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 124
... enter with Egeus : they are up early , to celebrate May Day . The lovers awaken , Lysander in love with Hermia , Demetrius with Helena . Theseus decides that they shall all be married on his own wedding day . Bottom wakes up , amazed at ...
... enter with Egeus : they are up early , to celebrate May Day . The lovers awaken , Lysander in love with Hermia , Demetrius with Helena . Theseus decides that they shall all be married on his own wedding day . Bottom wakes up , amazed at ...
Page 146
... enter and Theseus chooses " Pyramus and Thisby " as the play to be performed at the wedding . The tragedy of " Pyramus and Thisby " , which Hippolyta calls " the silliest stuff that ever I heard " , is acted to everybody's amusement ...
... enter and Theseus chooses " Pyramus and Thisby " as the play to be performed at the wedding . The tragedy of " Pyramus and Thisby " , which Hippolyta calls " the silliest stuff that ever I heard " , is acted to everybody's amusement ...
Page 161
... Enter BOTTOM as PYRAMUS 165 BOTTOM ( as PYRAMUS ) O grim - looked 98 night , O night with hue so black ! O night ... enter now , and I am to spy106 her through the wall . 180 You shall see it will fall pat107 as I told you : yonder she ...
... Enter BOTTOM as PYRAMUS 165 BOTTOM ( as PYRAMUS ) O grim - looked 98 night , O night with hue so black ! O night ... enter now , and I am to spy106 her through the wall . 180 You shall see it will fall pat107 as I told you : yonder she ...
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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