"Fie, fie, unknit that threat’ning unkind / brow,
And dart not scornful glances, . . . /
To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor. . . . /
My mind hath been as big as one of yours, . . . /
To bandy word for word and frown for frown; . . . /
But now I see our lances are but straws."
The above scripts are from by William Shakespeare.
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The above scripts are from "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare.

This is an excerpt from Act V scene ii of the play.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's comedy play "The Taming of the Shrew" is a play on the gender roles of how a 'shrewd' woman is finally 'tamed' by her husband and thus epitomizes the very essence of what a woman should be. Katherine, the shrew in the play, becomes the 'perfect' image of how wives should be.

The given excerpt is from the last act, Act V scene ii of the play when she gives a 'lesson' to the other two women about obedience to their husbands. The three married men had placed a wager on who has the most obedient wife when only Katherine's husband Petruchio succeeds. The other two men Lucentio and Hortensio failed to succeed with heir wives Bianca and the rich widow. The excerpt is Kate's speech about women's subservience to their husbands and their duty that they owe to their respective husbands.

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