Part one of term paper
For the sixteenth century “The Taming of the Shrew” was extremely controversial. It portrays an independent young woman who falls in love with the only man she does not scare. For women to voice such strong opinions was considered extremely crude. Today we recognize it as wrong to stop anyone— regardless of their religion, r ...

Part two of term paper
... women were forced into marriages in those days. A man had to have money to marry a rich girl, that or a noble name. Petruchio doesn’t seem to have either but hides it well. Baptista is so baffled by the fact that a man wants to marry his eldest daughter that he doesn’t really make sure Petruchio is wealthy as he does for Lucentio (who is really Tranio in disguise). Kate is angry at first because she has to wed Petruchio, a rude, overbearing man that will do anything to make her wrong. Ev ...