Theme Of Katherina In The Taming Of The Shrew

In essence, all Petruchio did was teach Kate not to be so brash and rebellious. He showed her how awful her actions looked, and on her own, she made the decision to change her demeanor. She could have remained bitter and feisty, but it would have been in vain, and I believe that she realized that her actions had been no worse than the vanity and shallowness she witnessed in the people of Padua.

Katherina may be a shrew, but Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew does not truly show a study of how a selfish, spoilt individual is made to conform to society’s expectations, or be tamed into a ‘proper’ woman. At the end of the play, Katherina is not, necessarily, tamed - she just realizes what she must to do in order to get the things she wants. Two main examples of her submitting to Petruchio in order to achieve her desires are in Act 4, scene 5, (the sun versus moon scene) as well as Act 5, scene 2 (the kiss me kate scene and her final monologue).

In the play Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare includes several appeals of pathos, ethos and logos. In the last passage of the book, Katharina speaks out to all of the characters with a speech. Katharina describes how she has changed into a person who looks to her husband as her lord, her care taker. The characters who listened to her speech seemed impressed on how she has finally changed her rude attitude and how she obeys her husband Pertruchio’s every word.

In the play Taming of the Shrew, written by William Shakespeare, many characters are reshaped and given new personality traits. Petruchio is known as being a cocky man who intends to help tame a shrewish young lady named Kate. There are many critics that believe Petruchio is solely obnoxious and a bully but through out his interactions with Kate it is shown that he truly cares about the well being of others. Of course at the beginning of Petruchio’s plan to tame a young lady he is acting off of his confidence and trying to impress those around him but this soon changes once he begins to interact with Kate. Petruchio proves that his ways have changed and he is only taming Kate to make her feel better about herself, “Petruchio uses psychological methods, not aggressive or barbaric ones, to tame Kate, which alls her to still be witty and intellectual, but also happily married, at the end of the play”(Natale,98). Petruchio truly believes that by taming Kate he is preforming a good deed and helping her accept herself in this process.

In the play, The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio is a foolish nobleman who tames the character of Kate because she is a shrew. A shrew is ill-spoken woman who has a negative reputation in the Elizabethan period. Petruchio tames Kate by abusing her physically and mentally, Petruchio starves Kate and deprives her of any sleep, finally he humiliates her. Kate is forced under submission because of Petruchio trying to “...cure her wild and willful nature...” (Act 4, Scene 1, Pg. 10). Petruchio explains that all his abusing is because he loves her and for her own good, when in fact he is trying to break her down. The Taming of the Shrew is about the conflict between Kate and Bianca in which their father’s rule which does not allow Bianca to get married

The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, and has weathered well into our modern era. For all the praises it has garnered throughout the centuries, it is curious to note that many have considered it to be one of his most controversial in his treatment of women. The "taming" of Katherine has been contended as being excessively cruel by many writers and critics of the modern era. George Bernard Shaw himself pressed for its banning during the 19th century. The subservience of Katherine has been labeled as barbaric, antiquated, and generally demeaning. The play centers on her and her lack of suitors. It establishes in the first act her shrewish demeanor and its repercussions on her family. It is only with the introduction of the witty Petruchio as her suitor, that one begins to see an evolution in her character. Through an elaborate charade of humiliating behavior, Petruchio humbles her and by the end

Petruchio conforms to the gender role of being a masculine man who is supposed to control his woman. In the play, he speaks of his shrew-taming abilities countless times in the play in order to assert in masculinity. Petruchio decides to “tame” his love pursuit, Kate. This taming involves violence, starvation, and sleep deprivation. Nowadays, this so-called “taming” would be considered domestic abuse because Petruchio’s tendencies are abusive in nature. J. R. Mahalik described masculine conformity as “…conformity to masculine norms is defined as meeting societal expectations for what constitutes masculinity in one’s public or private life.” This is relatable to Petruchio’s conformity since he is comparing his masculinity to the other men in the play. Petruchio easily gives in to his gender role in order to control his woman and impress those around

The act of abuse, including mental and unintentional abuse, is vicious because the product is always a damaged person. In the play, , William Shakespeare constructs an abusive character, Petruchio, that traps Katherina, an alleged shrew, in a toxic relationship. By definition, a shrew is a woman who is aggressively assertive and violent. Although Katherina is depicted as a shrew in this story, Petruchio exhibits far more shrewish qualities. In an attempt to “tame” Kate, Petruchio employs abusive techniques to get what he wants.

In The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare is using Kate and Petruchio’s relationship to present marriage as something women should not aspire to, this is different to the conventions of other comedies, for example; in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing the two characters dislike each other but become better people through love and marriage.

Katherine could not stand Petruchio but she liked the attention due to the fact that she never got any from her father because she was the least favorite daughter. Shakespeare made it out that Katherine was a shrew the whole book but in reality, she was nothing more than a daughter wanting attention. Once she married Petruchio she stopped acting as a “shrew” and started acting as a wife because for the first time in forever she was actually given attention. Petruchio believed it was because he “tamed” her but in reality she was “tamed” the whole time.

Katherine and Petruchio begin their relationship with him starving, manipulating her words, and not allowing her to sleep, which is not condoned by Shakespeare. These unrealistic and exaggerated actions that pain Katherine are used to critique the treatment of women and their role in society. Shakespeare is not condoning these actions but rather emphasizing their irrationality. Shakespeare continues criticizing the role of women with demonstrating Baptista and how he is neglectful of Katherine, showing poor treatment will lead to the “shrew” behavior, in comparison to Bianca who is praised for everything, therefore is more desirable with a seemingly hire position in society. The position of women is based on their attractiveness as a spouse to men.

In William Shakespeare's comical play The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio marries Kate for her enormous dowry and tames her shrewishness and bad temper despite being an aggressively

Also, Katherine herself apprehended the error of her ways, making the women feel sheltered and making the men feel self-assured about their dominant position in society. The audience presumably went home contented, because such a shrew was tamed, and could be tamed so well. Katherine’s soliloquy reinforced the moral values of the Elizabethan era, making the conclusion of the play more enjoyable and entertaining. The final scene of The Taming of the Shrew shows ”the triumph of the unconventional over the conventional”, it shows that Katherina and Petruchio’s marriage, which has started rather unconventionally, seems to have better chances of being a happy. Shakespeare speaks out in clearly favors of the unconventional concept of love present in the relationship between Petruchio and

In Shakespeare's comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare has a woman as one of the story's main characters. Katherine Minola (Kate) is off the wall, and kinda crazy. Because of her actions, the “male centered world” around her doesn't know what to do with her.

The Duchess is the woman who pursues the man instead of the suitor approaching the man of the house as is seen in The Taming of the Shrew. She approaches Antonio and gives him her wedding ring. The Duchess says to him, “‘twas my wedding ring, but to my second husband” (1.1.396-398). This is a clear example female agency in the Duchess. Her brothers do try to make her a match, presenting her with a suit, Lord Silvio (1.1.205-215).