n the classic romantic comedy, Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, we follow Katharina, a rebellious young woman who is not afraid to voice her opinion and is seen as a rude and hateful person. While it is true that Katharina can be rude and push people away, the city of Padua does not know what actually goes on in the household. Throughout the play the focus is on Katharina’s family problems, struggle with marriage, and society norms.
The play Taming displays the importance of having a good father daughter relationship. In the play we see Baptista’s control and respect of Katharina is poor and as a consequence, this is a big factor in why it is very hard to arrange a marriage for her. An article on Focusonthefamily.com states that how father “treats her will affect her relationship with men throughout her teenage and adult life”(Focusonthefamily). In the play Katharina married Petruchio, a very rude and controlling man, similar to Baptista but in different ways. Baptista is controlling in the sense that he only concerns Katharina with marriage and does not give her attention in other ways like Bianca, while Petruchio wants to completely change Katharina. If Baptista treated Bianca and Katharina equally then Katharina would have possibly been more open to Baptista and told him what kind of …show more content…
The negative impact of favoritism in families in Shakespeare’s time and modern day society is the same, and as many experts have seen, “the less favored child is scapegoated and bullied by the whole family”(Stepp), and in Katharina’s case the entire city also bullies her. Another obvious indicator of favoritism is that most unfavored children “respond with resentment and aggression toward the “preferred” sibling”(Stepp), which is seen between Bianca and
The play Taming displays the importance of having a good father daughter relationship. In the play we see Baptista’s control and respect of Katharina is poor and as a consequence, this is a big factor in why it is very hard to arrange a marriage for her. An article on Focusonthefamily.com states that how father “treats her will affect her relationship with men throughout her teenage and adult life”(Focusonthefamily). In the play Katharina married Petruchio, a very rude and controlling man, similar to Baptista but in different ways. Baptista is controlling in the sense that he only concerns Katharina with marriage and does not give her attention in other ways like Bianca, while Petruchio wants to completely change Katharina. If Baptista treated Bianca and Katharina equally then Katharina would have possibly been more open to Baptista and told him what kind of …show more content…
The negative impact of favoritism in families in Shakespeare’s time and modern day society is the same, and as many experts have seen, “the less favored child is scapegoated and bullied by the whole family”(Stepp), and in Katharina’s case the entire city also bullies her. Another obvious indicator of favoritism is that most unfavored children “respond with resentment and aggression toward the “preferred” sibling”(Stepp), which is seen between Bianca and