A/N: Well, my friends and I had to write this for English class and thought we'd share it with the rest of the world. It's about the Taming of The Shrew from Kate's perspective. A soliloquy is something only the audience hears. I know this is the randomess thing, but it counts as a fanfiction. The other 2 authors of this are Black-Dragon1003 and our friend Kiba-san, who doesn't have a fanfiction account. Enjoy!
Kate's Soliloquy
Forsooth, Hortensio speaks right.
For my husband is crazed,
So much that he wishes me tamed.
'Tis a dilemma I face,
A choice I must make,
To disagree, act "curst",
Would mean a miserable existence,
Starved, humiliated.
Or to agree, become "tame",
Submit my will to my husband, "my lord",
And be kept away from the shadows of shame,
To be well dressed and well fed,
But never again be a wild Kate, a wildcat.
He has taken away my bite,
Without which I can no longer defend nor attack.
Am I fated to become a helpless gentlewoman,
Dependant on my lord for survival?
Once I had scorned such a fate,
But now it seems my only option.
He has embarrassed me before my family, the world,
And has starved me of meat and sleep.
I play the part of his fool, his puppet.
I tire of this treatment,
As though I am less than a beggar.
There is only one option,
I have made my choice,
I know what I must do.
This soliloquy is from Kate's perspective. She confides this to the audience in between Hortensio saying, "Say as he says, or we shall never go" (4.5.13), and Kate's following lines. This fits here because Hortensio's line is right before Kate admits to agreeing with anything Petruchio says. Kate's soliloquy is of her final argument with herself, before the decision to agree, on what to do, argue and be Kate the curst, the shrew, or succumb to being the "perfect wife". In the soliloquy, Kate makes her decision, and the play continues with her being, more or less, reinvented, no longer a shrew.
Yeah, that last bit is an explanation of what it is and why it is put in. Give it a grade!
