...honest will, What is she, but a foul contending rebel. And graceless traitor to her taring lord / I am asham'd, that women are so simple To offer war,...supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, lore, and obey. Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth, Unapt to toil and trouble in the world...

...slighdy altered version of lines 161—64 in Shakespeare, there spoken by Kate: "How shameful 'tis when women are so simple /To offer war where they should...for peace; / Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, /Where bound to love, to honour, and obey" (22). Garrick's decision to give Petruchio the last word...

...rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord? I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war when they should kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, Where they are bound to serve, love, and obey. And a great deal more of the same. Katharine's speech,...

...will, What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord? 1 am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should...sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. (The Taming of the Shrew, Y2.144-45, 151-63) Disobedience can stand on its own as a vice, but it can...

...final scene of Taming to begin. How will Kate do the long submission speech that starts: I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should...sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey. Will she "accidentally" send Petruchio sprawling at the end, as was done in a recent star-studded production...

...great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband; . . . I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace, . . . (v. ii. 146-7, 152-6, 161-2) If the peace treaty negotiated by Katherine and Petruchio leads...

...Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband; . . . I am ashamed that women are so simple, To offer war where they...kneel for peace, Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, Where they are bound to serve, love and obey. We see that she, once a spirited, independent and defiant...

...What is she but a foul contending rebel And graceless traitor to her loving lord? 1 60 I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should...they are bound to serve, love, and obey. Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth, Unapt to toil and trouble in the world, But that our soft conditions...

...and 'you' of Kate and her reluctant sisters. Kate vacates the space of subjectivity in I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should...sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey. . . . Come, come, you froward and unable worms. My mind hath been as big as one of yours, My heart...

...hand with his newly tamed wife, to give a lesson to the wives in the audience: How shameful 'tis when women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace; Or seek for rule, supreme, and sway, Where bound to love, to honor and obey. [III.283-86] Neatly exemplifying the power...