Taming of the Shrew

For the sixteenth century “The Taming of the Shrew” was extremely controversial. It portrays an independent young woman who falls in love with the only man she does not scare. For women to voice such strong opinions was considered extremely crude. Today we recognize it as wrong to stop anyone— regardless of their religion, race or gender— from speaking their piece. “The Taming of the Shrew” should be taught in schools to show how society has changed it’s opinion about women in the last four hundred and some years.
Katherina and Petruchio’s marriage is based on interdependency. Kate was forced to marry Petruchio as most women were forced into marriages in those days. A man had to have money to marry a rich girl, that or a noble name. Petruchio doesn’t seem to have either but hides it well. Baptista is so baffled by the fact that a man wants to ma...