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Page xvii
... words ( see note 195 to V.i ) . Lastly , Bottom and his companions speak prose . They are ordinary , practical people , for whom every- day language is the most fitting . When , in " Pyramus and Thisbe " , they act their parts in verse ...
... words ( see note 195 to V.i ) . Lastly , Bottom and his companions speak prose . They are ordinary , practical people , for whom every- day language is the most fitting . When , in " Pyramus and Thisbe " , they act their parts in verse ...
Page 150
... words describing the play disagree with each other as much as " hot ice " and snow in that strange state of being ... word play " , which is only mentioned to show how a play can be both " brief " and ' tedious " . 43 confess - " admit ...
... words describing the play disagree with each other as much as " hot ice " and snow in that strange state of being ... word play " , which is only mentioned to show how a play can be both " brief " and ' tedious " . 43 confess - " admit ...
Page 205
... words , you can assume that the examiners will identify without trouble the scene , incident , exchange of words , etc. , which you are using as evidence in your answer . Since the emphasis in the sample question given here is on ...
... words , you can assume that the examiners will identify without trouble the scene , incident , exchange of words , etc. , which you are using as evidence in your answer . Since the emphasis in the sample question given here is on ...
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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