Hortensio is asking around for someone to marry Kate, and Petruchio arrives and tells Hortensio that he is seeking a wife with a large dowry. The Taming of the Shrew: Petruchio states,”One rich enough to be Petruchio’s wife, / As wealth is burden of my wooing dance, / Be she as foul as was Florentius’ love, / As old as Sibyl and curst and shrewd / As Socrates’ Xanthippe, or a worse,” (54). This example depicts that Petruchio is going against the societal norms at this time because he wants to marry only for money, and he does not care how awful she is, how old she is or how she looks. Shakespeare wrote this not only to explain Petruchio’s reason for wanting to marry Kate, but he is also comparing Katherina to Sibyl, Xanthippe and Florentius’ love to express how much of a shrew she is. This quote is significant because it tells why Petruchio is willing to marry a shrew. Another example of
Hortensio is asking around for someone to marry Kate, and Petruchio arrives and tells Hortensio that he is seeking a wife with a large dowry. The Taming of the Shrew: Petruchio states,”One rich enough to be Petruchio’s wife, / As wealth is burden of my wooing dance, / Be she as foul as was Florentius’ love, / As old as Sibyl and curst and shrewd / As Socrates’ Xanthippe, or a worse,” (54). This example depicts that Petruchio is going against the societal norms at this time because he wants to marry only for money, and he does not care how awful she is, how old she is or how she looks. Shakespeare wrote this not only to explain Petruchio’s reason for wanting to marry Kate, but he is also comparing Katherina to Sibyl, Xanthippe and Florentius’ love to express how much of a shrew she is. This quote is significant because it tells why Petruchio is willing to marry a shrew. Another example of