In The Taming of the Shrew, find an example of a pun in the conversation between Katharina and Hortensio in Act I Scene 1.

A pun, or a play on words, is where one word is
deliberately taken to mean something else and a comic effect is produced as a result. We
can see a pun at work in the conversation, or barrage of insults, that come into play
after Baptista has made his decree that Bianca will not marry until Katharina is
married. In this case, the pun centres around the use of the word "mates." Trace the
conversation between Katharina and Hortensio:

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KATHARINA: I pray you, sir, is it your
will

To make  astale of me amongst these
mates?

HORTENSIO: "Mates," maid? How mean you that? No
mates for you,

Unless you were of gentler, milder
mould.

Katharina uses the
word "mates" to refer to rude fellows, deliberately insulting Gremio and Hortensio, but
Hortensio deliberately twists what she is trying to say, using "mates" in the sense of
refering to "husband."