No Fear Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
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Act 5, Scene 2, Page 7
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PETRUCHIO
The fouler fortune mine, and there an end.
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PETRUCHIO
The worse for me, no doubt about it.
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Enter KATHERINE
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KATHERINE
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BAPTISTA
Now, by my holidam, here comes Katherina!
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BAPTISTA
By all that’s holy, here comes Katherina!
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KATHERINE
What is your will, sir, that you send for me?
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KATHERINE
You sent for me, sir? Is there something you’d like me to
do for you?
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PETRUCHIO
Where is your sister, and Hortensio’s wife?
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PETRUCHIO
Where are your sister and Hortensio’s wife?
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KATHERINE
They sit conferring by the parlor fire.
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KATHERINE
They sit chatting by the parlor fire.
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PETRUCHIO
Go fetch them hither. If they deny to come,
Swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbands.
Away, I say, and bring them hither straight.
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PETRUCHIO
Go bring them here. If they refuse to come, get
physical—use a whip if you have to, but get them out
here to their husbands. Go on, I said. Bring them here straight
away.
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Exit KATHERINE
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KATHERINE exits. | |
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LUCENTIO
Here is a wonder, if you talk of a wonder.
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LUCENTIO
This is a miracle, if you talk of miracles.
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HORTENSIO
And so it is. I wonder what it bodes.
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HORTENSIO
It is. I wonder what it means.
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PETRUCHIO
Marry, peace it bodes, and love, and quiet life,
And awful rule, and right supremacy,
And, to be short, what not that’s sweet and happy?
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PETRUCHIO
I’ll tell you what it means. It means peace and love and
a quiet life, supremacy based on reverence and profound respect,
and—not to go on and on about it—everything
that’s sweet and happy.
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BAPTISTA
Now, fair befall thee, good Petruchio!
The wager thou hast won, and I will add
Unto their losses twenty thousand crowns,
Another dowry to another daughter,
For she is changed as she had never been.
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BAPTISTA
May good fortune come to you, good Petruchio! You’ve won
the wager, and I will add twenty thousand crowns to what they owe
you. Another dowry for another wife, for, truly, she is so
transformed she’s like a completely new woman.
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