Optional Blog; Petruccio

Petruccio is one of the protagonist in Taming of the Shrew. He is asked to marry Kate to give three other suitors the chance at winning Bianca, Kates sister, over. The deal was that if he marrys Kate, the three suitors would pay for all the expenses for everything leading up to the wedding and the wedding itself. Petruccio does just that. He marry's Kate and then begins the unshrewing. Petruccio happens to be my favorite character. I enjoy his witty-ness. HE is selfish, flamboyant, and difficult. He starves Kate, argues with her when its really sunny outside telling her the moon is beautiful, he shows her clothing that she may want but doesn't want her to wear it. And in all of this the reader gets the general impression that Petruccio is a jerk, but he shows the signs of a young boy in second grade poking the girl that he likes. Through all of this Petruccio truly falls in love with Kate. She becomes his equal on the level of intellect. Petrucio does want a submissive wife, but he would get bored of an unopinionated woman. He enjoys dialogue, he likes to push the buttons of people, and who better then his wife. Pettruccio goes from a selfish man with an alternative, to a man in love with a woman.