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Kate represents Queen Elizabeth I and Bianca represents Queen Mary.[]
Elizabeth was shrewish, whereas Mary was docile (at least in their personal life).
The play is pro-shrew.[]
This is a relatively recent theory, or at least recent to be spoken in public, since being pro-shrew back when this play was written meant Getting Crap Past the Radar.
Related theory:
Kate wins.[]
She's only pretending to be docile in the end.
- There's been plenty of scholarly debate on this one.