What Technique Does Petruchio Employ to “tame” Katherine? Why Does It Work? Is Petruchio’s Manipulation of Katherine Plausible?

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What technique does Petruchio employ to “tame” Katherine? Why does it work? Is Petruchio’s manipulation of Katherine plausible?

Petruchio employ a number of different techniques to “tame” Katherine such as prove to her that he can match her verbal acuity and quick wit, then he wields his extreme confidence, and his status as a man, when he boldly tells her father that she has already agreed to marry him when, in fact, she has not. At the wedding, he humiliates her by wearing absurd clothing, arriving late, and riding a broken-down horse, and then he exerts his authority over her by forcing her to leave immediately. When they reach his house, he decides to use kindness, pretending he cannot allow her to eat his inferior food or sleep on his inferior bed because he cares for her greatly. As a result, she grows tired and hungry and must depend on Petruchio’s goodwill to fulfill her needs, enforcing in her mind the idea that he controls her. Because Petruchio couches his attempt to tame Kate in the rhetoric of love and affection, it is impossible for her to confront him with outright anger, and the possibility remains that the two will develop a genuinely loving relationship in the future. Petruchio’s techniques are somewhat fantastical since it is based on a play with comedic elements. But because of        Kate’s apparent willingness to comply with Petruchio’s demands and Petruchio’s desire to court Kate’s love will be a more logical explanation.