{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-isbn-9780553213003","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream","description":"Magic, love spells, and an enchanted wood provide the materials for one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies. When four young lovers, fleeing the Athenian law and their own mismatched rivalries, take to the forest of Athens, their lives become entangled with a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies. Some Athenian tradesmen, rehearsing a play for the forthcoming wedding of Duke Theseus and his bride, Hippolyta, unintentionally add to the hilarity. The result is a marvelous mix-up of desire and enchantment, merriment and farce, all touched by Shakespeare’s inimitable vision of the intriguing relationship between art and life, dreams and the waking world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach Edition Includes:\u003cbr\u003e• Comprehensive explanatory notes \u003cbr\u003e• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship \u003cbr\u003e• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English\u003cbr\u003e• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories \u003cbr\u003e• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmographyPraise for \u003ci\u003eWilliam Shakespeare: Complete Works:\u003c\/i\u003e“A feast of literary and historical information.”  \u003ci\u003e-The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23.  The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse.  He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community.  William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education.  In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna.  She was born on May 26, 1583.  Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585.  By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright.  A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.”  Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord  Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men).  In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River.  Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin.  In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including \u003ci\u003eSir Thomas More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/i\u003e, and he wrote poems, including \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/i\u003e. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609.  In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as \u003cb\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHenry VII\u003c\/b\u003e until about 1613.  He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.  No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.\u003cp\u003e[Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus, Duke of Athens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilostrate, Master of the Revels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgeus, father of Hermia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia, daughter of Egeus, in love with Lysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander, in love with Hermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius, in love with Hermia and favored by Egeus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena, in love with Demetrius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOberon, King of the Fairies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitania, Queen of the Fairies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epuck, or Robin Goodfellow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeaseblossom,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecobweb,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emote,  fairies attending Titania\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMustardseed,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther fairies attending \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeter quince, a carpenter, prologue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enick bottom, a weaver, pyramus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis flute, a bellows  representing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emender, Thisbe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etom snout, a tinker,  wall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esnug, a joiner, lion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erobin starveling, a tailor, moonshine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLords and Attendants on Theseus and Hippolyta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escene: Athens, and a wood near it]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 Location: Athens. Theseus's court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 lingers frustrates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Stepdame stepmother.  a dowager i.e., a widow (whose right of inheritance from her dead husband is eating into her son's estate)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 withering out causing to dwindle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Four . . . night (The image is of the day sinking into the ocean as night comes on.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 solemnities festive ceremonies of marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 companion fellow. (A pale complexion is linked to melancholy.)  pomp ceremonial magnificence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 with my sword i.e., in a military engagement against the Amazons, when Hippolyta was taken captive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 triumph public festivity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[1.1] A Enter Theseus, Hippolyta, [and Philostrate,] with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDraws on apace. Four happy days bring in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother moon; but, oh, methinks, how slow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis old moon wanes! She lingers my desires, 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike to a Stepdame or a dowager 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong withering out a young man's revenue. 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHippolyta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour days will quickly steep themselves in night; 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour nights will quickly dream away the time;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then the moon, like to a silver bow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew bent in heaven, shall behold the night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf our solemnities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus Go, Philostrate, 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStir up the Athenian youth to merriments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurn melancholy forth to funerals;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pale companion is not for our pomp. 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Exit Philostrate.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd won thy love doing thee injuries;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I will wed thee in another key,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith pomp, with triumph, and with reveling. 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Egeus and his daughter Hermia, and Lysander, and Demetrius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgeus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappy be Theseus, our renowned duke!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 feigning (1) counterfeiting (2) faining, desirous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32 And . . . fantasy and made her fall in love with you (imprinting your image on her imagination) by stealthy and dishonest means\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 gauds, conceits playthings, fanciful trifles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 Knacks . . . sweetmeats knickknacks, trinkets, bouquets, candies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 prevailment in influence on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 Be it so if\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e45 Immediately directly, with nothing intervening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e51 leave i.e., leave unaltered\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks, good Egeus. What's the news with thee?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgeus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of vexation come I, with complaint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst my child, my daughter Hermia.--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStand forth, Demetrius.--My noble lord,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis man hath my consent to marry her.--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStand forth, Lysander.--And, my gracious Duke,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis man hath bewitched the bosom of my child.--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou, thou Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd interchanged love tokens with my child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou hast by moonlight at her window sung\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith feigning voice verses of feigning love, 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd stol'n the impression of her fantasy 32\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith bracelets of thy hair, rings, gauds, conceits, 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats--messengers 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf strong prevailment in unhardened youth. 