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“Should buzz!”
Wordplay
Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 203-205b

An explanation of the phrase “should buzz” in Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Katherina

Too light for such a swain as you to catch,
And yet as heavy as my weight should be.

Petruchio

‘Should be’? Should buzz!

Katherina

                                            Well ta'en, and like a buzzard.
  1. Katherina “should be”,  should be a bee, a bee should buzz.
  2. Katherina “should be” the buzz, the talk around Padua.
  3. The buzz is that Katherina isn’t what she “should be.”