Monologue

Katherina Monologue from The Taming of the Shrew

From The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

female · defiant · 56 sec

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No shame but mine; I must, forsooth, be forc’d To give my hand, oppos’d against my heart, Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen; Who woo’d in haste and means to wed at leisure. I told you, I, he was a frantic fool, Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviour; And to be noted for a merry man, He’ll woo a thousand, ’point the day of marriage, Make friends, invite, and proclaim the banns; Yet never means to wed where he hath woo’d. Now must the world point at poor Katherine, And say ‘Lo! there is mad Petruchio’s wife, If it would please him come and marry her.’

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Katherina expresses her frustration and anger about being forced into a marriage with Petruchio, whom she perceives as foolish and insincere. She feels trapped and humiliated by the expectations placed upon her.

20s · anger · identity · power · marriage · madness

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