Since the start of the play, Katherine has been depicted as the harsh, cruel, and independent older sister to the angelic, subservient, and younger Bianca. The two sisters constantly compete with one another and epitomize sibling rivalry. Sibling rivalry, as a concrete theory, states that siblings naturally compete with one another for the dominance of resources; in the case of Bianca and Katherine, the resource they compete for is their father’s love and attention. In these lines, we become privy to the competition between the two. Bianca refers to a “him” in the first line and implies Kate is jealous of all the suitors Bianca has. She resents Katherine for not marrying and for forcing her to remain unwed because of it. However another analysis of the “him” refers to Sig Baptista. Because Baptista so obviously favors Bianca over Katherine, Katherine has developed an inferiority complex which feeds the reactions and decisions she makes throughout the play, Katherine’s reactions, as seen in these lines, where she has physically tied her sister’s hands together, are physically abusive and callous. Further on in this excerpt, the sisters mention jesting. A jest is something said for amusement, usually in a biting manner; the sisters jest with each other to inflict emotional pain and abuse on one another. By choosing the word, “jest” when Bianca is speaking, Shakespeare is understating the level of dislike they have for each other and the severity of the situation. However, in the last line, when Katherine speaks, she inverts the meaning and questions her relationship with Bianca. By asking if all was a joke to Bianca she is verbally questioning their relationship and all the pain they have caused each other. Was it all for nothing, all their fighting, what good came from it? Was all the pain Bianca inflicted on Katherine just a joke and a game for her?