No Fear Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 12
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PETRUCHIO
Then show it me.
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PETRUCHIO
Show me.
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KATHERINE
Had I a glass, I would.
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KATHERINE
I would, if I had a mirror.
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PETRUCHIO
What, you mean my face?
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PETRUCHIO
What, you mean my face looks like a crab-apple?
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KATHERINE
Well aimed of such a young one.
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KATHERINE
What a clever child he is!
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PETRUCHIO
Now, by Saint George, I am too young for you.
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PETRUCHIO
You know, you’re right. I probably am too young for
you.
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KATHERINE
Yet you are withered.
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KATHERINE
Maybe, but you’re wrinkled all the same.
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PETRUCHIO
'Tis with
cares.
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PETRUCHIO
Oh, that’s with worry.
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KATHERINE
I care
not.
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KATHERINE
Well, that doesn’t worry me.
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PETRUCHIO
Nay, hear you, Kate: in sooth you ’scape not so.
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PETRUCHIO
Listen, Kate! You won’t get away like that.
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KATHERINE
I chafe you, if I tarry. Let me go.
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KATHERINE
Let me go. I’ll make you angry if I stay.
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PETRUCHIO
No, not a whit. I find you passing gentle.
'Twas told me you were rough and coy and sullen,
And now I find report a very liar.
For thou are pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous,
But slow in speech, yet sweet as springtime flowers.
Thou canst not frown, thou canst not look askance,
Nor bite the lip as angry wenches will,
Nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talk.
But thou with mildness entertain’st thy wooers,
With gentle conference, soft and affable.
Why does the world report that Kate doth limp?
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PETRUCHIO
No, not a bit. I find you quite gentle. I was told that you were
violent, proud, and sullen. But now I see that people have been
lying about you, for you are funny, playful, and beautifully
behaved, not sharp-tongued, but as sweet as flowers in springtime.
You haven’t got it in you to frown or look displeased or
bite your lip as angry women do. You don’t take pleasure in
bitter conversation. No, you entertain your suitors with mild and
gentle conversation, quiet and pleasant. Why does the world report
that Kate is lame?
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