How do I feel today? I feel as unfit as an unfiddle, And it is the result of a certain turbulence in the mind and an uncertain burbulence in the middle. What was it, anyway, that angry thing that flew at me? I am unused to banshees crying Boo at me. Your wife can’t be a banshee– Or can she? Ogden Nash
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Shakespeare uses the word “fiddle� in this quote to represent his multiple meanings. This word can be used to refer to the Irish, Italian, and French fiddles—the three main types of stringed instruments. It can also be used to refer to the modern family (a term that Shakespeare would have known well). Finally, it can also be used to refer to a woman (though he may not have intended this last meaning). The last use is most likely what Shakespeare meant here, since Shakespeare was quite familiar with women’s roles in the household.

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