Banquet Banter: Celebrating Three Marriages

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Lucentio eagerly feels like throwing in a banquet to celebrate the recent marriages of the three men; Petruchio who’s married to Kate, Hortensio to a rich widow and Lucentio to the fair Bianca. When everybody had settled down around the table Petruchio and the old widow engaged in some bantering at Hortensio’s expense. Shortly after, the ever-so-well- known Kate for her hot-temper and sharp tongue joined the conversation. She started arguing with the old widow and soon the argument seemed to end up with violence, but before Kate could express herself by means of physical contact, Bianca interruped and calmed down both parties down and finally brought them to somewhere else. As Bianca and the other two women were leaving the room. Hortensio, Lucentio and Tranio began reprimanding Petruchio, …show more content…

After a couple of seconds, every person present was petrified, filled with disbelief when they noticed Kate standing in the middle of the dining room in front of the dining table. Everybody was surprised except for Petruchio who felt yet sceptical about the situation. Therefore, Petruchio was going to put Katherina onto the test once again. Petruchio sends Kate back to get the other wives, and seconds later she has got two women standing aside her. Upon return, Petruchio tells Kate that he dislikes her hat and to throw it on the ground. Bianca and the old widow both looked wide-eyed at Kate who obeyed at once. The preplexity on the Bianca’s and the old widow’s faces, increased even further when she gave, at Petruchio’s inquiry, a speech about how a wife should behave. After she had finished her speech and left everybody gobsmacked in the room. Petruchio permitted himself the luxury of a smile filled with amazement and insane joy. He walked towards her and said: ‘’Kiss me Kate.’’ The other men admitted their defeat completely leaving Petruchio victorious. As Kate and Petruchio went to bed, it left the two men to wonder at the miraculous change of

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