Petruchio was acting that way to teach Katherine a lesson. He is taming the shrew. She is being scared into humble submission by his actions. He is "breaking" her, in a sense. When a horse is bad, they are broken by a professional in order to be controlled. They are usually broken by frightening or hurting them. That is precisely what Petruchio is doing in order to tame Katherine.
Petruchio's change in personality is an act. He is only pretending to be so openly heartless in order to frighten Katherine. She will learn to obey him if he is intimidating. If he was acting calm around her, she would try to take advantage of him; she would not be tamed. He needs to teach her she cannot be a shrew and complain and whine about everything.
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