The_Taming_of_the_Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew :|: “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” In the Renaissance period it was believed that woman should be silent, obedient and chaste. Today we believe that times have changed. If you try taking a closer look, have they really changed too much at all' The play The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, talks about the notion that women should very well be silent, obedient and chaste. Katherine, the shrew of the play, goes against these beliefs. After marriage she starts to obey her husband, Petrucio, but her submission is all an act because of Petrucio’s taming with her. :|: “Rebellion is the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry” Katherine is the shrew of her town. She is getting much older and soon enough will have to marry. Because of her rebellious attitude, nobody wants to marry her. They would not want to put up with her. Hortensio proves this when saying, “…No mates for you, unless you of gentler, milder mold.” Katherine believes that marriage is like prostitution. Her father, Baptista Minola, does as every father would when giving away his daughter for marriage. He auctions off his daughter to the katherine, thy, petrucio, father, woman, shrew, lord, very, put, one, old, husband, everything, because, away, about, trying, thee, tame, silent, should, self, really, play, now, marriage, man, end, burnt, act, taming, shakespeare katherine, he, women, whole, wedding, town, times, time, talking, takes, starts, speech, speaks, sleep, shall, seems, same, renaissance, rebellious, pray