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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... doth behold Her silver visage in the watery glass , 131 Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass , A time that lovers ' flights doth still conceal , Through Athens ' gates have we devised 133 to steal . HERMIA And in the wood , where ...
... doth behold Her silver visage in the watery glass , 131 Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass , A time that lovers ' flights doth still conceal , Through Athens ' gates have we devised 133 to steal . HERMIA And in the wood , where ...
Page 97
... doth impair the seeing sense , It pays the hearing double recompense.107 Thou art not by mine eye , Lysander , found ; Mine ear , I thank it , brought me to thy sound.108 But why unkindly didst thou leave me so ? LYSANDER Why should he ...
... doth impair the seeing sense , It pays the hearing double recompense.107 Thou art not by mine eye , Lysander , found ; Mine ear , I thank it , brought me to thy sound.108 But why unkindly didst thou leave me so ? LYSANDER Why should he ...
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... doth go . THESEUS Now is the Moon used118 between the two neighbours . DEMETRIUS [ Exit 200 No remedy , 119 my lord , when walls are so wilful , to hear without warning . HIPPOLYTA This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard . THESEUS ...
... doth go . THESEUS Now is the Moon used118 between the two neighbours . DEMETRIUS [ Exit 200 No remedy , 119 my lord , when walls are so wilful , to hear without warning . HIPPOLYTA This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard . THESEUS ...
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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