BIANCA

the younger sister of Katharina in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. A clearcut contrast to her sister, Bianca is sweet, docile, and clearly the favourite of the bachelors of Padua. When Katharina is tamed and marries Petruchio, the true nature of Bianca, who manipulates her suitors and willingly deceives her father, is revealed. In the final act, Bianca herself proves to be the willful wife.