How Does Petruchio Change In The Taming Of The Shrew

“If you knew my business, you would ask me to go rather than stay” (Shakespeare 119). This quote from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare is about two rich sisters that live in Padua, Bianca and Katherine. Bianca wants to marry Lucentio, but her father’s rule is that she doesn't marry anyone until Katherine marries first. Petruchio is up for the challenge but also is interested in her money. Petruchio see’s that Katherine is a cruel shrew so he tries to modify her. In Pygmalion ,by Bernard Shaw, a story is about a poor girl, Eliza Doolittle who wants to learn how to speak properly. Higgins sees Eliza selling flowers on the curbside and makes a bet to Pickering that he could change the way she speaks. These two characters are basically the same.
Some people may not think these two characters

Petruchio teaches Katherine by being nice and giving compliments to her no matter how cruel she is towards him or no matter what she says to him. “Say that she frowns, and I’ll say she looks as clear as morning roses newly washed with dew” (Shakespeare 78). Petruchio is like this towards Katherine to show her that her brutality doesn't hurt him. He also does this because instead of controlling her with hate it does it in a such way she doesn't realize. Higgins teaches Eliza how to speak properly but this is not done in a fair way. “ This unfortunate animal has been locked up for nine years in school at our expense to teach her to speak and read the language of Shakespear and Milton” (Shaw 51). As Higgins teaches Eliza he gets aggravated because of the lack of experience she has with the English alphabet. This is hard for Eliza because she wants to work at a flower shop and be able to speak properly. It is aggravating and devastating to her, and Higgins does not encourage her. The similarity is that Petruchio and Higgins both teach, just in different