shrew. “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness,”

he follows on and asks a question to the audience for any suggestions,

“He that knows better how to tame a shrew now let him speak” I

believe that Petruchio doesn’t expect a response back from his

audience.”

Conclusion:

At the end of my essay I am beginning to believe that the

relationship of Petruchio and Katherine will be getting worse, I think

Katherina is only showing Petruchio she is going to play with him and

act much clever. But due to the way women were treated in the

Elizabethan times Petruchio is much stronger than Katherina. She has

put on a new image as a discipline women who listen to her husband;

she is only trying to fool Petruchio into believing he has won the

battle to tame her.