This quote is heavily ironic because it is Katharina that
utters these lines expressing her desire to do anything to make her husband happy. This
quote comes in a long speech of Katharina's that she is commanded to give by her
husband, Petruchio to tell them about the duty that a woman owes to her
husband:
Katharine, I charge thee tell these headstrong
women
What duty they do owe their lords and
husbands.
This is situational
irony at its best, for throughout the play, Katharina has been described as the ultimate
"shrew" in her disrespect and sharp-tongued anger that she expresses with great alacrity
towards any potential suitor. Thus to suddenly have Katharina deliver a lecture to the
sweet and mild-mannered Biana on the duties of a wife to her husband is incredibly
ironic.
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