A Midsummer Night's DreamNotes on the story, language, construction, and background accompany the text the comedy about romantic entanglements among humans and fairies. |
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Page xi
... attendants and accepting calmly the benefits that come to him . In the part of Pyramus , he twice turns to correct the Duke about how the play should be acted , the second time getting up from the ground where he is supposed to be dead ...
... attendants and accepting calmly the benefits that come to him . In the part of Pyramus , he twice turns to correct the Duke about how the play should be acted , the second time getting up from the ground where he is supposed to be dead ...
Page xix
... attendants by their very names - Peaseblossom , Cobweb , Moth and Mustardseed - make us think of the sights of the country . In some ways the most imaginative parts of the play are the most real and true to nature . One powerful image ...
... attendants by their very names - Peaseblossom , Cobweb , Moth and Mustardseed - make us think of the sights of the country . In some ways the most imaginative parts of the play are the most real and true to nature . One powerful image ...
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... ATTENDANTS . THESEUS Now , fair Hippolyta , our nuptial hour1 Draws on apace : 2 four happy days bring in Another moon : but O , methinks how slow This old moon wanes ; she lingers3 my desires Like to a step - dame , or a dowager , Long ...
... ATTENDANTS . THESEUS Now , fair Hippolyta , our nuptial hour1 Draws on apace : 2 four happy days bring in Another moon : but O , methinks how slow This old moon wanes ; she lingers3 my desires Like to a step - dame , or a dowager , Long ...
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actors ancient Athenian Athens audience awake beautiful bird BOTTOM as PYRAMUS Bottom's characters Cupid dance Demetrius dote doth Duke Egeus Elizabethan elves Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair fairies fear flowers FLUTE as THISBE follow four lovers friends gentle give gleek goddess grow hast hate hath head hear heart Helena Hermia imagination kind ladies lion look lord lovers Lysander Lysander's magic maiden marry meaning Midsummer Night's Dream moon MOONSHINE Mustardseed never Nick Bottom night nine men's morris oath Oberon and Titania Peaseblossom person Peter Quince PHILOSTRATE play prologue Puck Pyramus and Thisbe quarrel Queen Quince's rehearse Robin Robin Goodfellow scene scorn Shakespeare shine sing sleep SNOUT SNUG song sound speak speech spirit STARVELING story sweet tears thee Theseus and Hippolyta thing Thisby Thisby's thou tongue troth true vows wakes wall wedding wild wood words young