Next, Oberon then gives him another herb, an antidote to the love juice, and tells him that the boys will tire eventually and go to sleep. OBERONBut we are spirits of another sort. FREE trial now! Play Synopsis Hermia is ordered by her father, to marry Demetrius, who is loved by Helena, but Hermia loves. Dead? A performance of lines 226-251 by Helena in Act 1, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's . LYSANDERI had no judgment when to her I swore. DEMETRIUSO, why rebuke you him that loves you so? 380Like to Lysander sometime frame thy tongue;Then stir Demetrius up with bitter wrong.And sometime rail thou like Demetrius.And from each other look thou lead them thus,Till oer their brows death-counterfeiting sleep 385With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep.Then crush this herb into Lysanders eye,He gives a flower to Robin.Whose liquor hath this virtuous property,To take from thence all error with his mightAnd make his eyeballs roll with wonted sight. In act 3 scene 2, Helena realizes that both Lysander and Demetrius are following her . Will you give her oer? To Helena. LYSANDERWhere art thou, proud Demetrius? Cupid is a knavish lad Thus to make poor females mad. ROBINBelieve me, king of shadows, I mistook.Did not you tell me I should know the manBy the Athenian garments he had on? I see you all are bent To set against me for your merriment. Hermia. Tell true, even for my sake! Robin, putting on Lysander's voice, eggs onDemetrius, promising to whip him. Wellexcept that one time when she told Demetrius about Hermia's secret plan to elope with Lysander. Puck found Bottom to be the most dim-witted, so he transformed his head into that of a donkey. He is defiledThat draws a sword on thee. 335. ROBINThen fate oerrules, that, one man holding troth,A million fail, confounding oath on oath. HELENAI pray you, though you mock me, gentlemen,Let her not hurt me. 180. 70Durst thou have looked upon him, being awake?And hast thou killed him sleeping? Nothing but low and little?Why will you suffer her to flout me thus?Let me come to her. Watch on Helena O spite! HELENANever did mockers waste more idle breath. Hermia is shocked to hear that Helena thinks she's been betrayedHermia actually thinks Helena must be the one doing the teasing and betraying. 255Thy threats have no more strength than her weakprayers.Helen, I love thee. ROBIN Yet but three? She accuses Hermia of betraying the girls' long friendship. How came her eyes so bright? Scene 1 Synopsis: The tradesmen meet in the woods to rehearse. After this, the lovers can go home to Athens and live happily ever after. You juggler, you cankerblossom,You thief of love! Back to the Play. LYSANDER I will be with thee straight. Where dost thou hide thy 430head? DEMETRIUS, to HermiaNo, no. Oberon points out that, although some spirits and ghosts can only come out at night, he and Puck can go about their business during day or night. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3, Scene 2 Translation. Where is he?Ah, good Demetrius, wilt thou give him me? DEMETRIUSI had rather give his carcass to my hounds. HERMIAI pray thee, tell me then that he is well. She was a vixen when she went to school. HERMIA, to LysanderSweet, do not scorn her so. Who is t that hinders you? When Demetrius enters wooing Hermia, Oberon discovers that Robin has anointed the eyes of the wrong Athenian. DEMETRIUS Stay, on thy peril: I alone will go. DEMETRIUSI would I had your bond. 290, LYSANDER Ay, by my life,And never did desire to see thee more.Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt.Be certain, nothing truer, tis no jestThat I do hate thee and love Helena. Alack, where are you speak, an if you hear; Speak, of all loves! Then go off for a while to do your work. Once she's given up the boy, he'll release Titania from her enchanted love of Bottom, and the entire mess will be fixed. Our queen and all our elves come here anon. Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats, and some keep back, The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders. Demetrius loves your fair: O happy fair! Come, thou gentle day, 445For if but once thou show me thy gray light,Ill find Demetrius and revenge this spite.He lies down and sleeps. Are hated most of those they did deceive, And, all my powers, address your love and might, [Awaking] Help me, Lysander, help me! 360. Easy peasy. Then, for the third part of a minute, hence; Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds. 260. OBERONStand close. 