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 45
... true love that Lysander swears to Helena destroys the other true love that he swore to Hermia . The fight ( ' fray ' ) between the two truths is both ' devilish ' ( because truth is being destroyed ) and ' holy ' ( because truth is the ...
... true love that Lysander swears to Helena destroys the other true love that he swore to Hermia . The fight ( ' fray ' ) between the two truths is both ' devilish ' ( because truth is being destroyed ) and ' holy ' ( because truth is the ...
Page 70
... true : properly . government : control . 126 Gentles : the normal address , equivalent to the modern ' Ladies and Gentlemen ' . perchance : perhaps . 134 See note to 3,1.58 . 115 We do not come as minding to content you , Our true ...
... true : properly . government : control . 126 Gentles : the normal address , equivalent to the modern ' Ladies and Gentlemen ' . perchance : perhaps . 134 See note to 3,1.58 . 115 We do not come as minding to content you , Our true ...
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... true ? A5 Do you believe in fairies ? Compare the supernatural beings of A Midsummer Night's Dream with those of modern ( children's ) fiction , or with the creatures of science - fiction . B Character Study Shakespeare is famous for ...
... true ? A5 Do you believe in fairies ? Compare the supernatural beings of A Midsummer Night's Dream with those of modern ( children's ) fiction , or with the creatures of science - fiction . B Character Study Shakespeare is famous for ...
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