Heavily Christian Essay

She creates a reputation for herself right at the beginning that you postulate later in the play she has had most of her life. She seems unwilling to let anything spoil her reputation it is quite dumfounding how she manages to keep this up all the way through the production until act 4 scene 5 where Petruchios scheme to tame Kate begins to work. Up until then everyone has seen Kate as a Wicked Witch tho not of the wrinkly kind. Just a Curst froward woman who cannot hold a talk without making some nasty remark.All the way through the play various people posit what they think of her. Hortensio refers to her as a Devil and Tranio Stark Mad Wrench. From this it is clear to see she is not real a well liked person. To make it seem worse her sister, Bianca, is what seems to be the most perfect woman ever. She started off with 3 suitors Gremio, Hortensio and Luchentio Who thought she was fair, virtuous, beautiful and modest. It seems impossible that any woman can be so perfect. Howev er in Elizabethan times it was expected that women were to behave like that.Behaving like a lovable innocent girl is what made Bianca seem so attractive, Idyllic Elizabethan young woman. There ar many references in the play to suggest that Bianca is what every man wants. Gremio refers to her as Sweeter than perfume itself. Which is just other thing to add to her list of perfections. Once suitors had been chosen, in this case it was Luchentio and Bianca, Katherina and Petruchio, they were married soon after. Katherina and Petruchio were married deep down a week of knowing each other.Form what the play is putting across it appears that once women are married they belong to their husbands. They do as they say and agree with everything. As it is said in the conjugation vows Love, Honour, and Obey. This is demonstrated really well by Katherina in the final speech after she has been tamed by Petruchios schemes. If I were the directed of this play for the final speech I would have K ate walking slightly near Bianca and the Widow and looking at them, with them looking uneasy. Kate would also look at Petruchio admirably in the areas on the speech where she is referring to him.There is some irony in Kates speech. For example where she says A married woman can be Froward, Peevish, Sullen and Sour. These are all the things that Kate used to be. To me her speech sounds sincere. It seemed like she is trying to apologise, as well as trying to get her own back on her sister Bianca and everyone who has called her a shrew over the years. Her reputation that we had found out about in the beginning of the play has changed. However I think that some people dont believe that she has changed. In this speech she is proving to everyone that.