Like other Shakespeare comedies, The Taming of the Shrew depicts a “shrew” named Katherine who is one of the story's main protagonists. The oldest and unmarried daughter of Baptista, is a jealous and high tempered woman in a male-dominated world that does not know how to handle her. Most of her behavior is obnoxious due to the fact of her father picking favorites and potentially not having a man that wants her. In the beginning of the play, we see Katherine (Kate) from the prospective of men who see only an outrageous individual. Her father, Baptista, Gremio, and Hortensio ridicule her forcefully and we start to portray Katherine as an immature and hasty character. Shakespeare, however, is deceiving the audience and later recognizes that there were faults in the judgment of Katherine. Starting in Act II, we start to feel empathy for Katherine as we see her perspective on things. She confronts Bianca and Baptista and is motivated to reveal her feelings which seems to consider herself a shrew. Finally, we see Katherine go through a transformation when Petruchio enters and takes her hand in marriage. Soon after, Kate’s character is revealed when she reaches a level of maturity and able to manage situations in an adult fashion. The shrewish behavior of Kate begins with the mistreatment of her father, Hortensio, and Gremio. Baptista continuously embarrasses Kate in public. Baptista informs two suitors, Tranio and Lucentio, about his daughters: "That is, not to bestow my youngest daughter/ Before I have a husband for the elder./ If either of you both love Katherine,/ Because I know you well and love you well,/ Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure" (1.1.50-54). Baptista announces that he wants to get rid of Katherine first by getting her married off and humiliates her at this point. Katherine’s father also offers her to her sister’s suitors thinking she should be treated poorly. Katherine responds by stating “I pray