How Does Katherine Minola Use Language In The Taming Of The Shrew

Adapting of Language for a Desirable Future Language is the expression of feelings and thoughts. It influences behavior based on personal experiences, norms, cultural rules, and traditions, or, in other words, the language of a person is determined by the society around them. The linkage between society and language can reveal much about Katherine Minola’s development in The Taming of the Shrew. Through analysis of Katherine’s language throughout The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine’s snappy and angry dialogue at the beginning of the play is a way to express her frustration with her current social reputation. This language later adapts into seeming obedience to Petruchio as a way to socially “fit in” and halt the abuse Katherine was receiving from Petruchio. Though Katherine’s language changes in tone and message throughout the play, her acquisition of language evolves from the necessity to conform herself to society’s wants for her

Both characters' deceptive language differs from their everyday speech and gains elegance when they are trying to deceive. Katerina's fast and amusing phrases change to a speech with a more official tone. She switches to the omitted form of "thou" in the scene before and loses the informal second person "you." In Act 2 Scene 2, Petruchio addresses Katerina in a monologue that parallels this modification. When he starts to lie, he calls Kate “pleasant, gamesome [and ]passing courteous," but instead of the usual "you," he uses "thou". This resemblance raises the possibility that Katerina is imitating her husband in these scenes, in which case her personality never genuinely changes. Analyzing Katerina's exchange in the conclusion confirms her identity's independence from her performance. Thus, Katerina's speech implies that all women need to do to attract the attention they want is to appear poised and