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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... fair again unsay - " take back the word ' fair ' which you have said about me " . 118 your fair ( beauty ) " . your fairness 119 Your eyes are lode - stars- " Your eyes are the ones that Demetrius follows " . Lodestars : the stars that ...
... fair again unsay - " take back the word ' fair ' which you have said about me " . 118 your fair ( beauty ) " . your fairness 119 Your eyes are lode - stars- " Your eyes are the ones that Demetrius follows " . Lodestars : the stars that ...
Page 15
... fair Helena , whither away ? 116 HELENA Call you me fair ? That fair again unsay . " 117 Demetrius loves your fair . 118 O happy fair ! 175 180 Your eyes are lode - stars , 119 and your tongue's sweet air120 More tuneable 121 than lark ...
... fair Helena , whither away ? 116 HELENA Call you me fair ? That fair again unsay . " 117 Demetrius loves your fair . 118 O happy fair ! 175 180 Your eyes are lode - stars , 119 and your tongue's sweet air120 More tuneable 121 than lark ...
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... fair Vestal ... west - " a fair vir- gin ruling in the west " ( i.e. Queen Elizabeth : see Introduction , p . xiv ) . 103 love - shaft - " arrow of love " . 104 As it should pierce enough to pierce " . 10s might " could " . 106 Quenched ...
... fair Vestal ... west - " a fair vir- gin ruling in the west " ( i.e. Queen Elizabeth : see Introduction , p . xiv ) . 103 love - shaft - " arrow of love " . 104 As it should pierce enough to pierce " . 10s might " could " . 106 Quenched ...
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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