Taming Of The Shrew Katherina Quotes

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Katherina Character Analysis:

The character, Katherina, is definitely a shrew that needs to be tamed. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew, Katherina shows major development and change in her character from the beginning of the play up until Act IV of the play. Katherina is easily describable as an insecure, and aggressive woman in the beginning of the play but towards the end, she shows a softer and more respectful side. The change in Katherina is very obvious from before she married Petruchio and after her marriage. Before she got married, she was known as a very aggressive, violent and sharp tongued woman in Padua. Katherina’s aggressive nature is shown immediately in the start of Act II Scene I, when the scene starts with Bianca saying, “Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself. To make a bondmaid and a slave of me. That I disdain. But for these other goods. Unbind my hands. I’ll pull them off myself. Yea, all my raiment, to my petticoat. Or what you will command me will I do. So well I know my duty to my elders” (II.i.1-7). In this quote, Bianca, Katherina’s younger sister is telling Katherina to untie her hands, and saying that she …show more content…
What dogs are these! Where is the rascal cook? How durst you, villains, bring it from the dresser and serve it thus to me that love it not? There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all. You heedless joltheads and unmanner'd slaves! What, do you grumble? I'll be with you straight.
Katherina: I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet. The meat was well, if you were so contented. (III.ii.146-154)

Up until Act IV, it seems as if the shrew has been tamed thanks to her husband, Petruchio. The change in Katherina’s personality and actions is very evident as she went from an aggressive, insecure woman to a caring and respectable lady. Although there is still another act left in the play, Katherina has shown great signs of change and development in her
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