taming of the shrew 6

"Thus have I politically begun my reign
And 'tis my hope to end successfully
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty,
And, till she stoop, she must not be full gorged,
...She ate no meat today, nor none shall eat.
Last night she slept not, nor tonight she shall not.
As with the meat, some undeservèd fault
I'll find about the making of the bed,
And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,
This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.
Ay, and amid this hurly I intend
That all is done in reverend care of her.
...And with the clamor keep her still awake.
This is the way to kill a wife with kindness.
And thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humor.
He that knows better how to tame a shrew,
Now let him speak; 'tis charity to shew."
Act 3, Sc. 2, Lines 188-211

This passage is spoken by Petrucio on his return to his house. He speaks to his servants regarding his new, shrewish wife and how he will handle her anger. He plans to keep her hungry and weakened. He also plans that she will not sleep either, as he will find something wrong with the bed and make noise and not allow her to rest, all the while pretending to care for her well-being and to give her no reason to able to rail at him. This is important because this speech is Petrucio's master plan for taming the shrew and wooing his new wife. He will be kind to her without end, but will kill her nature in doing so. At the end he says