There's a good chance you only know the story of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" from the iconic '90s classic "10 Things I Hate About You," which brilliantly adapted it to a high school setting. Shakespeare's play tells the story of two sisters, Katherina (who goes by Kate) and Bianca. Kate is considered too obstinate and willful to be a good wife, but none of Bianca's suitors can marry her unless her elder sister marries first. Petruchio torments Kate until she's "tamed" into wifely material.
Obviously, Anthony does no such thing to Kate Sharma because it would be horribly misogynistic. But like Shakespeare's Kate, she is a willful woman who always speaks her mind, and she places herself as an obstacle to anyone looking for her sister's hand in marriage. "Bridgerton" playfully interprets this dynamic into something fun to watch.