Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew

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…all of those hideous tantrums, took her out of herself. This remedy appealed to the intelligent aspect of Kate's complex personality, and they brought about a change in her. This appeal to her intelligence is why Kate's will was not broken, but rather changed to meet Petruchio's mold to some extent (Nevo 263). The patriarchal styles that the marriages took on during the Elizabethan age are very well represented in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.