You may be used to seeing Shakespeare plays like Romeo and Juliet, his ever popular one of the romance between 214 year olds. This one totally different. Matter in this marriage is seen as a commodity. Economic considerations determine who marries who. This is normally negotiated between the future husband and the father of the future wife. The character Lucentio is only given permission to marry Bianca after convincing Baptiza that he's rich. If he wasn't, it would be a totally different story