Midsummer Night Dream Flashcards
Lines (34 cards)
Act 2
«Enter Fairy and Robin Goodfellow»
Picking stuff from ground looks up to see fairy
How now, spirit? Whither wander you
Farewell, thou lob of spirits. I’ll be gone. Our queen and all her elves come here anon.
The king doth keep his revels here tonight.
You do their work, and they shall have good luck. Are not you he?
Thou speakest aright. I am that merry wanderer of the night.
Thou rememb’rest Since once I sat upon a promontory And heard a mermaid on a dolphin’s back?
I remember.
Upon the next live creature that it sees. Fetch me this herb, and be thou here again
I’ll put a girdle round about the Earth In forty minutes.
«Enter»
Hast thou the flower there? Welcome, wander.
Ay, there it is.
I pray thee give it to me.
«Gives him flower»
And look thou meet me at the first cock crow.
Fear not, my lord. Your servant shall do so.
Hermia:
With half that wish the wisher’s eyes be pressed!
«They sleep»
«Enter Robin»
Through the forest have I gone, But Athenian found I none
When you have spoken your speech, enter into that brake, and so everyone according to his cue.
«Enter Robin»
«Invisible to those onstage»
What hempen homespuns have we swagg’ring here
So near the cradle of the Fairy Queen?
What, a play toward? I’ll be an auditor- An actor too perhaps, if I see cause.
Bottom:
But hark, a voice! Stay thou but here a while, And by and by I will to thee appear.
«He exits»
A stranger Pyramus than e’er played here.
«Exit»
O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted. Pray, masters, fly, masters Help!
«Quince(Jalen) exits»
I’ll follow you. I’ll lead you about a round, Through bog, through bush, through brake, through brier. Sometime a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound, A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire, And neigh and bark and grunt and roar and burn, Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn.
I wonder if Titania be awaked; Then what it was that next came in her eye, Which she must dote on in extremity.
«Enter» (run in excited to tell him/or cartwheel in)
Here comes my messenger. How now, mad spirit? What night-rule now about this haunted grove?
My mistress with a monster is in love. Near to her close and consecrated bower,
But hast thou yet latched the Athenian’s eyes With the love juice, as I did bid thee do?
I took him sleeping—that is finished, too— And the Athenian woman by his side, That, when he waked of force she must be eyed.
Stand close. This is the same Athenian.
This is the woman, but not this the man.
By some illusion see thou bring her here. I’ll charm his eyes against she do appear.
I go, I go, look how I go, Swifter than arrow from the Tartar’s bow.
«Exit»
When thou wak’st, if she be by, Beg of her for remedy.
«Enter»
Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Stand aside. The noise they make Will cause Demetrius to awake.
Then will two at once woo one.
That must needs be sport alone.
And those things do best please me
That befall prepost’rously
«Robin and Oberon step aside»
This is thy negligence. Still thou mistak’st, Or else committ’st thy knaveries willfully.
Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook. Did not you tell me I should know the man By the Athenian garments he had on? And so far blameless proves my enterprise That I have ‘nointed an Athenian’s eyes; And so far I am glad it so did sort, As this their jangling I esteem a sport.
And then I will her charmèd eye release From monster’s view, and all things shall be peace.
My fairy lord, this must be done with haste, For nights swift dragons cut the clouds full fast,
But notwithstanding, haste! Make no delay. We may effect this business yet ere day.
Up and down, up and down,
I will lead them up and down.
I am feared in field and town.
Goblin, lead them up and down.
Here comes one.
Where art thou, proud Demetrius? Speak thou now.
“In Demetrius’ voice”
Here, villian, drawn and ready. Where art thou?
I Will be with the straight.
“In Demetrius’ voice”
Follow me, then, to plainer ground.
