"A woman moved is like a fountain troubled,
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty...
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper..."
-Kathrina Act 5, Scene 2

Kate says this speech at the end of the play. This speech tells the audience that Petruchio has tamed Kate or "the shrew". Throughout the whole play, Kathrina's speech was very aggressive, mean, harsh. This speech had a flow and a much more soft tone to it. This speech also summarizes the irony in the play as well. Throughout the play, Kate tries to go against Petruchio and tries to be a strong woman but then at the end, realizes that she wants to be like every other woman and serve under her husband. I feel like Kate's whole character changed because of this speech that she made. At first, I thought that this speech might have had a sarcastic tone but i was proven wrong. I don't think I like how this play ended, and it made me really uspet to see that Kathrina didn't stand up to her husband and fight for her rights as an equal human being.

-Sarah

Taming of the Shrew 5

Petruchio
"Thus have I politicly begun my reign,
And 'tis my hope to end euccessfully.
My falocon now is sharp and passing empty...
To make her come and know her keeper's call:
That is, to watch her, as we watche these kites
That bate and beat and will not be obedient
She ate not meat today , nor none shall eat..."
Act 4 Scene 1

Petruchio's speech in this scene is very important to the story. First of all, there was a good amount of rhyming words which means foreshadowing. The diction was also a bit harsh. Since Petruchio states in his speech that he is "training" Kate like a puppy, and talks about how fed up he is with her there are hard "b" sounds and "s" sounds. Between the harsh diction and the rhyming words, I thought that this was a very important passage to the play. I can predict that maybe Kate does become Petruchio's trained dog in the end.

=]Sarah

Taming of the Shrew 4

Petruchio
..."But for my bonny Kate, she must be with me...
She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house,
My household stuff, my field, my barn...
my anything, Touch her whoever dare..."
Act 3 Scence 2

In this speech, Shakespeare uses ironic diction to describe Kate and Petruchio's relationship and Petruchio's relationship with the people. Shakespeare says that Kate is Petruchio's "property", but then says "touch her whoever dare". This is ironic in that Shakespeare takes up five lines explaining to the audience that Kate was now Petruchio's property and how important it is for Kate to be with him, and then tells the men of Padua that it is okay if they want to be with her as well.

This speech also gives the audience a sense of what kind of character Petruchio is. I think that I figured out that Petruchio will be able to truely tame Kate by the end of the play. He is the hero of the story.

I am enjoying this play and cannot wait to finish it!

-Sarah