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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Page 193
... kind of insect that flies by night , espe- cially around lamps and open flames . mould ( v . ) , to shape . mourn , grieve for a death . mulberry , whitish fruit of a tree , on the leaves of which silk - worms feed . munch , eat as a ...
... kind of insect that flies by night , espe- cially around lamps and open flames . mould ( v . ) , to shape . mourn , grieve for a death . mulberry , whitish fruit of a tree , on the leaves of which silk - worms feed . munch , eat as a ...
Page 196
... kind of dog , known as very affectionate and obedient . sparrow , a small brown bird . spider , eight - legged creature that spins or weaves a web to catch insects . sprite , spirit . spurn , kick out of one's way . squash , kind of ...
... kind of dog , known as very affectionate and obedient . sparrow , a small brown bird . spider , eight - legged creature that spins or weaves a web to catch insects . sprite , spirit . spurn , kick out of one's way . squash , kind of ...
Page 209
... kind of dominance , we wonder , what Pepys was looking for in A Midsummer Night's Dream and failed to find ? Was he led to call the play tasteless and ridiculous because he expected it to have a dominant character or at least some ...
... kind of dominance , we wonder , what Pepys was looking for in A Midsummer Night's Dream and failed to find ? Was he led to call the play tasteless and ridiculous because he expected it to have a dominant character or at least some ...
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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