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... lovers . All is well again . Lysander and Hermia are united in love , and so are Demetrius and Helena . Back in Athens , Theseus and Hippolyta celebrate their marriage , and the two pairs of lovers are married at the same time as their ...
... lovers . All is well again . Lysander and Hermia are united in love , and so are Demetrius and Helena . Back in Athens , Theseus and Hippolyta celebrate their marriage , and the two pairs of lovers are married at the same time as their ...
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... lovers and the children of their marriages . Puck is the liveliest spirit of them all . He can move with almost lightning speed , " swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow " , travelling round the earth in forty minutes . Some of the ...
... lovers and the children of their marriages . Puck is the liveliest spirit of them all . He can move with almost lightning speed , " swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow " , travelling round the earth in forty minutes . Some of the ...
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William Shakespeare J. W. Lever. Theseus in V.i.8 describes " The lunatic , the lover and the poet " as composed entirely of imagination . Yet when the lovers awaken next morning , they are changed . It is as if they had lived through ...
William Shakespeare J. W. Lever. Theseus in V.i.8 describes " The lunatic , the lover and the poet " as composed entirely of imagination . Yet when the lovers awaken next morning , they are changed . It is as if they had lived through ...
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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