3 Enter Puck. Hermia is livid that Lysander abandoned her while she was sleeping. ROBIN, in Demetrius voiceHere, villain, drawn and ready. Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy. Now Demetrius enters, asking where Lysander is hiding. Demetrius says she's getting her bloomers in a knot for no reasonhe hasn't killed Lysander, nor does he have any reason to believe Lysander is dead. Egeus arrives with his daughter Hermia and her two suitors, Lysander (the man she wants to marry) and Demetrius (the man her father wants her to marry). Abandoned by his terrified friends, Bottom sings. I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus. 120 That must needs be sport alone. Breaking down the meanings, context and acting choices for Helena's "O Spite! 140To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?Crystal is muddy. Lysander exits, following the voice he thinks belongs to Demetrius. So far be distant; and, good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end! Puck agrees this plan must be accomplished quickly, because night will be over soon. DEMETRIUS Lysander, speak again.Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled?Speak! Scorn and derision never come in tears. no sound, no word? O, hated potion, hence! Besides, Demetrius loves Hermia, and not Helena, so she should give Lysander a chance. How now, mad spirit?What night-rule now about this haunted grove? Things growing are not ripe until their season. Nay, Ill go with thee, cheek by jowl. LYSANDERStay, gentle Helena. Act 3 Scene 2 Now I but chide; but I should use thee worse, If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep, Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep, And kill me too. You perhaps may think,Because she is something lower than myself,That I can match her. HERMIAO me! that fair again unsay. Enter OBERON and squeezes the flower on TITANIA's eyelids. I am feared in field and town. Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity: And though she be but little, she is fierce. Helena enters pursued by Lysander vowing his love. Call you me fair? Near to her close and consecrated bower, While she was in her dull and sleeping hour, 10 A crew of patches, rude mechanicals That work for bread upon Athenian stalls, Were met together to rehearse a play Intended for great Theseus' nuptial day. Just for kicks. When Robin returns, Oberon, who sympathizes with Helena's love, orders him to find the Athenian man (i.e., Demetrius) and apply some of the flower's magic nectar to his eyes. TITANIA Come, dance in a circle and sing a fairy song. Finally, Hermia comes back on stage, claiming she has never been so tired or so sad. Wherefore? Lysander and Demetrius bicker over who should get Helena until Demetrius announces that Hermia is approaching. \r\rWe challenged 10 celebrities to perform one of the speeches from the Off By Heart Shakespeare set speech list. HELENA O, wilt thou darkling leave me? REE MONOLOGUE PREP GUIDE! ROBINMy fairy lord, this must be done with haste,For nights swift dragons cut the clouds full fast, 400And yonder shines Auroras harbinger,At whose approach, ghosts wandring here andthereTroop home to churchyards. Made me compare with Hermia's sphery eyne? Weigh oath with oath and you will nothing weigh.Your vows to her and me, put in two scales, 135Will even weigh, and both as light as tales. Hermia is seriously miffed. I'll believe as soon This whole earth may be bored and that the moon This is the same Athenian. R.A. Foakes, Cambridge University Press, 2003. Your eyes are lode-stars; and your tongue's sweet air More tuneable than lark to shepherd's ear, When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear. I am here. 340She was a vixen when she went to school,And though she be but little, she is fierce. 240. Where art thou? Still thou mistakst,Or else committst thy knaveries willfully. Robin, with all four youngsters asleep, can now begin his work. He exits. HERMIAYou, mistress, all this coil is long of you.Helena retreats.Nay, go not back. Yet Hermia still loves you: then be content. Oberon I wonder if Titania be awak'd; 1 Then what it was that next came in her eye, 2 Which she must dote on in extremity. Lysander points out that Hermia isn't holding him back now. OBERON, to RobinThis is thy negligence. Breaking down the meanings, context and acting choices for Helenas O Spite! 