The Taming of the Shrew; Is Kate Tamed?

Katherina may be a shrew, but Shakespe ares The Taming of the shrew does not truly show a study of how a selfish, spoilt idiosyncratic is made to conform to lodges expectations, or be tamed into a proper woman. At the end of the play, Katherina is not, necessarily, tamed she just reckons what she must to do in send to corroborate the things she wants. Two important examples of her submitting to Petruchio in order to achieve her desires are in Act 4, exposure 5, (the sunlightniness versus moon scene) as well as Act 5, scene 2 (the flatter me kate scene and her final monologue).In Act 4, scene 5, the audience is shown a major pop out of Petruchios taming process. Petruchio exclaims Good Lord, how bright and powerful shines the moon (iv, v, oerseas telegram 3, page 185). It is, of course, the sun shining brightly, as Kate rightly corrects him. When Petruchio threatens Kate by telling her that they will not live on on their journey to her fathers house unless she agrees with him, Kate is smart enough to realize that the only look to continue on the trip would be to comply.She readily agrees with Petruchio, instead respectfully and subserviently, in f spiel. Even when Petruchio counters her intellect with Nay, then you lie. It is the blessed sun (iv, v, limit 20, page 187) Kate manages to control her anger and, once again, agrees with him. The audience is alert that Kate knows Petruchio is using this bowing strategy as a way to tame Kate and that she seems to nurture caught on to his tactic. By showing her self-control during that moment, instead of having an outburst, it is open-and-shut that Kate outsmarted Petruchio.She is not, at all, tamed simply sufficient to get the things she wants in a calmer manner. kind of of taming her, Petruchio has taught her new ways of achieving the things she wants. As well, in Act 5, scene 2, Kate is also shown to be manipulating the situation around her while appearing tamed. When the couple is headin g towards Lucentio and Biancas wedding dinner, Petruchio pauses in the street and asks Kate to fondle him. She is a little appalled at his forward behaviour and questions him briefly. What, in the middle of the street? / No, sir God forbid, be mortified to kiss. (v, ii, line 148, 149, page 205). Again, she is threatened with having to surrender home instead of joining in the festivities, and Kate let ons Petruchio a kiss. This obedient kiss may indicate Petruchios power over her, but it was clear to Kate that if she did not give him the kiss he asked for, she would not have been allowed to proceed to the wedding feast. Kate is smart and craftiness and she manipulated his yearn for her tameness in order to do everything that she wants to while making him contented and pleased.In addition, Kates final monologue, also in Act 5, scene 2, tells the audience a lot about the play itself, as well as the society in Shakespeares era. On face value, Kates final monologue seems to be a long lecture about percentage your husband, no questions asked. Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot, / And blank space your hands below your husbands foot (v, ii, lines 92-3, page 221). However, Shakespeare gave Kate the last expression in the play, a sign of her accordant power and control.As well, her monologue can be perceived as quite ironic. Kate is aware of the beliefs about how women in the household should act and, as clearly portrayed end-to-end the entire play, the role Petruchio has been trying to get her to fill. By playing along fullheartedly with societys expectations, in front of the cock-a-hoop audience of guests, Kate becomes truly tamed or just incredibly clever. By belief Bianca and the widow how to treat their husbands properly, she is deemed tamed. Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tamed so. v, ii, line 206, page 221). Now, Kate has cleared her reputation. The Taming of the Shrew shows how incisive Kate changes but she never morphs into the Elizabethan married woman Petruchio, and all the other characters, thinks she becomes. Instead, she learns how to manipulate situations in order to get the things she desires without having large outbursts and a sour attitude. This Shakespeare comedy is a put-on at societys expectations, as it shows how a powerful woman, Kate, outsmarted her arrogant, Elizabethan husband. Katherina