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Romantic loveTrue love HERMIAMy good Lysander, I swear to thee, by Cupid’s strongest bow, By his best arrow with the golden head, By the simplicity of Venus’ doves, By that which knitteth souls, and prospers loves… By all the vows…

Act 2 Scene 1 ROBIN: How now, spirit? Whither wander you? FAIRY: …Our queen and all our elves come here anon ROBIN: The king doth keep his revels here tonight. Take heed the queen come not within his sight. For…

“Full of vexation come I, with complaint against my child, my daughter ___” Speaker: EgeusListener:TheseusMeaning: He is angry at HermiaImportance: Lysander & Hermia cannot be together; women had no power in society “Either to die the death, or to abjure…

Theseus The Duke of Athens, Kidnapped Hippolyta to be his wife, tells Hermia she can marry Demetrius, be a nun or die Hippolyta Queen of the Amazons, female warrior, kidnapped by Theseus to be his wife Egeus Hermia’s father, approves…

“I am that merry wanderer of the night.” (Act II, sc i, ln 43) Puck “And through this distemperature we see / the seasons alster… / And this same progeny of evils comes / From our debate, from our dissention.…

(to LYSANDER) Sweet, do not scorn her so. Helena: Oh, excellent! Lysander, whereto tends all this?(holds LYSANDER back) Demetrius: Quick, come. Why are you grown so rude? What change is this,Sweet love? Lysander: Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile…

Act 1 Scene i Theseus and Hippolyta are getting marriedEgeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius but she loves Lysander; she can listen to her father, die, or become a nun; Lysander and Hermia plan to run away outside of Athens…

for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so paradox, hamlet to rosencrantz “Thanks Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz” Thanks Rosencrantz and gentle guildenstern chiasmus, queen gertrude and king claudius to rosenctantz and guildenstern As the indifferent…

The guards in the opening scene of the play are Guarding against attack from Norway Why is Barnardo referencing the stars in the following line? “When yond same star that’s westward from the pole / Had made his course t’…

Theatrical 1948Laurence Olivier first inkling of oedipal attraction,to be or not to be at top of tower,prologue: vicious mole of nature Olivier’s Ophelia 1948 virgingives rosemary to Hamlet’s chairdressed in all white 1. Hamlet’s chair2. Ophelia’s archway3. Jesus’ statue4. Gertrude’s…