in the sky is the moon at noon-time. Katharina turns to the blazing sun, and after a few moments of silence from the whole town waiting for her response, says "My husband, you are mistaken. For it is the sun. I beg you, look again."The shocked crowd turns to Petruchio who, instead of getting mad and threatening they return to his home as in the other performances when they are on the road to Padua, stares back at the sun, and says, "Why, you are right. How foolish of me." The rest of the tale ends with a variation of Katharina's speech in an 1980's fashion - that man and woman are to be equals and should not try to be dominant over the other, and that it was Petruchio's kindness towards her that won her heart, for she was still the same opinionated woman. She states that what women truly want is for men to treat them with respect and they will receive the same respect in return. In other words, Katharina was not the one needing to b e tamed, but the brash attitude of Petruchio.Final ArgumentsThroughout this essay, I have presented four different arguments about the subject of Katharina's taming. In analyzing the text of the play and seeing how different interpretations have presented the taming, I find that I have to agree with two of the interpretations, the first that Katharina is acting tamed, and second that she was liberated.First, I feel that she was just acting on the road to Padua, that she was still just pretending to be tamed so she could see her family one more time. I feel this with how quickly she changed her attitude when Petruchio threatened to return home and forego the wedding. But, I also feel that her acting job here backfired against her emotionally. When she saw that by being obedient to Petruchio he treated her as an equal, she realized she needed to compromise her nature to keep this man she was falling in love with, which leads to her being liberated.I say Katharina is liberated because she still displays some o...
