Does Kate end up at a casualty of male power games or is she liberated from her own self-inflicted defensiveness in her relationship with Pertruchio? In the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Katherina Minola is the daughter of Baptista Minola. He is known as a wealthy man with two beautiful daughters. The eldest daughter Kate is known as a sharp-tongued, quick tempered and violent female that would never conform to a …showed first 75 words of 438 total…

…showed last 75 words of 438 total…dowry.” Come to wive it wealthily in Padua: If wealthily then happy in Padua.” (I.ii.74-75) This statement shows his selfishness and greediness that he portrays in order to get his way. In all reality throughout the play he starts to see through Kate’s superficial ness and starts to really love her. Pertruchio begins transform as well into a man that wants to be loved and help his wife develop as an individual.