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Petruchio marries Katherine to gain wealth. However, he is not content with her shrewish behavior and he goes through great measures to assert his dominance over her and tame her. He believes that the only way to get through to Katherine is by giving her a taste of her own medicine. Petruchio takes on the role of a shrew to prove to his wife that this kind of behavior is unpleasant. He makes a scene as he shows up late to his own wedding, and dressed inappropriately to be wed. He decides that when Katherine will eat or sleep will be determined by him. Depriving her of her needs makes her more submissive to him. He taunts and teases her for the sole purpose of gaining control over his wife. What Petruchio neglects to realize is that he is not only degrading Katherine by doing this, but he is also degrading himself. He transforms into a shrew himself while trying to change Katherine. By resorting to giving Katherine a taste of her own medicine, he socially degrades himself by acting shrewish himself.

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