{"product_id":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-isbn-9780812969122","title":"A Midsummer Night's Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003eA continuation of the major series of individual Shakespeare plays from the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, edited by two brilliant, younger generation Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncorporating definitive text and cutting-edge notes from \u003ci\u003eWilliam Shakespeare: Complete Works\u003c\/i\u003e-the first authoritative, modernized edition of Shakespeare's First Folio in more than 300 years-this remarkable series of individual plays combines Jonathan Bate's insightful critical analysis with Eric Rasmussen's textual expertise.Praise 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 (1564-1616) is today's most widely known and loved playwright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (RSC) is a world-renowned ensemble theater company in Stratford and London dedicated to bringing the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries to a modern audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJONATHAN BATE is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. A prominent critic, award-winning biographer and broadcaster, Bate's books on Shakespeare include \u003ci\u003eSoul of the Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eERIC RASMUSSEN, professor of English at the University of Nevada, is one of today's leading textual experts on Shakespeare.\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\u003eEdited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen RSC","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299996750053,"sku":"NP9780812969122","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780812969122.jpg?v=1767720645","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-isbn-9780812969122","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}