▁that ▁the ▁episode ▁would ▁interpret ▁Pet ru chio ▁as ▁an ▁early ▁Pur itan ▁more ▁concerned ▁with ▁attempting ▁to ▁show ▁Kate ▁how ▁pre post er ous ▁her ▁behaviour ▁is ▁( show ing ▁her ▁" an ▁image ▁of ▁herself " ▁as ▁Miller ▁put ▁it ), ▁rather ▁than ▁bul lying ▁her ▁into ▁submission , ▁and ▁so ▁the ▁part ▁was ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁acted ▁along ▁the ▁lines ▁of ▁the ▁sw agger ing ▁bul ly ▁a ▁la ▁Richard ▁Bur ton ▁in ▁Franco ▁Ze ff ire l li ' s ▁adaptation . ▁According ▁to ▁Cle ese , ▁who ▁consult ed ▁a ▁psych iat rist ▁who ▁special ised ▁in ▁tre ating ▁" sh rew s ", ▁ ▁Miller ▁also ▁research ed ▁how ▁troubles ome ▁children ▁were ▁treated ▁at ▁the ▁T av ist ock ▁C lin ic , ▁where ▁im itation ▁is ▁often ▁used ▁during ▁ther apy ; ▁" there ▁are ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁sk il ful ▁ther ap ist ▁will ▁g ently ▁mock ▁a ▁child ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁tant rum ▁by ▁giving ▁an ▁am using ▁im itation ▁of ▁the ▁tant rum ▁immediately ▁after ▁it ' s ▁happened . ▁The ▁child ▁then ▁has ▁a ▁mirror ▁held ▁up ▁to ▁it ▁and ▁is ▁capable ▁of ▁seeing ▁what ▁it ▁looks ▁like ▁to ▁others ." ▁In ▁his ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁adaptation ▁for ▁the ▁Fin an cial ▁Times , ▁Chris ▁D unk ley ▁referred ▁to ▁this ▁issue , ▁calling ▁Cle ese ' s ▁Pet ru chio ▁" an ▁ecc entr ically ▁p rag m atic ▁social ▁worker ▁using ▁the ▁way ward ▁client ' s ▁own