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... audience that Oberon , though still on the stage , has made him- self invisible to Demetrius and Helena . " I 116 conference - " conversation " . 117 The one ... slayeth me - “ I will kill ( slay ) Lysander ; Hermia is killing me ...
... audience that Oberon , though still on the stage , has made him- self invisible to Demetrius and Helena . " I 116 conference - " conversation " . 117 The one ... slayeth me - “ I will kill ( slay ) Lysander ; Hermia is killing me ...
Page 48
... audience , a fitting place for the Fairy Queen to sleep . 146 luscious- " thickly grown " . 147 the snake ... enamelled skin - snakes in England throw off their old skins every spring after the winter's sleep . enamelled : brightly ...
... audience , a fitting place for the Fairy Queen to sleep . 146 luscious- " thickly grown " . 147 the snake ... enamelled skin - snakes in England throw off their old skins every spring after the winter's sleep . enamelled : brightly ...
Page 206
... audience what is supposed to be happening . But this is not the whole truth about him , because he has the knack of exploiting a situation which goes beyond just using his com- monsense ; he reaches out to a vivid use of fancy which is ...
... audience what is supposed to be happening . But this is not the whole truth about him , because he has the knack of exploiting a situation which goes beyond just using his com- monsense ; he reaches out to a vivid use of fancy which is ...
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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