The Taming of the Shrew (35 page)

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’Tis … toward
it is a good thing to hear when children are compliant

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three
three men
you … sped
you two (Lucentio and Hortensio) are done for

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white
center of the target (puns on Bianca’s name, “white” in Italian)

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shrew
pronounced “shrow,” the word provides the rhyme for this final couplet