when dragging in the two women. In other words, together, they made a great team with Petruchio's great wit and ability to play word games at the drop of a hat and Katharina's strong will and stubbornness. I find that they no longer use these on each other, except for amusement, but to influence and gain stature and control to those around them.Katharina: The Acting ShrewIn the performance done by the Sanderson High School for last year's State UIL One-Act Play, they chose to do scenes from Taming of the Shrew. This interpretation of the play was an interesting one compared to the other interpretations I had seen before. Instead of presenting Katharina as being tamed at worst (I say tamed at worst because if Katharina was tamed, she would have truly lost most of her spirit) or liberated at best, Karina Mendoza portrayed Katharina as being an actress pretending to be tamed.In the scene where Katharina and Petruchio are returning to Padua for Bianca's wedding, they are shown arguing along the road, as to whether the globe in the sky was the sun or the moon. Instead of realizing Petruchio was trying to free her from her anger and join him in his witty word-play, and instead of giving up everything to allow Petruchio to have full dominion over her, Katharina pretends to go along with him and starts agreeing with everything he says. What Petruchio doesn't see is that when Katharina turns away and faces the audience, she rolls her eyes at him, revealing that even though it appears she has conceded to him, she still retains her personality.What also aids in this view is that when Katharina and Petruchio arrive in Padua, after Katharina gives the above speech, Petruchio scoops her into his arms and carries her into the church, all the men applauding him. It is at this point Katharina looks out to the audience and gives the crowd a knowing wink and signs the word for "Okay," as if she is the one who got him instead of the other way around.I find...
