Taming of the Shrew
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Taming of the shrew
In The Taming of the Shrew, written by William Shakespeare, there are many different manipulations that happen. The main one, of course, is Petruchio changing Kate into becoming a real lady instead of being her normal shrewish self. Kate was known as being a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered lady, especially when someone brings up anything to do with her getting married to a man. She was in her own little world, not wanting to listen or do anything that was told to her. Petruchio arrived in Padua looking for the perfect women to marry. He wanted to find a lady with a lot of money; that was his goal. Kate is the daughter of the wealthiest man in Padua, Baptista Minola, and has gotten everything that she could of wanted growing up. The