“Roundly replied”
Double Meaning
Act 5,
Scene 2
Lines 18-21a
Petruchio
Widow
Petruchio
Katherina
Widow
Petruchio
Hortensio
Petruchio
Katherina
Widow
Katherina
Widow
Katherina
Petruchio
Hortensio
Petruchio
Hortensio
Petruchio
[He drinks to Hortensio]
Baptista
Gremio
Bianca
Vincentio
Bianca
Petruchio
Bianca
[Exit Bianca, Katherina, and Widow]
Petruchio
Tranio
Petruchio
Tranio
Baptista
Lucentio
Hortensio
Petruchio
Baptista
Petruchio
Hortensio
Lucentio
Petruchio
Lucentio
Hortensio
Petruchio
Hortensio
Lucentio
Biondello
[Exit]
Baptista
Lucentio
[Re-enter Biondello]
Biondello
Petruchio
Gremio
Petruchio
Hortensio
[Exit Biondello]
Petruchio
Hortensio
[Re-enter Biondello]
Biondello
Petruchio
[Exit Grumio]
Hortensio
Petruchio
Hortensio
Petruchio
[Enter Katherina]
Baptista
Katherina
Petruchio
Katherina
Petruchio
[Exit Katherina]
Lucentio
Hortensio
Petruchio
Baptista
Petruchio
[Enter Katherina, Bianca, and Widow]
[She complies]
Widow
Bianca
Lucentio
Bianca
Petruchio
Widow
Petruchio
Widow
Petruchio
Katherina
Petruchio
Lucentio
Vincentio
Lucentio
Petruchio
[To others]
[To Lucentio]
[Exit Petruchio and Katherina]
Hortensio
Lucentio
[Exit]
Petruchio plays on “round” in the widow’s proverb with a double meaning:
- Well said!
- But a roundabout way of putting it.