Katherine Minola's Transformation In The Taming Of The Shrew

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In The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, Katherine Minola was a character who dramatically transformed into a brand new person by the end of the book. She was originally an angry, and miserable character, who had no regard for others feelings, and spoke rudely to everyone who took the time to talk to her. During the beginning, her shrewish nature was portrayed throughout every scene she was included in, but by the end she changed into a compliant and agreeable woman and proved that all shrews can change their natures. Three aspects that led to Katherine’s transformation was her desire for love, her forced marriage and Petruchio’s influence upon her life. Katherine sought love in her life because her shrewish nature prevented her from experiencing it previously.
Katherine's desire for love drove her to transcend her old shrewish self. She was jealous of the love that Bianca received and when Baptista reprimanded …show more content…

When nothing else worked with her, Petruchio went to drastic measures to find the subservient nature that he knew was within her. He began by starving her and depriving her of sleep. Katherine tells Grumio, “But I, who never needed knew how to entreat,/ Nor needed that I should entreat,/ Am starved for meat, giddy for lack of sleep/ With oaths kept waking and with brawling fed” (VI.iii.7-9). Where Katherine previously could order people around to do her will, now she no longer could and had to obey Petruchio to get her next meal. Even before they were married, Petruchio still exerted his influence over her. He proved he was her match in word play and in brains when he was trying to woo her with compliments and flattery. In doing all this, Petruchio showed Katherine the cruelty that was within her by treating her like she would ordinarily treat others, which brought about a dramatic change that resulted in her becoming a new

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