'Though she be but little she is fierce' quote Oh, when she's angry, she is keen and shrewd! Why so? LYSANDERWhat? HERMIAA privilege never to see me more.And from thy hated presence part I so.See me no more, whether he be dead or no. Let me set the scene. The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. At our quaint spirits. Subscribe and to the BBC https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home http://www.bbc.co.uk/offbyheart In A. She can't go on, and will rest here, though she prays the heavens will protect Lysander if Demetrius means to fight him. O, wilt thou darkling leave me? whither away? You are a tame man, go! She says she still loves Hermia and never did her wrong. Love takes the meaning in love's conference. In some bush? ROBINThis is the woman, but not this the man. gone? DEMETRIUSNo, sir, she shall not, though you take her part. 425. God speed fair Helena! Then the two argue over which of them loves Helena more until Lysander challenges Demetrius to a fight. 370And so far blameless proves my enterpriseThat I have nointed an Athenians eyes;And so far am I glad it so did sort,As this their jangling I esteem a sport. The shallowest thickskin of that barrensort Thou hast mistaken quite 90And laid the love juice on some true-loves sight.Of thy misprision must perforce ensueSome true-love turned, and not a false turned true. Well try no manhood here.They exit. Then to your offices and let me rest. Make no delay.We may effect this business yet ere day. Lord, what though? HERMIAYou speak not as you think. Hermia accuses Helena of stealing Lysander. 245If you have any pity, grace, or manners,You would not make me such an argument.But fare you well. LYSANDER Now she holds me not. When they him spy,As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye, 20Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,Rising and cawing at the guns report,Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky,So at his sight away his fellows fly,And, at our stamp, here oer and oer one falls. Oberon, knowing the competitive males are looking for some place to fight, tells Robin to make the night overcast, so the angry men can't see each other. Scandalized, Helena pleads with the men to protect her from Hermia. Be not so, 165For you love Hermia; this you know I know.And here with all goodwill, with all my heart,In Hermias love I yield you up my part.And yours of Helena to me bequeath,Whom I do love and will do till my death. Egeus demands that Theseus . Lysander will love Hermia again, and Demetrius will still love Helena. What, will you tearImpatient answers from my gentle tongue?Fie, fie, you counterfeit, you puppet, you! Shine, comforts, from the east,That I may back to Athens by daylight From these that my poor company detest.And sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrows eye,Steal me awhile from mine own company. 45Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe! Either death or you I'll find immediately. ROBIN, in Lysanders voiceCome hither. HERMIALittle again? Damnd spirits all,That in crossways and floods have burial, 405Already to their wormy beds are gone.For fear lest day should look their shames upon,They willfully themselves exile from lightAnd must for aye consort with black-browed night. O hell! Enter Puck with the answer. He suggests to Demetrius that they "step outside" and settle this thing once and for all, and they exit to fight. And reason says you are the worthier maid. Helena's Monologue. Puck leads Helena to Demetrius, with Lysander begging at her heels. 280. HELENAHave you not set Lysander, as in scorn,To follow me and praise my eyes and face,And made your other love, Demetrius,Who even but now did spurn me with his foot, 230To call me goddess, nymph, divine and rare,Precious, celestial? But Helena says her love for Demetrius makes it hard to leave. Come one more. Oberonand Puck are going to watch what happens for a while, and they hope the ruckus will wake up Demetrius. HERMIANow I but chide, but I should use thee worse,For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse.If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep,Being oer shoes in blood, plunge in the deep 50And kill me too.The sun was not so true unto the dayAs he to me. Demetrius and Robin come back onto the stage, with Robin leading Demetrius around using Lysander's voice. I see no blood, no wound. O hell! monologue from Act 3 Scene 2 of A Midsummer Night's Dream. One turf shall serve as pillow for us both; One heart, one bed, two bosoms and one troth. It cannot be. HELENAA foolish heart that I leave here behind. I will go tell him of fair Hermia's flight: Then to the wood will he to-morrow night Pursue her; and for this intelligence If I have thanks, it is a dear expense: But herein mean I to enrich my pain, To have his sight thither and back again. 