To Tame A Shrew In Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, one topic that has been debated, interpreted, discussed, reinterpreted and adapted into different forms has been the character of Katharina, the shrew, and whether she was tamed, liberated, or just a good enough actress to make Everyone think she was in fact, tamed. In this essay, I will present arguments for and against each of these points, as well as discuss one television adaptation …showed first 75 words of 2032 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2032 total…her attitude towards Petruchio, Petruchio also had to give in some of his own attitude. The attitude of show respect and obedience and receive respect and equality, although carried to an extreme in the Moonlighting episode, can be seen in all the versions of the play discussed. In conclusion, I believe that Katharina is not the only one who became liberated through the course of the play, but Petruchio as well, from his own super-masculinity.