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Petruchio Punish Sly Analysis

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The Lord's decision to punish Sly, is by making a great change of him from a "violent animal" to a "person of high birth," will anticipate the way Petruchio will force Kate to change from a "shrew" to a "doing what is ordered married woman." Both of these great and forced changes lifted up Kate and Sly to become more of a say yes person. Shakespeare calls into questions whether these changes will stay the same forever or even be what it seems or is said to be. When Grumio says without doubt to Hortensio that Petruchio will beat Kate in a words-related fight. He suggests that Petruchio's words, or his "noted representatives" of talk, have the power to physically change Kate's appearance. An example would be how acid might burn and make a huge
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