Symbolism In Taming Of The Shrew

The lack of mother hood in Taming of the Shrew caused a sense of vulnerability to both girls. Katherine may have seen the way the mother acted and is either mimicking or trying to avoid how her mom was. If you look at the synetic theater’s version of the taming of the shrew it starts off with Batista (the girls father), Katherine, and Bianca are all at the gravesite of there mom preparing for the burial of the mother.If you have yet to take notice that in the vast majority of Shakespeare's plays the immediate mother is absent. They do have some sort of mother figure in all of the play’s but in this case Kathrine to Bianca but in Taming of the Shrew Katherine isn't the best role model to Bianca thus as to why she is called the “Shrew”. She picked up the nickname “shrew” because just about every man was scared of her and didn't want to marry her. This became a problem when Bianca became of age to marry because in order for Bianca to marry Katherine must marry first. …show more content…
In the taming of the Shrew Bianca is more obedient towards male authority (her father, other men) rather than towards the female figure (Katherine). This may be because her father has more authority or just because she is used to have only male figures in her life other than her sister. In the taming action carried out by Petruchio is highly abusive. However, evidence indicates that his method, which stops right before the point of physical violence, can be evaluated to be a relatively civilized one in the day and