Growth of Katherina in Taming of the Shrew Although Katherina's final speech in The Taming of the Shrew may sound subservient on the surface, it actually reflects her growth and development into a stronger and more complex character. Without losing the forcefulness that she displayed earlier in the play, the delivery of her final speech exhibits the cleverness and deceptiveness that she has learned from Petruchio throughout the "taming" process. At the beginning of the play, Katherina is seen
looks for a wealthy son-in-law. Before Bianca can marry, Baptitsta wants to find a husband for his older daughter Katherina. But Katherina has no admirers, or better, men get out of her way, because she is rebellious and high-spirited. Petruchio, a nobleman from Verona, is interested in Katherina, to whom it seems as a task to tame her. By reacting fundamentally cruder than Katherina and repaying her doubly for what she says or does, he enforces in a quite short time the marriage with her. To which
English 2 19 April 2016 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare, author of The Taming of the Shrew, portrays Katherina as the devilish sister whom no man could ever love. Though some might say that Katherina’s bitter personality is simply who she is, I believe that she acts the way she does out of resentment towards her father. Living a life in the shadow of her sister, Katherina develops issues with herself and a growing hatred of men. This hatred is demonstrated in the scene when she was
person being tamed exhibits. As regards to the title of the play The Taming of the Shrew, Katherina Minola, Padua’s shrew, has essentially been tamed and domesticated by her husband, Petruchio. In The Taming of the Shrew, Katherina is portrayed as behaving rambunctious and displeasing, thereby, making it inevitable for a person, in this case of, Petruchio, to tame her. Even though it may seem that Katherina Minola is pretending to be tamed in order to achieve her goals, the refined and modified behavior
appeal to a variety of audiences. The Renaissance may have been a time filled with the revolutionary concepts but the people of this time still regarded woman as mere property. This milieu formed the Taming of the Shrew, a play about an outspoken Katherina who gets tamed into a “good wife” by Petruchio. “She [Good Wife] is the eye of wariness, the hand of labour, and the heart of love, a companion of kindness, a Mistress of Passion, an exercise of Patience, and an example of experience. “ (Good and
I will be focusing on Katherina, a character from 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Then I will conclude with whether I see Katherina as bad-tempered or whether I see her as being imprisoned by society. Interpretation of 'The Taming of The Shrew depends on whether you see Katherina as bad-tempered and wild, or imprisoned by society In this essay I will be focusing on Katherina, a character from 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Then I will conclude with whether I see Katherina as bad-tempered or whether
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
became reality for Katherina. Beginning the story as a shrewish, and callous, Katherina would undergo various challenges that would eventually change her into a superior women. Petruchio would take up the task of taming her to better himself and everybody around her. Despite some people believing that Kate was no actually tamed I believe because of Petruchio’s remorseless tests, Katherina was infact tamed into a pleasant women. Right from the start Petruchio made it clear with Katherina in what he was
Shakespeare's Presentation of Katherina in Taming of the Shrew Katherina, at the beginning of the play, is shown as having many problems with her family. The inability of Kate's family to understand or deal with her is only a symptom of a greater underlying problem: the world in which Kate lives. Kate is obviously a highly intelligent, witty and spirited woman; however, the domestic Paduan woman's world leaves her no outlet in which to express her gifts. Padua has no place for Kate, and
Petruchio’s Intention Toward Katherina Evident by her use of prose, Kate does not conform to the ‘acceptable behaviour’ that is expected of her and is consequently she is isolated, insulted and made to feel an outcast by the majority of society. Images of hell and demons are often concerned with her character establishing that the male characters are afraid of her outrageous behaviour, “From all such devils, good lord, deliver us”. Even her own father refers to her as “a most impatient devilish
rich merchant. While she is very beautiful, she is also well-known by the townspeople for being a shrew and her infamous temper has diminished her chances of being wed. Her sister Bianca, on the other hand, has two suitors and many admirers and Katherina cannot stand how much her sister is liked. To me, her shrewish ways are a result of being so jealous of her younger sister. Katherine’s distaste for her sister is perfectly displayed in the movie when she is shown chasing her sister around, practically
Katherina and Petruchio's Relationship to the Title of the Play Taming of the Shrew In my essay, I am going to try and show my understanding and knowledge of how Shakespeare presents Katherina and Petruchio throughout the novel, and how this makes us understand the title of 'Taming of the shrew'. I will show how their relationship changes throughout the novel as the 'taming' process of Katherina progresses, and the ways in which we see how she is tamed. The novel 'The taming of the shrew'
An analysis of the relationship between Petruchio and Katherina throughout the play The Taming Of The Shrew Introduction: The Taming Of The Shrew is a comic play based around a town in Italy called Padua. In my view, the play is mainly centred round the relationship of Petruchio and Katherina. Petruchio, a young, ambitious and (it could be said) ravenous man has his heart set on locating a young and beautiful women with a wealthy background to be his wife. The fact that he will only be
In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina, or Kate, transforms from a shrewish woman to an obedient wife to Petruchio while still maintaining her aggressive attitude. Katharina was undesirable to many men due to her abusive and obnoxious actions. At this time, most women were submissive and did not have the same temperament that Katharina did. Along with this, men often took more interest in her younger sister, Bianca, as she was much more attractive and was a submissive woman like many other women at
“The Trial of Katherina Hetzeldorfer” is a male perspective of a case against Katherina Hetzeldorfer, a woman accused of acting like a man during sexual acts, as well as having a wife who she passed off as her sister. This account highlighted the lack of representation for women accused of homosexuality
In William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine transforms from a shrew to a conformable wife because of Petruchio’s taming process. At the end of the play, Katherine acts as an obedient wife because she changes her ways. Starting to change, Kate’s attitude and behavior improve since she starts to show kindness. Kate behaves as a shrew at the beginning of the play because she disrespects the people around her. In the beginning of the play, Katherine resembles a shrew due to her
In the play “The Taming of the Shrew” by Shakespeare, Katherine, a rowdy, impulsive, and loud woman–also known as the Shrew–goes through a personality change as she reinvents herself as a loving and husband-adoring wife, who’s main obligation is to serve her husband with pride. This reinvention is catalyzed by a factor, showing the bigger picture of how a human adapts to best survive when their environment changes. Shakespeare introduces the character Katherine initially as a disobedient daughter
it was Katherina, Katherina is ms Sarah other caregiver who has been with her 4 month before i started working with her. Ms. Sarah had an exciting look in her eyes she was always happy to see Katherina because she admired her body, her beautiful blond straight hair and the way she dressed. The way Ms. Sarah stares at Katherina you would think she is in love with her. Katherina sat down beside her at the dining room table, shortly after Ms. Sarah said she wanted to use the bathroom. Katherina followed
will be controlled. The shrew turns out to be a woman called ‘Katherina.’ I think he reason Shakespeare has a women as the shrew is to prove that controlling women didn’t get very far. It was a male dominated world. Whilst reading the play we come to learn that the shrew is a lady called Katherina, it is her rebellious and wild ways that get her this nickname. Katherina has more power than, I think, she realises. It is Katherina who is the eldest daughter of Baptista and so she has a significant
never intervene with the outside world known as the man’s world. Knox quoted “To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature” suggesting the limitation of women in society. Katherina challenges these values by appearing the exact opposite of a traditional 16th century woman as she is hot-tempered, sharp-tongued and rebellious until she meets her match. Audiences observe an excessive amount of dramatic comedy in the form of farce