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Taming Of the Shrew
plan to each call their wives inturn, and sees whos wife will return obediently, who ever wins the bet would win money. It turns out that hortensios wife widow does not return and neither does Bianca, however katherina respects her husbands wishes and returns. Katherina then rebukes the women for scolding their husbands and being disobedient: dart not scornful glances at thy lord and place your hand below your husbands foot. This proves that she has been fully tamed, as she has changed a s she never has been.
The key issue in this scene areis about the obedience to husbands. I think Shakespeare was trying to say that it is unattractive for a women to be disrespectful to wound thy king thy governor, it blots thy beuty. When katherina became obedient people liked her more, Tis nice for children to go toward. And Come on and kiss me kate From her act of obedience she gained more dowry: And on the losers half shall pay an extra 20,000 crowns. Shakespeare showed that by being disobedient costed money fair Bianca hath cost me a 1000 crowns since supper time!
This scene also reveals a small yet valid point that in that era men went to work and women styed at honme : for thy maintenance commits his body to painful labour by both sea and alnd, to watch the nightstorms, the day in coldwhilst thou liest warm at home
In this play it gives us a few messages about the peoplein marriage and how they behave, firstly not everyone seem to be who they realy arebecause everyone thought shrewish katherina would be a bad wife but ended up being the best and Bianca who everyonone thought was sweet and lady like turned out to be disobedient and thoughtless.