Hyde Park and the Blazon as Vitriol

At one point, Carol directs at Fairfield a blazon of her suitor's head, elaborating on the rough appearance of his nose, eyes, and lips. Full of unrequited love, her responses to his advances act out a Pretrarchan conceit, though they may be especially contemptuous and vitriolic. What is Shirley doing with the archetypes of romantic comedy, sadomasochism being often deployed in the genre (see Taming of the Shrew), and to gender relations?