... plays the game of falsely listing and praising her positive qualities that both he and Katharina know she does not outwardly possess. Petruchio matches her in wit and intelligence during this scene, and Katharina surprisingly does not protest when Petruchio announces that they are going to be married. Petruchio states, "For I am he born to tame you Kate, and bring you from a wild ... Kate to a Kate comfortable as other household Kates " (Shakespeare Act II, Scene I). Although Katharina is fully aware of his intentions, it seems that she is pleased to finally find someone whose intellige...

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... I found myself torn between the immediate scorns I felt for Calixta while at the same time recalling my argument to our friends that within the bowels of every person lays the basic, animalistic desire to procreate with multiple partners. It is the suppression of this urge that allows for trusting, bonding, safe, relationships we call marriages and ultimately what divides our sexuality from those of our wild cohabitants. Obviously, Chopin's piece ... was intended for a specific audience who would perceive the affair as "sexually liberating" for Calixta ... ...

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