Film Review of Taming of the Shrew

The  "Taming  of  the  Shrew"  was  written  by  William  Shakespeare.  The  film  adaptation  was  directed  by  Zanco  Zeffirelli.  In  the  story,  we  focus  on  Petruchio  and  Katharina.  As  the  story  progresses,  we  learn  more  about their  personality,  and  how  their  forced  marriage  affected  each  other.

In  the  beginning, Bianca is shown as a wonderful and beautiful woman all the men want to woo and marry. Unfortunately, Bianca cannot be wedded until her older sister, Katharina, does. This is unfortunate, because no one would dare to woo Katharina. Even though she's wealthy, her atrocious behavior scares everyone. Katharina is constantly shown screaming and fighting with someone. She once threatened and chased Bianca with a sharp weapon.

Signor Petruchio comes along and talks about wanting to marry into wealth. The men who were interested in marrying Bianca took this opportunity to lead Petruchio to Katharina. Her family was willing to part with 20,000 crowns, and land. Petruchio happily agreed to their offer and continuously tried to get Katharina's hand in marriage. 

After a lot of rebellion, Katharina and Petruchio were forcefully married. As Katharina was about to say, " I do not, "she was interrupted at 'do' by Petruchio sealing the deal with a kiss. Everyone was relieved and happy when the marriage became official, because Bianca is now available and Katharina is no longer single and may change her unpleasant attitude.

Katharina was very upset, but couldn't do anything about it. She continued being pessimistic and mad, but after failing to take Petruchio down, she gave up. Katharina became calm and an agreeable person, because Petruchio is stubborn. Since she learned to deal with Petruchio's attitude, he most likely won't change.

Petruchio and Katharina's marriage changed Katharina for the best. At first, she was very rude and harmful. After marrying Signor Petruchio, Katharina became a bit more happier and agreeable. Even though things ended well, could Katharina have found a better partner that she would sincerely love if Petruchio never came?