“slow-winged turtle”
Double Meaning
Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 203-207
Katherina
Petruchio
Katherina
Petruchio
Katherina
To paraphrase Petruchio, “Then shall a slow-flying turtle-dove like you be taken by a buzzard like me?” There’s also a sexual innuendo since a turtle-dove is the symbol of chastity.