Relationship Between Petruchio And Kate In The Taming Of The Shrew

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When William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew was published in 1590, it was thought out to be one of his many comedies. Although it was a comedy, it revealed a feminist and social position change. The taming of the shrew portrays a dominant rivalry between petruchio and Kate, in an attempt to show that petruchio has male dominance over Kate. Disguise also plays a crucial role in this play, when Lucentio and Tranio have to change their identity in order to be in the king’s good wills. In an attempt to show that petruchio has male dominance over Kate. Petruchio acts in the most absurd manner that can control Kate. Petruchio thought that killing Kate with the only thing she did not know how to act upon, would show that he has male

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