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- As Duke Theseus prepares for his marriage to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, he is interrupted by a courtier, Egeus. Egeus asks for the Duke to intervene in a dispute.
- Nearby, Oberon - King of the Fairies—has recently quarrelled with his queen, Titania. She acquired a magical child from one of her waiting women, and now refuses to hand him over to Oberon to use as a page.
- The workers' rehearsals in the wood are overheard by Puck, who plays a trick on them by giving Bottom an ass's head. After frightening the others away, Bottom is lured towards the sleeping Titania whom Oberon has anointed with Puck's magic flower juice.
- After an afternoon of being pampered by Titania's fairies, Bottom falls asleep beside her. Oberon restores Titania's sight and wakes her (thank goodness).
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Hermia and Lysander elope. Helena loves Demetrius, but Demetrius loves Hermia, so Helena decides to tell him that Hermia and Lysander have left the city, so that Helena can follow Demetrius and win back his love. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Act I: Scene i.
A group of craftsmen prepare to perform in the celebration leading up to Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Act I: Scene ii.
Eventually, all four of the young Athenian lovers wander back separately into the glade and fall asleep. Puck squeezes the love potion onto Lysander’s eyelids, declaring that in the morning all will be well. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Act III: Scenes ii & iii.
Puck makes a final address to the audience. He says that if the play has offended, the audience should remember it simply as a dream. He wishes the audience members good night and asks them to give him their hands in applause if they are kind friends. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Act V: Scenes i & ii & Epilogue.
The desire for well-matched love and the struggle to achieve it drives the plot of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The play opens on a note of desire, as Theseus, Duke of Athens, waxes poetic about his anticipated wedding to Hippolyta. The main conflict is introduced when other lovers’ troubles take center stage.
intellectual analysis.… A joy to read and a brilliant gift to our rapidly darkening world.” —Shambhala Sun “This is a major work of research and intuitive brilliance, an archive of clear ideas. At the end of our century of precarious ecology, The Spell of the Sensuous strikes the deepest notes of celebration and
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Analysis. The opening of Scene 3 does more than to simply recall us to the world of the supernatural of Act I, Scene 1: The Witches' curse of the sailor foreshadows what Fate has in store for Macbeth. The sailor is the captain of a ship, in the same way that Macbeth is to become "captain" of his land; like the sailor, Macbeth will be blown by ...
Get the Poem PDF. The Spell of the Yukon Robert Service. I wanted the gold, and I sought it, I scrabbled and mucked like a slave. Was it famine or scurvy – I fought it; I hurled my youth into a grave. I wanted the gold, and I got it – Came out with a fortune last fall, – Yet somehow life’s not what I thought it, And somehow the gold isn ...
