No Fear Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
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Act 4, Scene 1, Page 9
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Come, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber.
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Come, I’ll show you your bridal chamber.
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Enter Servants severally |
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NATHANIEL
Peter, didst ever see the like?
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NATHANIEL
Peter, did you ever see anything like it?
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PETER
He kills her in her own humor.
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PETER
He’s giving her a taste of her own medicine.
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Enter CURTIS
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CURTIS enters. |
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GRUMIO
Where is he?
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GRUMIO
Where is he?
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CURTIS
In her chamber,
Making a sermon of continency to her,
And rails and swears and rates, that she, poor soul,
Knows not which way to stand, to look, to speak,
And sits as one new-risen from a dream.
Away, away, for he is coming hither!
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CURTIS
In her room, lecturing her on the virtues of self-control. He
rants and rails and swears and she, poor thing, doesn’t
know how to stand or look or speak. She sits like a person
who’s just woken up from a dream. Look out, he’s
coming!
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Exeunt |
They exit. |
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Enter PETRUCHIO
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PETRUCHIO
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PETRUCHIO
Thus have I politicly begun my reign,
And ’tis my hope to end successfully.
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty,
And, till she stoop, she must not be full-gorged,
For then she never looks upon her lure.
Another way I have to man my haggard,
To make her come and know her keeper’s call.
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PETRUCHIO
Well, I’ve begun my reign with a carefully thought-out
plan, and I have every hope of succeeding. My falcon is now hungry
and unfed and must not be given enough to eat until she comes to me,
for if her hunger is satisfied, she’ll pay no attention to
the bait. I have another plan to make my bird come to me and
recognize her owner’s call is to keep her from
sleeping—
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