- All's Well That Ends Well
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- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
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The wager is over, the speech is done; everyone is awed at Katherine's transformation, and the field seems to be won. After Petruchio leaves with his wife, Hortensio says that his friend has "tamed a curst shrew." While our interpretation is debatable, it is clear that the characters within the play believed the final speech to be in earnest. Katherine has become Kate, an obedient woman without any concrete beliefs or identity other than those of her husband.
Note also that Christopher Sly and the outer play are here forgotten. The play within the play ends, and with it the…