QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Taming of the Shrew
ACT/SCENE: 4.5
SPEAKER: Petruchio
CONTEXT:
KATHERINE
Then God be blessed, it is the blessèd sun.
But sun it is not, when you say it is not,
And the moon changes even as your mind.
What you will have it named, even that it is,
And so it shall be so for Katherine.
HORTENSIO
Petruchio, go thy ways; the field is won.
PETRUCHIO
Well, forward, forward! Thus the bowl should run,
And not unluckily against the bias.
But, soft! Company is coming here.

DUTCH:
Vooruit dan, voort; zoo rolt de bal wel goed
En poedelt niet meer zijwaarts aan ‘t beschot. –
Maar kijk, wie komt ons daar gezelschap houden?


MORE:
Proverb: As changeful (inconstant) as the moon

List=Please
Crossed=Challenged
Rush candle=Cheap candle made of a rush dipped in tallow
Compleat:
To list=Genegen zijn, lust hebben
To cross=Tegenstreeven, dwars voor de boeg komen, dwarsboomen, wederestreeven, kruisen

Topics: proverbs and idioms, free will, independence, language

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