by clif » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:50 pm
does this help?
Swift as a shadow, short as any dream;
Brief as the lightning in the collied night.
—Lysander describes to Hermia how quickly true love can be destroyed.
So quick bright things come to confusion.
—Lysander again speaks to Hermia of the fragility of happiness. ("Confusion" means darkness and destruction.)
Masters, spread yourselves.
—Bottom's order to his mates to quit crowding around Peter Quince.
Nay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming.
—Flute's reaction when he is assigned the part of Thisby.
I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove; I will roar you, as 'twere any nightingale.
—Bottom's explanation of how he could play the part of the Lion in such a way that it would not frighten the ladies.
training is for people who care, i have a job.