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... ladies and gentlemen in Elizabethan England . Bottom , Quince , Snug and the rest , though described as Athenians , are very like the simpler types of country people whom Shakespeare knew as a boy . The fairies and Puck are , of course ...
... ladies and gentlemen in Elizabethan England . Bottom , Quince , Snug and the rest , though described as Athenians , are very like the simpler types of country people whom Shakespeare knew as a boy . The fairies and Puck are , of course ...
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... ladies , that they would shriek ; and that were enough to hang us all . ALL That would hang us , every mother's son.33 BOTTOM I grant you , 34 friends , if you should fright the ladies out of their wits , they would have no more ...
... ladies , that they would shriek ; and that were enough to hang us all . ALL That would hang us , every mother's son.33 BOTTOM I grant you , 34 friends , if you should fright the ladies out of their wits , they would have no more ...
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... Ladies " , or " Fair ladies " , " I would wish you " or " I would request you " , or " I would entreat you , not to fear , not to tremble : my life for yours . If you think I come hither as a lion , it were pity of my life.20 No , I am ...
... Ladies " , or " Fair ladies " , " I would wish you " or " I would request you " , or " I would entreat you , not to fear , not to tremble : my life for yours . If you think I come hither as a lion , it were pity of my life.20 No , I am ...
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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