375Hie, therefore, Robin, overcast the night;The starry welkin cover thou anonWith drooping fog as black as Acheron,And lead these testy rivals so astrayAs one come not within anothers way. He's hoping that she laid her eyesona vile beast. Helena decides she's a faster runner than Hermia and flees rather than face Hermia's fists (and eye-scratching fingernails). WhenDemetrius and Hermia enter, Oberon learns that Puck put the love juice in thewrongAthenian man's eyes. 5. REE MONOLOG. HELENA O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! Here comes my messenger. When at your hands did I deserve this scorn? Hermia can't see anything in the dark woods, but she follows Lysander's voice. Robin assures Oberon it was a mistake. HELENALo, she is one of this confederacy!Now I perceive they have conjoined all threeTo fashion this false sport in spite of me.Injurious Hermia, most ungrateful maid, 200Have you conspired, have you with these contrived,To bait me with this foul derision?Is all the counsel that we two have shared,The sisters vows, the hours that we have spentWhen we have chid the hasty-footed time 205For parting usO, is all forgot?All schooldays friendship, childhood innocence?We, Hermia, like two artificial gods,Have with our needles created both one flower,Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, 210Both warbling of one song, both in one key,As if our hands, our sides, voices, and mindsHad been incorporate. She too goes to sleep. (II.i.) And wherefore doth LysanderDeny your love (so rich within his soul)And tender me, forsooth, affection, 235But by your setting on, by your consent?What though I be not so in grace as you,So hung upon with love, so fortunate,But miserable most, to love unloved?This you should pity rather than despise. Synopsis: Theseus, duke of Athens, is planning the festivities for his upcoming wedding to the newly captured Amazon, Hippolyta. DEMETRIUSSo should the murdered look, and so should I, 60Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty.Yet you, the murderer, look as bright, as clear,As yonder Venus in her glimmering sphere. DEMETRIUSThere is no following her in this fierce vein.Here, therefore, for a while I will remain. Use me but as your spanielspurn me, strike me, Neglect me, lose me. 15When I did him at this advantage take,An asss noll I fixd on his head.Anon his Thisbe must be answerd,And forth my mimic comes. Ill apply To your eye, 480 Gentle lover, remedy. Oberon says a little verse over the sleeping Demetrius, intending to make the young man fall in love with Helena (with the help of some love juice) once Demetrius awakens. But Helena now accepts the wrong that she's done. O brave touch!Could not a worm, an adder, do so much?An adder did it, for with doubler tongueThan thine, thou serpent, never adder stung. 5. He says a little rhyme, and squeezes the remedy onto Lysander's eyes. Jack shall have Jill; 490 Naught shall go ill; The man shall have his mare again, and all shall bewell.He exits. HERMIA, to LysanderDark night, that from the eye his function takes,The ear more quick of apprehension makes;Wherein it doth impair the seeing sense,It pays the hearing double recompense.Thou art not by mine eye, Lysander, found; 185Mine ear, I thank it, brought me to thy sound.But why unkindly didst thou leave me so? Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 3, Scene 2 Jump to a scene A - Line - Line + Short names Hide Line Numbers Another part of the woods. Titania woke up and fell in love with the donkey-Bottom hybrid. Original Text How happy some o'er other some can be! Through Athens I am thought as fair as she. HELENANor none, in my mind, now you give her oer. Should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead?Although I hate her, Ill not harm her so. O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill! Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man. Sassy Hermia says that in exchange she'll promise to never see him again. 295. Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius. (Oops.) Robin, in Demetrius's voice, challenges Lysander to find more steady ground on which to fight. HELENA I will not trust you, I,Nor longer stay in your curst company.Your hands than mine are quicker for a fray.My legs are longer though, to run away. Here is my bed: sleep give thee all his rest! Hermia, sleep thou there: The deepest loathing to the stomach brings. Lysander asks what he has to do to prove he no longer loves Hermia, kill her? 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