Taming_Of_Shew

Taming Of Shew In the Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio recognizes, respects and desires Kate's intelligence and strength of character. He does not want to conquer or truly tame her. He is a man who is very confident in himself and does not want or need someone to massage his ego. Petruchio seems to me to be a man of sport and challenge and likes to surround himself with witty, challenging people. He wants in a mate what Kate has - fire. Petruchio is the kind of man who would want a mate with similar qualities to his own to challenge him, sharpen his wits and keep his interest. If he had wanted someone who was conformed to societies expectations, or who had already determined to deceive by concealing opinions and views, he would have chosen someone more like Bianca. However, Petruchio is a clever man who sees beyond façades because he uses them, in addition to a lot of irony himself (II.i.46), (II.i.283-289). But because Petruchio understands the ways of society, he knows he must demonstrate to Kate the importance of proper public petruchio, kate, man, kate's, himself, because, way, very, tame, taken, someone, servants, says, petruchio's, irony, appearance, woman, ways, understands, takes, surround, proper, person, own, much, mate, knows, kind, enjoy, disappointed, chosen, challenge, called, yield, yet