Empathy in Taming of the Shrew

The taming of the shrew directed by Frank Zeffirelli, is a film full of flawed characters who are plotting against one another in order to gain a reward. Throughout the film I did not believe any of the characters were capable of feeling altruistic-empathy. None of the characters acted out of concern for another characters feelings or condition. This includes Baptista, a man who presents himself as a man who cares for his daughters futures, but takes no account of their feeling about who they marry and only chooses their partners based on their wealth. However there are examples of characters showing empathy due to guilt and shame. At the end of the scene where Petruchio is courting Katherine and she looks injured, Petruchio only helped her because he felt guilty for causing her pain, and he wanted to be able to parade the two of them in front of Baptista while he had his arms around her. In the scene where Lucentio reveals his true identity to Baptista and his father, I believe he chose to do that in this moment because he realized the consequences of his actions. He saw that his real father was being arrested and at that moment chose to do the right thing to save him. As far as the viewer was aware, Lucentio would have let his scheme go on as long as he needed and only revealed himself when it suited him.