![]() ![]() He uses the institution of marriage as a means to become rich: “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua / If wealthily, then happily in Padua” (1, 11). He sends clear signals that the love which grows through understanding alone can survive. He is very cruel to his wife: “She eat no meat today” he says, but his intention is clear: “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness” (1V, 1). This must be the reason for creating a character like Petruchio. However, what is pragmatic is revealed by the dramatist n the play. ![]() The spectators are left to have their conclusions. Shakespeare does not take any side he simply depicts what goes on in his society. This is what is surely implied in the word “taming”. The urge to dominate the other or the attempt to make the other submissive is what is at the root of the problems between a husband and a wife. By taking both the courtly love and the practical love for comparison and contrast, Shakespeare can go to the very bottom of all marital problems, which spring from selfishness and pride. In other words, these two marriages can be taken as an example for the psychological study of the man-woman relationship. They serve as a contrast, to study what can exactly provide lasting happiness in family life. ![]() Though there are three marriages in the play, only two of them, between Petruchio and Katharina, and Lucentio and Bianca, are taken up here for scrutiny. ![]()
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