Katherina Act 1 Analysis

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Petruchio, before meeting Katherina, realizes how much of a crazy shrew she was and decides to contradict or mimic Katherina’s statements and actions. Petruchio compliments her obsessively which agitates Katherine and causes her to flee from room to room, door to door. This doesn’t yield Petruchio’s onslaught of “...Will you, nill you, I will marry you.”s (Act II, Scene i) approximately translates to, “you have no choice, It’s been arranged, I will certainly will marry you.”. Soon Katherine climbs onto the roof (maybe she was going to jump off) in order to escape from Petruchio, however this doesn’t stop him and increased his urgency of pursuit. He climbs onto the roof and with the weight of them both the roof subsidences and collapses. They conveniently land in a large pile of wool. …show more content…
She limps in her final attempt to escape, remains unable to go anywhere. Petruchio uses this to his advantage and deceitfully convinces her father by claiming that she agreed to wed on Sunday. Then, he locks Katherina in her room before she could make any objections and she understand she doesn’t have much of a choice, but to attend the wedding. Wedding Day, perhaps the most embarrassing and appalling wedding day ever; Petruchio had the audacity to arrive late, arrive poorly groomed and dressed, although he says, “To me she’s married, not unto my clothes.” (Act III, Scene ii) straight forward meaning and is rightfully true, has a coughing fit during the matrimony, takes extra sips of the wine, pretends to be drunk and drowsy, pretends to temporarily misplace the wedding ring, and when Katherina’s turn to say her vows she’s interrupted from saying “I do not!” by kissing her lips before the final word could escape from her lips. Petruchio has won both Katherina and the twenty thousand crowns her father had promised

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