What with my tongue in your tail Taming of the Shrew?

Petruchio: Whose tongue? Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell. Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail?

Why are gender roles important in The Taming of the Shrew?

The Taming of the Shrew is concerned with gender roles and the institution of marriage. The play illustrates how the values of Shakespeare’s time prized submissive women, and men often defined themselves in terms of how well they controlled their wives.

What does the ending of Taming of the shrew mean?

Petruchio has given Kate a dose of her own medicine, forcing Kate to look in the mirror, so to speak, and recognize the ugliness of her behavior. Overcoming her shrewishness, according to this idea, is a triumph for Kate because it allows her to be happy.

Why do you think Katherine is trying to stop Bianca from getting married?

She believes her father only cares what happens to his precious “treasure,” Bianca, and does not care at all about what happens to Katherine, especially since no one seems to want to marry her.

How do gender roles affect the attitudes of the characters in Taming of the Shrew?

While both men and women in the play don’t always behave in accordance with traditional gender roles, it is the women—and particularly Katherine—who are punished for such behavior. Katherine’s stubbornness and strong will cause her to be denigrated, insulted, and abused throughout the play.

Who says there’s small choice in rotten apples?

To say that there’s little choice between rotten apples was proverbial. Hortensio is saying that there’s little difference between two equally bad options — marrying Katherina or being whipped in the marketplace.

How is Petruchio’s masculinity represented?

Petruchio is presented to be the male extreme of dominance as his use of psychological rape, sexual innuendo and battle of wits, suggest that he has one aim in life: to raise his significance within society and obtain substantial wealth.

How does the taming of the shrew end?

Katherina is the only one of the three who comes, winning the wager for Petruchio. She then hauls the other two wives into the room, giving a speech on why wives should always obey their husbands. The play ends with Baptista, Hortensio and Lucentio marvelling at how successfully Petruchio has tamed the shrew.