Examples Of Power In The Taming Of The Shrew

When people are in society, there are many attributes that influence their behavior. One of this attributes is power. Some people do have power, some people do not have power. In society, there is always a hierarchy. In a company, for example the boss is the top of the pyramid of hierarchy and the employees are the bottom of the pyramid. Usually, people who are at the top of the pyramid have more power and people who are in the bottom of the pyramid have less power or no power. The boss of this company has the power to say what his/her employee needs to do, and to administrate the company. The power that the director have an influence in his/her actions, and the lack of power that the works have make them respect the decisions of their boss. There are cases that people do anything to achieve

One of the rules that he imposes is that Bianca, the youngest daughter, needs to wait for Kat’s marriage, and then she has the approval of his dad to get married. “That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter before I have a husband for the elder.” (I. i. 50-51) Baptista also has the power to control Petruchio, a man that is supposed to marry Kat, his oldest daughter. Baptista has an agreement with Petruchio, in that way, Petruchio can marry Kat, and in consequence, Bianca can also get married. “After my death the one half of my lands, and in possession twenty-thousand crowns.” (II. i, 118-119) Petruchio is influenced by the money that Baptista offers him do marry Kat. He gets so powerful that he tames Kat, he treats her in a bad way, and compares her with an animal. “For I am he am born to tame you Kate, and bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate conformable as other household Kates. Here comes your father. Never make denial; I must and will have Katherine to my wife.” (II. i.