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The Shrew-Personal Narrative

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I guess you can say that my story is resolved. In the end, I got married to the man I had previously hated. However, I wish I was independent. Yes I now obey him, but the shrew inside isn’t dead. He sparked interest in me because he wanted to “tame” a shrew and I will forever keep him interested. I still don’t like the idea of being married off, but I have learned to accept my future with him. Katherina they call me, I was an independent woman who addressed no one but herself. I realise looking back how naive I was when I thought that I could win a war against men in this patriarchal society.

You know me, daughter of the wealthy man Baptista and older sister of Bianca. (short pause) Bianca.(a little longer pause) Bianca had always taken the …show more content…

It changed me into someone who is seen as ‘normal’ to be submissive. I realised that no matter how hard I fight for rights, I was seen as nothing more than property and this, this ‘fact’ infuriated me. I am so much more than just an object sold off for money. Petruchio will always have a second plan in order to tame me. It frustrated me when my heart took a change. It decided that I must repay my husband with loyalty and kindness. My story didn’t resolved the way I had intended it to but I am willing to accept my fate. I must go now, it must be Petruchio calling me.I guess you can say that my story is resolved. In the end, I got married to the man I had previously hated. However, I wish I was independent. Yes I now obey him, but the shrew inside isn’t dead. He sparked interest in me because he wanted to “tame” a shrew and I will forever keep him interested. I still don’t like the idea of being married off, but I have learned to accept my future with him. Katherina they call me, I was an independent woman who addressed no one but herself. I realise looking back how naive I was when I thought that I could win a war against men in this patriarchal

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