Marriage as Domestication?

There are many themes in the Taming of The Shrew. Such as, the process of marriage is a process of domestication, and if this is so then true love and happiness is not present. An example of this is when petruchio is with Kate at the dinner table. Petruchio “doesn’t like the meat” he states,”Tis burnt and so is all the meat. What dogs are these?” and in response kate says,”I pray you husband, be not so disquiet.The meat was well if you were so contented” This is showing kate trying to connote to Petruchio that the meat is infact well and that  she is not happy with not eating, thus showing that petruchio clearly didn’t want the best for her and this was part of the taming process. Also, we know that true love is not present because Petruchio reveals that he does not care for what his wife is like but he would rather have the money instead. So one could say that another theme of the Taming of The Shrew is one that explores the economic aspects of a relationship.

With the theme of Marriage being a process of domestication and having a lack of happiness, this could relate to the story My Last Duchess. Due to the fact that both stories involve the male trying to take control over the female, and the female or wife ends up with no happiness. Keep in  mind that both relationships were for money in the first place. They both explore marriage as of not having true love.