"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