Month: October 2012

In the beginning of the play, we see insulting behaviour from both Katherina and Petruchio, this is in the form of a ‘sparring match’ with insults. Petruchio uses various sexual innuendos and normal insults when he is insulting Katherina, for example; when Petruchio calls Katherina a wasp, she replies with “if I be waspish, best…

Katherina is one of the main characters in the play, Taming of the shrew, she is described as strong minded, and Very independent, although she is sort after by petruchio, she wants nothing to do with him , she is not easily upset and doesn’t follow the behavior and nature of average women in the renaissance era.…