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

humour and his appreciation of things non-conventional. Though

Kate yield to him (II.i.124,136), (II.i.269-271) and of his monetary

reflection of the societal standards of the fifteen hundreds. It was

(I.ii.85-89) as wealthy, young, beautiful, properly brought up

to a lot of irony himself (II.i.46), (II.i.283-289).

In what Petruchio says following he and Kate's first meeting (when her

just how heavily Petruchio employs irony. He states that he is born

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

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