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Essay / Power in Taming the Shrew - 703
In this marriage, Katherine has no power. She is verbally abused by Petruchio and denies her what she needs. As the article states, "Kate is transformed after enduring the irrational world of Petruchio's country house, where she is deprived of food, sleep, and the fashionable accessories of her social class" (Karen 263). Katherine is tamed and she praises and respects him now that she is tamed. At the end of the play, when Katherine and Petruchio are at the wedding, Katherine is the only woman at the wedding who actually listens to her husband when they all call their wives. Katherine ends up giving them a speech and telling them to respect their husbands: “Your husband is your lord, your life, your guardian, your head your sovereign, the one who takes care of you and commits his body to your support” (Shakespear V ii. She respects who he is and all the work he does for her. Petruchio has power in the marriage because she respects him and his