this evidence plausible as well, since it is difficult to see Katharina willing to give in to Petruchio and find a middle ground with him, even if their aggressive nature is so much alike. After all, if Katharina is just acting as if she were tamed, then it is likely she would still have her shrewish attitude. If this is the case, then Petruchio is in for a big downfall when she decides to remove her disguise and unleash herself upon her unsuspecting husband.Katharina: The Tamer of the ShrewSo far, all the examples I have given have presented Katharina as the tamed, liberated or acting shrew. I would like to present a different view of Katharina as something other than the one being tamed, and look at a modern interpretation that displays her as the tamer.I recently had an opportunity to see a recording of the 80's television comedy Moonlighting, starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd. In this show, a special was done on a revision of Taming of the Shrew with Willis' character as Petruchio and Shepherd's as Katharina. For the first part, this version follows the original Shakespeare text, with some liberties taken by the writers of the show, showing some tongue-in-cheek humor - Petruchio rides in on a horse with both of them wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses, the saddle has the logo for BMW on the side, and Katharina has a closet full of "cheap" vases to throw at her suitors. But, as the comedy progresses, an interesting twist is given - beginning when Petruchio and Katharina return to Padua for the wedding of Bianca and Lucentio. Petruchio is confronting Baptista about receiving the promised dowry for wedding Katharina, and Baptista demands proof that Katharina has been tamed, a part of the bargain for receiving the dowry, because he had heard rumors that Katharina was not tamed or liberated, but that Petruchio was the one that had given in to Katharina's aggressive nature.To prove he had tamed Katharina, Petruchio states to her the globe...
