The Taming of the Shrew Lesson Plan

Consider the following dialogue between Kate and Petruchio:

KATHARINE: "Asses are made to bear, and so are you."

PETRUCHIO: "Women are made to bear, and so are you."

KATHARINE: "No such jade as you, if me you mean."

PETRUCHIO: "Alas, good Kate, I will not burden thee,/For knowing thee to be but young and light."

KATHARINE: "Too light for such a swain as you to catch,/And yet as heavy as my weight should be."

PETRUCHIO: "Should be? Should-buzz!"

KATHARINE: "Well ta'en, and like a buzzard." (Act II, Sc. 1, l. 199-206)

How are Kate and Petruchio similar in the way they speak? What does this suggest about them together?

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