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith cunning hast thou filched my daughter's heart,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurned her obedience, which is due to me,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo stubborn harshness. And, my gracious Duke,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe it so she will not here before Your Grace 39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsent to marry with Demetrius,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI beg the ancient privilege of Athens:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she is mine, I may dispose of her,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich shall be either to this gentleman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr to her death, according to our law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmediately provided in that case. 45\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat say you, Hermia? Be advised, fair maid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo you your father should be as a god--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne that composed your beauties, yea, and one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo whom you are but as a form in wax\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy him imprinted, and within his power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo leave the figure or disfigure it. 51\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius is a worthy gentleman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e54 kind respect.  wanting lacking.  voice approval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 die the death be executed by legal process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e68 blood passions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70 livery habit, costume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e71 aye ever.  mewed shut in. (Said of a hawk, poultry, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e76 earthlier happy happier as respects this world.  distilled i.e., to make perfume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e80 patent privilege\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo is Lysander.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus In himself he is;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in this kind, wanting your father's voice, 54\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other must be held the worthier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would my father looked but with my eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather your eyes must with his judgment look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI do entreat Your Grace to pardon me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know not by what power I am made bold,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor how it may concern my modesty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn such a presence here to plead my thoughts;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I beseech Your Grace that I may know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worst that may befall me in this case\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I refuse to wed Demetrius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEither to die the death or to abjure 65\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForever the society of men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore, fair Hermia, question your desires,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnow of your youth, examine well your blood, 68\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether, if you yield not to your father's choice,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can endure the livery of a nun, 70\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor aye to be in shady cloister mewed, 71\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo live a barren sister all your life,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrice blessed they that master so their blood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo undergo such maiden pilgrimage;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut earthlier happy is the rose distilled 76\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThan that which, withering on the virgin thorn,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo will I grow, so live, so die, my lord,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEre I will yield my virgin patent up 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e89 protest vow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e92 crazed cracked, unsound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e98 estate unto settle or bestow upon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e99 as well derived as well born and descended\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100 possessed endowed with wealth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e101 fairly handsomely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e102 vantage superiority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e106 head i.e., face\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e110 spotted i.e., morally stained\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnto His Lordship, whose unwished yoke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy soul consents not to give sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake time to pause, and by the next new moon--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sealing day betwixt my love and me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor everlasting bond of fellowship--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon that day either prepare to die\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor disobedience to your father's will,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr else to wed Demetrius, as he would,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr on Diana's altar to protest 89\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor aye austerity and single life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelent, sweet Hermia, and, Lysander, yield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThy crazed title to my certain right. 92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have her father's love, Demetrius;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet me have Hermia's. Do you marry him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgeus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScornful Lysander! True, he hath my love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what is mine my love shall render him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she is mine, and all my right of her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI do estate unto Demetrius. 98\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am, my lord, as well derived as he, 99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well possessed; my love is more than his; 100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy fortunes every way as fairly ranked, 101\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf not with vantage, as Demetrius'; 102\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, which is more than all these boasts can be,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am beloved of beauteous Hermia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy should not I then prosecute my right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius, I'll avouch it to his head, 106\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd won her soul; and she, sweet lady, dotes,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon this spotted and inconstant man. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e113 self-affairs my own concerns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e116 schooling admonition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e117 look you arm take care you prepare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e118 fancies likings, thoughts of love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e120 extenuate mitigate, relax\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e123 go i.e., come\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e125 Against in preparation for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e126 nearly that that closely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e130 Belike Very likely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e131 Beteem grant, afford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e135 blood hereditary rank\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e136 cross vexation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e137 misgrafted ill grafted, badly matched\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI must confess that I have heard so much,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, being overfull of self-affairs, 113\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy mind did lose it. But, Demetrius, come,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd come, Egeus, you shall go with me;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have some private schooling for you both. 116\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor you, fair Hermia, look you arm yourself 117\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo fit your fancies to your father's will, 118\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr else the law of Athens yields you up--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich by no means we may extenuate-- 120\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo death or to a vow of single life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCome, my Hippolyta. What cheer, my love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius and Egeus, go along. 123\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI must employ you in some business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst our nuptial, and confer with you 125\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf something nearly that concerns yourselves. 126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgeus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith duty and desire we follow you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExeunt [all but Lysander and Hermia].\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow now, my love, why is your cheek so pale?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow chance the roses there do fade so fast?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelike for want of rain, which I could well 130\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeteem them from the tempest of my eyes. 131\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAy me! For aught that I could ever read,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould ever hear by tale or history,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe course of true love never did run smooth;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut either it was different in blood-- 135\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, cross! Too high to be enthralled to low. 136\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr else misgrafted in respect of years-- 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e139 friends relatives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e141 sympathy agreement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e143 momentany lasting but a moment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e145 collied blackened (as with coal dust), darkened\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e146 in a spleen in a swift impulse, in a violent flash.  