What is Petruchio's plan to woo Katherine?
2.1. 11: When he meets Kate, the two engage in a verbal battle of wits. Petruchio contradicts everything Kate says, turns her words into dirty jokes, and then announces that he plans to marry Kate with or without her consent. He will also tame her.
Petruchio plans to win Kate over through flattery, no matter how horribly she treats him: “Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as a nightingale.”
Petruchio's monologue in Act IV, scene i explains most of what transpires in this scene, as he tells the audience of his scheme to bend Kate to his will. He will tame her as the falconer trains his bird, by holding lures out in front of it, just out of reach.
At the wedding reception, Petruchio declares the wedding feast shall take place but without the bride and groom. Kate, furious, demands they stay, but Petruchio will not hear of it. He will leave, he says, and he will take all of his possessions with him — Kate included.
How does Petruchio say he intends to woo Katherine? Why does Petruchio call Katherine "Kate"? Petruchio tells Katherine his plan for wooing her.
Petruchio claims that his interaction with Kate went fantastically, that they are in love (in fact, that she loves him madly) and that she is sweet as sweet can be. In fact, he practically had to pry her off him, but they've decided they want to keep the relationship on the down-low.
The play is, after all, a comedy, and we are probably meant to believe that, despite their difficulties, Kate and Petruchio are falling in love, if they have not already done so. Under the comic influence of love, Kate is much less likely to use the full power of her critical thought to see through Petruchio's schemes.
Petruchio uses a number of different techniques to “tame” Kate: he proves to her that he can match her verbal acuity and quick wit, then he wields his extreme confidence, and his status as a man, when he boldly tells her father that she has already agreed to marry him when, in fact, she has not.
How does Petruchio convince Kate to kiss him in the street? When Kate says she would be ashamed to be seen kissing in "the midst of the street," Petruchio says "Why, then, let's home again." Because she wants to stay, she agrees to kiss him.
What plan does Petruchio concoct to tame Kate after he rejects their meal? Petruchio plans to deny Katharina sleep and to harass her until she submits to his will.
What are two examples of how Petruchio tries to tame Kate in scene I?
Petruchio enters and delivers a long speech about how his plan to tame Kate has begun. He compares himself to a falcon tamer and compares Kate to a wild bird that must be broken. He'll starve her, deprive her of sleep (all while pretending to have her best interest in mind) until she breaks.
According to his soliloquy, what is Petruchio's plan? He plans on starving Kate and not allowing her to sleep until she is tamed.
Undaunted, Petruchio waits for Baptista to send Katherine out to see him. He decides to adopt the tactic of calling her “Kate” and good-naturedly contradicting everything she says.
What's the major crisis on the day of Kate and Petruchio's wedding? Petruchio shows up late to his own wedding, because he knew that it would cause a big scene and possibly "tame her".
The marriage has been completed nonetheless, and the rest of the company soon arrives. However, before they can even begin the wedding feast, Petruchio announces that he must leave at once and take Kate with him, not even giving her time to receive congratulations from her friends and family.
If money were his only goal, surely he wouldn't bother trying to help Kate to a different perspective. When it comes to it, it seems Petruchio does not, in fact, want merely to wive it wealthily. He wants someone who can spar wits with him, challenge him, and excite him intellectually, emotionally, and physically.
Petruchio takes an interest in Kate, owing to the dowry he could potentially receive, and agrees. During his first encounter with Kate, he matches her fierce temper and manages to convince her father that she passionately loves him but only pretends to hate him in public.
At the end we see that even though she was courts conventionally, Bianca falls into a loveless marriage while Katherine ends up falling in love with Petruchio.
The play is, after all, a comedy, and we are probably meant to believe that, despite their difficulties, Kate and Petruchio are falling in love, if they have not already done so. Under the comic influence of love, Kate is much less likely to use the full power of her critical thought to see through Petruchio's schemes.