This is a comedy play by Shakespeare, and is about the love and courting of Katherine by Petruchio. Petruchio is from Verona and is a pretty well rounded gentleman, while Katherine is more of the rough and tough woman contrary to what we believe of woman from the 1500s. Before leading to this main romance focus, we also experience Bianca, Katherine’s sister, who is the prettier one, and how she gets all the suitors, forming competition between the two siblings.
Analysis of a Plot:
One theme which constantly reoccurred and caught my attention was the theme of men being superior to women. In the beginning of the read, we see how Katherine was often being laughed at, and so many sexual jokes were used to degrade her. In the middle of the book, we see how Petruchio showed that being the husband; he was superior and could dictate her through every situation. By the end of the book we see that the shrew which had to be “tamed” was Katherine. I think it is a really bad way of portraying the value of woman in society. It is so stereotypical to say that women are the ones that should be tamed and under the control of men. After discussing in class, we discussed how during that time period, the society was very high on the value that women were less superior, and how we might completely disagree with that now, in this century and time period considering how dominant woman are now.