w and Bianca flirts openly with Petruccio. The three new brides leave the dining table and make for the sitting room with the other women. The three men are left to discussion and after dinner music. Petruccio offers a wager against the thought that the wives in turn should come to their husbands when called. The Widow and Bianca are foul and refuse to come seeking their husbands and throw out the servant both times. When Katherine is called to come to her husband she does so with grace and quiet obedience. She is then asked to bring forth the two disobedient wives. During this entire play the label of "shrew" is misplaced with dear Kate and should be rightfully placed in the lap of Bianca. Kate brings out the two women and scolds them while maintaining her own dignity and elegant grace. She shows them that indeed her husband got the better end of the marriage contract. At this Petruccio kisses his Kate in front of everyone and they leave the gaping mouths of the crowd. In Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Hermia and Helena’s relationship changes greatly after the intervention of Puck with the love potion. Once best friends, they have become each other’s enemies, and all for the love of Lysander and Demetrius. Hermia and Helena were best friends when they were at school. “All school-days’ friendship, childhood innocence?” (3. 2. 201) They had complete trust in each other, telling each other their deepest secrets. “Is all the counsel that we two have shared, The sisters’ vows, the hours that we have spent,” (3. 2. 198 – 199) They worked together on everything they did including sewing and singing. “Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key,” (3. 2. 205 – 206) To some people, Helena and Hermia became the same person, saying the same things, thinking the same thoughts and having the same m...
