“rush-candle”Cultural ContextAct 4,Scene 5Lines 12-15An explanation of the term “rush-candle” in Act 4, Scene 5 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Katherina Forward, I pray, since we have come so far, And be it moon, or sun, or what you please; And if you please to call it a rush-candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me. A rush-candle was a cheap candle made by dipping a rush, a plant reed, into animal fat.
