This piece of monologue contributes to the fact that men are responsible for a woman's life, and the man works hard every day to provide for his wife, while she He's home safe and sound. Katherine is basically saying that a wife owns everything to her husband and that husbands repay their wives by protecting them. Katherine then goes on to compare a husband and his wife to a king and his people: The duty the subject owes to the prince Even such a woman owes to her husband; her honest will, what is she but a rebellious contender (V.ii.171-175). In this piece it can be translated that the woman would be considered a rebel if she were rude and shrewish to her husband. In general, wives are objects towards their husbands and must do whatever he tells them. This limited Katherine's identity because it took away her shrew personality and turned her into something she wasn't; kind and