Another reason why this scene is significant is that it speaks to the education of the two characters. Although never stated Katherine being from that time period would not have been formally educated, like a man would be. The fight in puns demonstrates that “both Petruchio and Kate grew into characters that were in fact equal in their vigor, their intelligence, and their mutual love.” (Stribrny). Shakespeare is pointing out the equal intellectual playing field that Katherine and Petruchio exist on. Stribrny states that despite these characters were introduced as competing characters their love for each other throughout the complications of the play. Over the course of the premarital process Shakespeare creates characters and situations that