... The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare uses a variety of different ways to put across to the reader or audience his views on marriage and relationships. These vary in both view and approach throughout the main characters. There are many marriages and relationships within the play, which are Petruchio and Katherina; Bianca and Katherina; Bianca and Baptista; Katherina and Baptista, and Hortensio and the Widow. The general view of the public at the time of the ... play was chauvinistic, and men were generally seen as the ultimate power in any family. This is reflected in the play quite heavi...

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