:|: “Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” In the Renaissance period it was believed that woman should be silent, obedient and chaste. Today we believe that times have changed. If you try taking a closer look, have they really changed too much at all? The play The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, talks about the notion that women should very well be silent, obedient and chaste. Katherine, …showed first 75 words of 1036 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1036 total…She is a very smart woman because she knows how sot get her way and build up her dignity at the same time. Eventually Petrucio will think that Katherine is tamed and won’t be a harsh on her as she is now. Even though at first she was a disobedient, loud woman Petrucio tried to change her. He believed that he succeeded but she is acting to get by life as a Renaissance woman.