Summary:
Analyzes the William Shakespeare play, The Taming of the Shrew. Explores the characters of Petruchio and Katherina. Examines what they offer each other and their compatibility as a couple. Compares them to other couples in the play.
The Taming of the Shrew is essentially a play conveying many themes through one plot. The principal outline of the story shows a protective father (Baptista) allowing one of his daughters, Bianca; very pretty, very intelligent and supposedly the 'model' wife of the time, to get married, only when his eldest daughter, Katherina; feisty, loud - the opposite to Bianca and certainly not portrayed to the audience at the beginning as a model wife, has also done so.
There are a number of men (Lucentio, Hortensio and Gremio) who have seen Bianca, and have instantly made it their aim to make her their wife. However they have also heard of Baptista's 'rule' that has meant none of them have any chance with her until her elder sister is married. Luckily they find Petruchio who is looking for.....
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