A Midsummer Night's DreamMix-ups and mishaps occur when Oberon, the King of the Fairies, doses his sleeping wife with a magical potion that causes her to fall in love with the first living thing she sees upon awakening. |
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Page 13
... 333 Sh.'s Werks , ii . 263 , ed . 1864 . The epithet " ridiculous " seems to me too strong , but I cannot let the possible allusion break thro ' the other links of the play . " " 66 days.1 Here Theseus and Hippolyta say that 13 ...
... 333 Sh.'s Werks , ii . 263 , ed . 1864 . The epithet " ridiculous " seems to me too strong , but I cannot let the possible allusion break thro ' the other links of the play . " " 66 days.1 Here Theseus and Hippolyta say that 13 ...
Page 15
... seems to have had an eye to Golding's trans- lation of Ovid's Metamorphoses , 1565 , 1567 , & c . ( see Book iv . , p . 43 ( V ) , ed . 1603 ) . In 1598 Francis Meres mentiond A Midsummer - Night's Dream among Shak- spere's works , and ...
... seems to have had an eye to Golding's trans- lation of Ovid's Metamorphoses , 1565 , 1567 , & c . ( see Book iv . , p . 43 ( V ) , ed . 1603 ) . In 1598 Francis Meres mentiond A Midsummer - Night's Dream among Shak- spere's works , and ...
Page 53
... seem to say , we will do no harm with our swords , and that Pyramus is not killed indeed ; and , for the more better assurance , tell them that I , Pyramus , am not Pyramus , but Bottom the weaver . This will put them out of fear . Quin ...
... seem to say , we will do no harm with our swords , and that Pyramus is not killed indeed ; and , for the more better assurance , tell them that I , Pyramus , am not Pyramus , but Bottom the weaver . This will put them out of fear . Quin ...
Page 67
... all truth appears . How can these things in me seem scorn to you , Bearing the badge of faith to prove them true ? 26 - E 67 Hel . You do advance your cunning more and more ACT THREE A Midsummer - Night's Dream SC TWO.
... all truth appears . How can these things in me seem scorn to you , Bearing the badge of faith to prove them true ? 26 - E 67 Hel . You do advance your cunning more and more ACT THREE A Midsummer - Night's Dream SC TWO.
Page 72
... seems that you scorn me . Hel . Have you not set Lysander , as in scorn , To follow me , and praise my eyes and face ? And made your other love , Demetrius , - Who even but now did spurn me with his foot , — To call me goddess , nymph ...
... seems that you scorn me . Hel . Have you not set Lysander , as in scorn , To follow me , and praise my eyes and face ? And made your other love , Demetrius , - Who even but now did spurn me with his foot , — To call me goddess , nymph ...
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