A Midsummer Night’s Dream

a lion amoung ladies is a most dreadful thing Bottom (3.1.26-27)Bottom’s comment on the problem posed by the appearance of a lion in thier play. Bottom is unintelligent for believing the women will truely be afraid of the lion.
What hempen home-spuns have we swaggering here,So near the cradle of the fairy queen? Robin (3.1.63-64)Robin is talking to himself and wondering who the Mechanincals are and why they are around teh Queen of the Fairies (Titania).
Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated Quince (3.1.100)Quince realizes Bottom is wearing the donkey head mask and leaves from fear of him.
What angel wakes me from my flowery bed? Titania (3.1.109)Titania is waking-up for the first time after Oberon applied the love-in-idleness serum to her eyes; meaning, Titania will fall in love with the first thing she sees, Bottom with the donkey head.
Out of this wood do not desire to go. Titania (3.1.130)Titania is in love with Bottom and tells him not to bother even wanting to leave the forest because he is staying there whether he likes it or not.
Lord, what fools these mortals be! Robin (3.2.115)Robing states that humans are fools because they are so easily manipulated by magic and love.
So we grew together,Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yeat an union in partition;Two lovely berries moulded on one stem;So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart Helena (3.2.209)Helena is comparing herself to Hermia; they were born and raised the same way but are still wwo different individuals(This is an example of doubling between Helena and Hermia)
Oh, when she’s angry, she is keen and shrewd!She was a vixen when she went to school;And though she be but little, she is fierce. Helena (3.2.323-325)Helean tells Lysander and Demetrius that Hermia can fight when she is mad, no matter how short she is.
night’s swift dragons cut the clouds full fast.And yonder shines Aurora’s harbinger;At whose approach, ghosts, wandering here and there, Troop home to churchyards Robin (3.2.379-382)Robin tells Oberon the morning is coming soon an dthe shosts will have to return to their homes, the graveyards.
Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad. Robin (3.2.440-441)Robin states his opinion tha tCupid is bad for making women crazy over love, like he is doing with Helena and Hermia, who are upset and exhausted.
Jack shall have Jill;Nought shall go ill;The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well. Robin (3.2.461-463)Robin sys everyone will be with the right partner and all will be well when the couples wake-up.
July 20, 2019