The Taming of the Shrew/WMG

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Kate represents Queen Elizabeth I and Bianca represents Queen Mary.

Elizabeth was shrewish, whereas Mary was docile (at least in their personal life).

The play is pro-shrew.

This is a relatively recent theory, or at least recent to be spoken in public, since being pro-shrew back when this play was written meant Getting Crap Past the Radar.

Related theory:

Kate wins.

She's only pretending to be docile in the end.

  • There's been plenty of scholarly debate on this one.

The scene with Katarina tying up Bianca was intentional Playing to The Fetishes

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