Well I think that this was his initail motive. Money can drive people to do crazy things. It inspires people. Mow the lawn.. no.. I’ll give you twenty five bucks.. DONE!!

I can’t see in the long run that he will be fair. He must be corrupt to get into a relationship for money. Not good.

I think that Petruchio thought about this while hearing about Kate. He had started with this plan the first time he saw Kate, so it was obviously something he thought of early on. I think that he thought of it at the same time that he heard about Kate’s behavior and her large dowry. He couldn’t have wanted to be stuck with a shrew if he knew he couldn’t change her. He seems to be a crafty person and would have thought of it from the get go.

I think that he is going to be fair to Kate. He will be a little bit more demanding for a time, but it will go away after a few months. He will gradually move onto being nicer to Kate. If he gets too nice too quickly he could lose the progress that he made. I do think that they are in love. They were happy together and Kate does do whatever Petruchio wants. You could argue that Petruchio tamed Kate because he loved her. After all, he said he didn’t care what kind of woman Kate was as long as she had a lot of money. This means that he loved her enough to change her.

Now to answer your first question I would like to say that I personally think that Petruchio had wanted to originally marry Kate because of her economic stability, but then after meeting her he thought of a way to make her more tamed much like the other wives. The reason why I think this is because when we were first introduced to Petruchio he had seemed desperate for money and he had agreed to marry Kate even after he had heard all of the bad things the other suitors had to say about her. Also I don’t think that Petruchio is quite clever enough to think of an idea on the spot, like when he first heard about Kate.

Now to answer your second question Tear Bear I would like to say that I don’t think that they are in love, yet. Now I’m going to sound like Truax; back in those times I don’t think that there was such a thing as love. The reason why I say this is because guys in those times only really cared about a woman’s appearance, their lineage, and of course their dowry. So with all of these things luring men to marry certain women there really was no love involved with marriage, at least that’s what I think. Although I do think that Kate and Petruchio will learn to love one another as we have already started to see, and I believe that they will treat each other like a fair couple.

~sOnAm ShErPa =]

Next, onto your question. I believe that Petruchio’s intentions changed over time. I think that at first he really did only marry for the money and that he was telling the truth in saying this. What I take out of what happened is that when he actually met Kate he realized that he would have to do something to change her, which put his plan into affect. At this point I still do not believe that he had any actual feelings for her though. After he transforms Kate into a lovely wife he realizes how much he really does care for her and her for him. I’m guessing that they are actually in love and that they will be fair and take care of each other.

~eRiN cAmPbElL =]