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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... hath power to say , Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up ; 96 So quick bright things come to confusion . 97 150 HERMIA If then true lovers have been ever crossed , It stands as an edict in destiny.98 Then let us teach our trial ...
... hath power to say , Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up ; 96 So quick bright things come to confusion . 97 150 HERMIA If then true lovers have been ever crossed , It stands as an edict in destiny.98 Then let us teach our trial ...
Page 107
... hath made compare Between our statures ; she hath urged her height , And with her personage , her tall personage , Her height , forsooth , she hath prevailed166 with him . And are you grown so high in his esteem167 Because I am so ...
... hath made compare Between our statures ; she hath urged her height , And with her personage , her tall personage , Her height , forsooth , she hath prevailed166 with him . And are you grown so high in his esteem167 Because I am so ...
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... hath not heard , 115 the ear of man hath not 205 seen , man's hand is not able to taste , his tongue to conceive , nor his heart to report , what my dream was . I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream ; it shall be ...
... hath not heard , 115 the ear of man hath not 205 seen , man's hand is not able to taste , his tongue to conceive , nor his heart to report , what my dream was . I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream ; it shall be ...
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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