She is a strong protagonist who is easily angered and hostile. This is, of course, distressing to her father who wants her to eventually marry. However, she is angry and hostile, in part, because she is secretly jealous of her younger sister, Bianca. She disguises this with hostility instead of allowing this vulnerability to show. Petruchio desperately wants to break through Katherine’s challenging emotional veneer, and eventually is successful. Comparatively, in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is madly in love with Romeo; however, their families have long been involved in a bitter and violent feud. Their love is forbidden because of the feud, but they persevere. Both are willing to give up everything to be together, which at the end of the play, is exactly what they
She is a strong protagonist who is easily angered and hostile. This is, of course, distressing to her father who wants her to eventually marry. However, she is angry and hostile, in part, because she is secretly jealous of her younger sister, Bianca. She disguises this with hostility instead of allowing this vulnerability to show. Petruchio desperately wants to break through Katherine’s challenging emotional veneer, and eventually is successful. Comparatively, in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is madly in love with Romeo; however, their families have long been involved in a bitter and violent feud. Their love is forbidden because of the feud, but they persevere. Both are willing to give up everything to be together, which at the end of the play, is exactly what they