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“unknit that ... unkind brow … dart not scornful glances … to wound thy lord”
Double Meaning
Act 5,
Scene 2
Lines 136-138

An explanation of the wordplay in Katherina’s final speech in Act 5, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Petruchio

I say she shall, and first begin with her.

Katherina

Fie, fie, unknit that threatening unkind brow,
And dart not scornful glances from those eyes

“unkind”

  1. Unfriendly.
  2. Unnatural, not like your “kind”.

“dart”

  1. Look quickly.
  2. Throw a dart.