desires Kate's intelligence and strength of character. He does not

want to conquer or truly tame her. He is a man who is very confident

in himself and does not want or need someone to massage his ego.

Petruchio seems to me to be a man of sport and challenge and likes to

surround himself with witty, challenging people. He wants in a mate

From Petruchio's response to his friend Hortensio (I.ii.64-75),

it might be said that Petruchio came to Padua to make himself richer

by marriage, to any woman, no matter how wretched. Petruchio is not

in desperate need of money (I.ii.56-57). He tells Hortensio

(I.ii.49-57) that his father has died and that he is out in the world

to gain experiences he cannot at home and only secondarily to find a

wife. Also, immediately before this declaration, is the scene of

misunderstanding between he and his servant Grumio about knocking on

the gate (I.ii.5-43). I see this exchange as demonstration of his

enjoyment of verbal sport, a good example of Petruchio's sense of

humor and his appreciation of things non-conventional. Though

Petruchio may not agree with what socie

Katherine for his wife. This is a man who is completely taken by this

In what he says to Hortensio, I feel he is simply extending this sport

It is in Hortensio's description of Kate that I believe

In the above scene, Petruchio tells Kate to never make denial.

disappointed in Kate if she were genuinely tamed. I feel certain she

Petruchio's way of irony on the way home to her father's (IV.v.12-22).

woman: he called her properly by her formal name and says he will

rather than genuine conformance that is important. Otherwise, the

It is clear in Grumio and his other servants (as demonstrated in

have her. Petruchio is as taken by Kate's person as the other suitors

the qualities are considered negative in Kate and not Petruchio is a

okay for a man to be that way, but not a woman. Petruchio is the kind

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