By William Shakespeare
From the hilarious mischief of the elf Puck to the tough humor of the self-centered backside and his fellow avid gamers, from the palace of Theseus in Athens to the magic wooden the place fairies play, Shakespeare’s exceptional A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play of appeal and an insightful portrait of the predicaments of affection.
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But I beseech your Grace that I may know The worst that may befall74 me in this case, If I refuse to wed Demetrius. 75 Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires, 60 honorable, reputable* 61 character, function* 62 lacking* 63 approval, agreement 64 man (Demetrius) 65 accepted, considered* 66 wish* 67 only 68 make allowance for, excuse 69 capacity, strength, authority, permission 70 daring, presumptuous, immodest* 71 effect, implicate 72 obligatory womanly behavior/reserve* 73 a presence ϭ company 74 happen/occur to* 75 (not the society of males but – she being forced to become a nun – the society of all other human beings) 7 55 60 65 act 1 scene 1 • Know of 76 your youth, examine well your blood,77 Whether, if you yield not to your father’s choice, You can endure the livery78 of a nun, 70 For aye79 to be in shady cloister80 mewed,81 To live a barren sister82 all your life, Chanting faint83 hymns to the cold fruitless84 moon.
Bottom Let me play the lion, too. I will roar, that47 I will do any man’s heart good to hear me. ” Quince An you should do it too terribly, you would fright the Duchess and the ladies, that they would shriek. 49 70 Bottom I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits,50 they would have no more discretion51 but to hang us. But I will aggravate52 my voice so that I will roar you53 as gently as any sucking54 dove. I will roar you an ’twere55 any nightingale. 75 Quince You can play no part but Pyramus.
215 220 exit Hermia Helena, adieu. As you on him, Demetrius dote238 on you. exit Lysander 226 covering, clothing (verb)* 227 having many blades 228 devised to steal ϭ planned/determined* to go secretly 229 pale (the primrose bears pale blossoms) 230 (1) sleeping/resting place, (2) plant/flower beds 231 accustomed, in the habit* 232 exchange of opinions/plans/intentions/secrets* 233 (First Quarto: swelled) 234 stranger companies ϭ the society/companionship of strangers (stranger, here, is closer to an adjective than to a noun; First Quarto: strange companions) 235 companion 236 (in line 000, Lysander similarly tells her to keep her promise) 237 morrow deep midnight ϭ tomorrow at solemn/important midnight (deep can also mean very late after) 238 may Demetrius be wildly/foolishly in love with 17 225 act 1 • scene 1 Helena How happy some o’er239 other some240 can be!