the taming of the shrew

Baptista:

Baptista is the wheeling and dealing father in search of suitable husbands for his daughters, Bianca and Katherine. Baptista treats marriage negotiations like a business – his girls go to the highest bidders and he’s not above taking a bribe or two from any suitor looking to get on his good side. (Insofar as Baptista is willing to use his daughters for his own personal gain, Baptista is a bit like Ophelia’s father, Polonius, in Hamlet. Both of these guys are accused of acting like “pimps.”) Baptista’s business comes back to bite him when two of Bianca’s suitors dress up like tutors and infiltrate his home. Bianca runs off and elopes with one of these characters, making dear old dad look like a chump. Baptista is also punished for favoring Bianca and failing to see that his little princess is not the good girl that she appears to be.

lucentio: Lucentio is a rich kid who travels to Padua to top off his education and “see the world.” His plans to study and make his family proud are quickly abandoned when he spots Bianca and falls in love with her obedience to her father and her silence. Soon he forgets all about his studies and begins to gush about his burning passion for Bianca. He basically transforms into a giant cliche

Hortensio:

Hortensio is Petruchio’s best friend and sort of his wingman. (He tells Petruchio about Kate and personally escorts his pal to Baptista’s house to seal the deal.) Hortensio is also in love with Bianca and dresses up like a tutor (“Licio”) to get closer to her. Poor Hortensio really doesn’t stand a chance – it’s pretty clear from the beginning that Bianca’s interested in Lucentio. Still, Hortensio plays an important role. When he gets fed up with what he sees as Bianca’s “loose” behavior, he decides to marry the Widow. To do this, he runs off to Petruchio’s “taming school,” where he hopes to learn how to keep his more experienced lady in line. Problem is, Hortensio really doesn’t learn how to tame anything and the Widow ends up playing the dominant role in their relationship after they get married. The moral? It’s a huge mistake for any man to leave the theater thinking he’s going to go home and try to pull a Petruchio on his wife. Not going to happen. Ever.

Bianca:

Bianca is the youngest and favorite daughter of Baptista Minola. When we first encounter her, she is surrounded by her doting dad, her jealous sister, and a group of suitors that can’t wait to get their hands on her. Why? Men see her as the ideal 16th-century woman and the antithesis of her shrewish sister Katherine – Bianca appears to be chaste, obedient, and most importantly, silent. The only obstacle preventing her marriage to the highest bidder is her older sister, who must be married before Bianca is allowed to wed.

my opinion of the story: The story is very expressive in which a lot of complexity but the characters are exciting and sophisticated and i like william shakespeare because he knows how to send the main messege to the reader and i because of that i think he is one of the best playwrights in history

the protagonist: the protagonist is abviously katharine because almost all the main things that happened in the story have her included in it and this personality was highlighted