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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... Night's Dream was first performed : all these descriptions were meant to help us to imagine the woods at night through the poetry instead of the scenery . About the middle of III.ii. , we notice that the characters have stopped speaking ...
... Night's Dream was first performed : all these descriptions were meant to help us to imagine the woods at night through the poetry instead of the scenery . About the middle of III.ii. , we notice that the characters have stopped speaking ...
Page xx
... night with its dreams and magic is over . But in the last act of the play it is night again , the night of happy marriages . An artificial moon is provided by Starvel- ing with his lamp during the performance of " Pyramus and Thisbe ...
... night with its dreams and magic is over . But in the last act of the play it is night again , the night of happy marriages . An artificial moon is provided by Starvel- ing with his lamp during the performance of " Pyramus and Thisbe ...
Page 178
... night – “ deceived the heavily - moving night " , i.e. kept back the advance of night . 181 solemnity - " rejoicing " ( See IV.i.84 , 130 , notes 45 and 80 ) . 182 behowls " howls at " ( some edi- tions print beholds = " looks at ...
... night – “ deceived the heavily - moving night " , i.e. kept back the advance of night . 181 solemnity - " rejoicing " ( See IV.i.84 , 130 , notes 45 and 80 ) . 182 behowls " howls at " ( some edi- tions print beholds = " looks at ...
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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