unfolds reveals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e149 confusion ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e150 ever crossed always thwarted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e152 teach . . . patience i.e., teach ourselves patience in this trial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e155 fancy's amorous passion's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e156 persuasion doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e159 seven leagues about 21 miles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e160 respects regards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e165 without outside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, spite! Too old to be engaged to young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr else it stood upon the choice of friends-- 139\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, hell, to choose love by another's eyes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr if there were a sympathy in choice, 141\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking it momentany as a sound, 143\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwift as a shadow, short as any dream,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrief as the lightning in the collied night 145\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, 146\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd ere a man hath power to say \"Behold!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jaws of darkness do devour it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo quick bright things come to confusion. 149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf then true lovers have been ever crossed, 150\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt stands as an edict in destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen let us teach our trial patience, 152\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it is a customary cross,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs due to love as thoughts, and dreams, and sighs,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWishes, and tears, poor fancy's followers. 155\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA good persuasion. Therefore, hear me, Hermia: 156\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have a widow aunt, a dowager\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf great revenue, and she hath no child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Athens is her house remote seven leagues; 159\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she respects me as her only son. 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd to that place the sharp Athenian law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteal forth thy father's house tomorrow night;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the wood, a league without the town, 165\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere I did meet thee once with Helena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e167 To do . . . May to perform the ceremonies of May Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e170 best arrow (Cupid's best gold-pointed arrows were supposed to induce love; his blunt leaden arrows, aversion.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e171 simplicity innocence.  doves i.e., those that drew Venus's chariot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e173, 174 Carthage queen, false Trojan (Dido, Queen of Carthage, immolated herself on a funeral pyre after having been deserted by the Trojan hero Aeneas.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e180 fair fair-complexioned. (Generally regarded by the Elizabethans as more beautiful than a dark complexion.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e182 your fair your beauty (even though Hermia is dark complexioned).  happy fair lucky fair one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e183 lodestars guiding stars.  air music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e184 tunable tuneful, melodious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e186 favor appearance, looks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e190 bated excepted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e191 translated transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e193 sway the motion control the impulses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo do observance to a morn of May, 167\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere will I stay for thee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia My good Lysander!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI swear to thee, by Cupid's strongest bow,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy his best arrow with the golden head, 170\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the simplicity of Venus' doves, 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy that which knitteth souls and prospers loves,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd by that fire which burned the Carthage queen 173\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the false Trojan under sail was seen, 174\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy all the vows that ever men have broke,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn number more than ever women spoke,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn that same place thou hast appointed me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomorrow truly will I meet with thee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep promise, love. Look, here comes Helena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Helena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod speed, fair Helena! Whither away? 180\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall you me fair? That \"fair\" again unsay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemetrius loves your fair. Oh, happy fair! 182\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour eyes are lodestars, and your tongue's sweet air 183\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore tunable than lark to shepherd's ear 184\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSickness is catching. Oh, were favor so, 186\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYours would I catch, fair Hermia, ere I go;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy ear should catch your voice, my eye your eye,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere the world mine, Demetrius being bated, 190\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rest I'd give to be to you translated. 191\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, teach me how you look and with what art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou sway the motion of Demetrius' heart. 193\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI frown upon him, yet he loves me still.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e197 Oh, that . . . move! Would that my prayers could arouse such desire!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e204-5 Before . . . to me (Love has led to complications and jealousies, making Athens hell for Hermia.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e209 Phoebe Diana, the moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e210 glass reflecting surface (of a lake, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e211 liquid pearl i.e., dew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e212 still always\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e215 faint pale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e216 counsel secret thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, that your frowns would teach my smiles such\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e skill!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI give him curses, yet he gives me love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, that my prayers could such affection move! 197\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more I hate, the more he follows me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more I love, the more he hateth me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis folly, Helena, is no fault of mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone, but your beauty. Would that fault were mine!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake comfort. He no more shall see my face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander and myself will fly this place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the time I did Lysander see 204\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeemed Athens as a paradise to me. 205\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, then, what graces in my love do dwell,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat he hath turned a heaven unto a hell?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLysander\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen, to you our minds we will unfold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomorrow night, when Phoebe doth behold 209\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer silver visage in the watery glass, 210\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecking with liquid pearl the bladed grass, 211\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA time that lovers' flights doth still conceal, 212\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Athens' gates have we devised to steal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the wood, where often you and I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon faint primrose beds were wont to lie, 215\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet, 216\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere my Lysander and myself shall meet,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304210714853,"sku":"NP9780553213003","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780553213003.jpg?v=1767720644","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-isbn-9780553213003","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}