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... become " another part of the wood " for III.ii. At the beginning of Act IV , while the lovers are asleep , Titania and Bottom will come in and sit down together on the same " bank " of the inner stage , where they , too , fall asleep ...
... become " another part of the wood " for III.ii. At the beginning of Act IV , while the lovers are asleep , Titania and Bottom will come in and sit down together on the same " bank " of the inner stage , where they , too , fall asleep ...
Page 194
... become . provender , food ( hay , etc. ) for horses and donkeys . proverb , a wise saying which is generally known and repeated . pumps , light shoes ( for dancing , etc. ) . purge ( v . ) , make pure , force out impurity . Q quake ...
... become . provender , food ( hay , etc. ) for horses and donkeys . proverb , a wise saying which is generally known and repeated . pumps , light shoes ( for dancing , etc. ) . purge ( v . ) , make pure , force out impurity . Q quake ...
Page 200
... become violent enough for the seasons to become mixed up . Judging from what the earth is producing , people have ceased to be able to say which season is which , all because there is no peace in the kingdom of the fairies . ( iv ) ...
... become violent enough for the seasons to become mixed up . Judging from what the earth is producing , people have ceased to be able to say which season is which , all because there is no peace in the kingdom of the fairies . ( iv ) ...
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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