Bianca Minola

situation, one can still use it as an example to see how the characters are different. In the play, Petruchio lies to Katherine Minola’s father, Baptista Minola, Petruchio says that he has the consent of Katherine to marry and that Katherine likes Petruchio (2.1.343-345). Petruchio does this because he is being paid by the suitors for Katherine´s sister, Bianca, and he wants the money that would come from the dowry in their marriage. Through his lust for money, Petruchio clearly shows that he…

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…