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The Taming of the Shrew

is in command of the relationship by not allowing Katherina to get elegant clothing that she wants. Instead, Petruchio yells at the haberdasher and tailor that brought them and yelling how they are not made correctly. Petruchio is trying to show Katherina what she does and why no one likes that "mask." Overtime, Katherina breaks away chunks of her "mask" until her old personality has disappeared (Act IV, Scene III). Katherina is truly tamed when she agrees with Petruchio on a disagreement on if the sun or moon is out, even thought what he said was false, she agrees with him. She says: Katherina: Then God be blessed, it is the blessed sun. But sun it is not, when you say it is not, And the moon changes even as your mind. What you will have it named, even that it is, And so it shall be so for Katherine. Act IV, Scene V Katherina is trying to be how Bianca is towards others. The tutors want to act like themselves so their students could love them as who they are. The first and most prominent role change is the one between Lucentio and Tranio. Lucentio, in order to marry Bianca, exchanges outfits with his servant Tranio in order to become Bianca's tutor (Act I, Scene I). Although Tranio appears to be a nobleman, he is really just a simple servant. His identity did not change despite the fact that his outfit did. In the same fashion, Lucentio becomes Cambio, the tutor. His true self is as a nobleman, but due to his love of Bianca he tries to change himself (Goddard 111). Just like Tranio, despite the change of outfit, Lucentios real personality remains the same. Then there is Hortensio, the least successful pretender who tries to woo Bianca. He, too, becomes a tutor for Bianca, but is rejected b...

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