of them do actually fall headlong in love at their very first encounter; in his heart, each knows it of himself, but not of the other. . . .
If this is established, the whole play takes on a different tone. The contest will be one which w shall wish resolved. We shall know that Katharine, in her heart, wishes it jut as deeply. It will be her pride that is broken, not her spirit (Webster 141; emphasis added).
Webster adds that the match becomes a "marriage of true minds" (141, citing Sonnet CXVI), resulting in a confluence of social expectations of and for women and the psychological reality of the partners in this marriage. Kate'
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