Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Now, by my holidame, here
comes Katherine!
Baptista
The Taming of the Shrew Act V, Scene ii, Line 100
The
end of the play is ninety lines further on. If you recall, it ends with
Petruchio proving that his wife is more obedient to him than Lucentio’s or
Hortensio’s are to them. He proves that he has titularly tamed the shrew. (What
do you think of that word, titularly?)
Katherine comes at Petruchio’s command, and then gives
a little speech to the other two women about how they should treat their
husbands like kings. Petruchio and Katherine go off to bed, and Hortensio and
Lucentio are left in wonder.
And that’s The Taming Of The Shrew.
Today’s take away? Holidame. By my holidame: a wonderful expression for us to use.
1 comment:
So "shrew" is his wife? Was it as derogatory a word then as I feel it is now? I hope my husband isn't going to work calling me a "shrew".
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