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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... Duke , This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child : 16 Thou , thou Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes , 17 And interchanged love - tokens18 with my child : Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung , With feigning voice , verses ...
... Duke , This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child : 16 Thou , thou Lysander , thou hast given her rhymes , 17 And interchanged love - tokens18 with my child : Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung , With feigning voice , verses ...
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... Duke Theseus and Hippolyta . Lysander is in the wood because he has fled there from Athens with Hermia , hoping to marry her in secret . But Puck , believing he is carrying out Oberon's wishes , puts the love - juice on Lysander's eyes ...
... Duke Theseus and Hippolyta . Lysander is in the wood because he has fled there from Athens with Hermia , hoping to marry her in secret . But Puck , believing he is carrying out Oberon's wishes , puts the love - juice on Lysander's eyes ...
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... Duke approves Demetrius's marriage to Helena . It seems altogether in his character that at Quince's play he has plenty to say , mostly in the form of irony and wordplay at the expense of the actors . Hermia . What do you make of her ...
... Duke approves Demetrius's marriage to Helena . It seems altogether in his character that at Quince's play he has plenty to say , mostly in the form of irony and wordplay at the expense of the actors . Hermia . What do you make of her ...
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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