A Midsummer Night's DreamAn exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. |
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Page 23
... song . rude : rough ( badly behaved ) . civil : calm ( well behaved ) . spheres : orbits . very : same . cold : without heat ; also ' chaste ' , because Diana , the goddess of the moon , was also goddess of chastity . See p . xxii ...
... song . rude : rough ( badly behaved ) . civil : calm ( well behaved ) . spheres : orbits . very : same . cold : without heat ; also ' chaste ' , because Diana , the goddess of the moon , was also goddess of chastity . See p . xxii ...
Page 34
... song , later in this scene , lines 112ff ) . defect : Bottom means ' effect ' . it were ... life : my life would be in danger ( he would have to ask for pity ) . Starveling I believe we must leave the killing out , when all is done ...
... song , later in this scene , lines 112ff ) . defect : Bottom means ' effect ' . it were ... life : my life would be in danger ( he would have to ask for pity ) . Starveling I believe we must leave the killing out , when all is done ...
Page 87
... , sitting on one cushion , Both warbling of one song , both in one key , As if our hands , our sides , voices , and minds , IO Had been incorporate . So we grew together , Like Classwork and Examinations 87 Comprehension Questions.
... , sitting on one cushion , Both warbling of one song , both in one key , As if our hands , our sides , voices , and minds , IO Had been incorporate . So we grew together , Like Classwork and Examinations 87 Comprehension Questions.
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