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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... pray thou for us ; And good luck grant thee thy Demetrius . Keep word , 137 Lysander ; we must starve our sight From lovers ' food , 138 till morrow deep midnight.139 LYSANDER I will , my Hermia . [ Exit HERMIA ] Helena , adieu . you on ...
... pray thou for us ; And good luck grant thee thy Demetrius . Keep word , 137 Lysander ; we must starve our sight From lovers ' food , 138 till morrow deep midnight.139 LYSANDER I will , my Hermia . [ Exit HERMIA ] Helena , adieu . you on ...
Page 56
... prayer ... grace - " The more I pray ( for Demetrius's love ) the less favour ( grace ) does my prayer receive " . so came- " became " . SI washed , i.e. with tears . 52 ugly ance " . " frightening in appear- 53 Do as a monster - " Run ...
... prayer ... grace - " The more I pray ( for Demetrius's love ) the less favour ( grace ) does my prayer receive " . so came- " became " . SI washed , i.e. with tears . 52 ugly ance " . " frightening in appear- 53 Do as a monster - " Run ...
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... pray you ; for your play needs no excuse . Never excuse ; for when the players are all dead there need none to be blamed . Marry , 173 if he that writ it had played Pyramus , and hanged himself in Thisby's garter , it would have been a ...
... pray you ; for your play needs no excuse . Never excuse ; for when the players are all dead there need none to be blamed . Marry , 173 if he that writ it had played Pyramus , and hanged himself in Thisby's garter , it would have been a ...
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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