Taming Of The Shrew Quotes

Imagine you are being starved and sleep deprived by the person you have just married. Then they proceed to argue with you and want to contradict everything you say or do. This is what Katherina was put through by her husband Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. The Taming of the Shrew takes place in the Elizabethan Era in the city of Padua. It is a comedy written by Shakespeare that shows the love between a husband and wife during this time. In The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare is mocking and questioning society; this can be seen through the actions of Petruchio, Bianca’s transition and Katherina’s taming. First off, the idea that Shakespeare is questioning societal norms in The Taming of the Shrew is illustrated through Petruchio’s actions. Gremio and Hortensio have just been informed that in order to marry …show more content…
Hortensio is asking around for someone to marry Kate, and Petruchio arrives and tells Hortensio that he is seeking a wife with a large dowry. The Taming of the Shrew: Petruchio states,”One rich enough to be Petruchio’s wife, / As wealth is burden of my wooing dance, / Be she as foul as was Florentius’ love, / As old as Sibyl and curst and shrewd / As Socrates’ Xanthippe, or a worse,” (54). This example depicts that Petruchio is going against the societal norms at this time because he wants to marry only for money, and he does not care how awful she is, how old she is or how she looks. Shakespeare wrote this not only to explain Petruchio’s reason for wanting to marry Kate, but he is also comparing Katherina to Sibyl, Xanthippe and Florentius’ love to express how much of a shrew she is. This quote is significant because it tells why Petruchio is willing to marry a shrew. Another example of