This part of the monologue contributes to the fact that men are in charge of a woman's life and that the man works hard every day to provide to his wife's needs, while she is safe at home. Katherine basically says that a woman owns her husband everything and that husbands repay their wives by protecting them. Katherine then goes on to compare a husband and wife to a king and his people: The duty which the subject owes to the prince, even such a woman owes to her husband; her honest will, What is she but a rebellious rebel (V.ii.171-175). In this article, it can be translated that the woman would be considered a rebel if she is rude and malicious towards her husband. In all, women are objects to their husbands and must do whatever their husband tells them. This limited Katherine's identity because it took away her shrew personality and turned her into something she was not; kind and