Was Shakespeare saying that a woman must be beaten down before she gives in? Or perhaps that the only thing that defeats a strong female spirit is madness? Either way, it is obvious that Shakespeare was making a statement about ?§appropriate?? behavior for men and women of his world. Zeffirelli took this statement, and using the Bard?¦s own words, made a statement for his own time...
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Was Zeffirelli saying that women should obey men? This was probably not his message. In the final scene where Katrina gives her speech on the duty of the obedient wife, Shakespeare had written that both Petruchio and Katrina exit together. Zeffirelli gave his ending a slight but poignant twist, this being that Katrina leaves on her own while Petruchio, oblivious, delivers his triumphal speech of having subdued his wife...
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