A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Act I, Scene 1
Athens. A room in the palace of Theseus.
Theseus, leader of Athens, has conquered the Amazons and captured Hippolyta, their queen. He tells her he is going to woo her and marry her in four days. He instructs his master of the revels to prepare celebrations. Egeus comes to Theseus to appeal for help. He brings along Hermia (his daughter) and two young men, Lysander and Demetrius. Both young men are in love with Hermia. Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, but Hermia is in love with Lysander. Egeus asks Theseus to force Hermia to make a choice: marry Demetrius, become a chaste nun, or be put to death. Theseus agrees and gives Hermia four days to make her decision. Alone, Hermia and Lysander agree to run away from Athens together. They plan to meet in the woods the following night. Their friend Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, arrives and they tell her their plan. Privately, Helena decides to curry favor with Demetrius by telling him the plan.
- Enter Theseus, Hippolyta,
- with others.
Theseus
1 - 6-
Now,
fair
Hippolyta,
our
nuptial
hour
Apr 21, 2019 Miko wedding - Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in
- Another moon; but O, methinks, how slow
-
This
old
moon
wanes!
She
lingers
my
desires,
Jul 26, 2020 Miko prolongs - Like to a step-dame, or a dowager,
-
Long
withering
out
a
young
man’s
revenue.
Mar 1, 2019 Miko The image here is of a step-dame (a stepmother) or a dowager (a widow who has use of her dead husband's estate) using up the estate before the son can inherit it.
Hippolyta
7 - 11- Four days will quickly steep themselves in night;
-
Four
nights
will
quickly
dream
away
the
time;
Apr 12, 2020 Miko There is considerable speculation about this statement that the wedding is in four days. The action of the play appears to take place over three days. The most common explanations are 1) parts of the play that appear to take place in one night are actually scattered over a longer period of time or 2) Shakespeare just got sloppy with the time references in the play. - And then the moon, like to a silver bow
-
New
bent
in
heaven,
shall
behold
the
night
Jul 26, 2020 Miko The Folios and Quartos have this word as “Now”. Some modern editions keep the word as “Now”, others change it to “New”.Apr 12, 2020 Miko The new moon will appear as a crescent. -
Of
our
solemnities.
Mar 1, 2019 Miko ceremonies
Theseus
12 - 20-
Go,
Philostrate,
Apr 12, 2020 Miko Philostrate is mentioned in Chaucer's “The Canterbury Tales”, in “The Knight's Tale”. In that story, Philostrate is really Arcite, an exiled knight. Arcite returns to Athens in disguise, calling himself “Philostrate”, and gets a job working on Theseus' estate. - Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments,
-
Awake
the
pert
and
nimble
spirit
of
mirth,
Mar 1, 2019 Miko lively, cheerful - Turn melancholy forth to funerals:
-
The
pale
companion
is
not
for
our
pomp.
Mar 1, 2019 Miko melancholy or lacking in spirit -
Exit
Philostrate.
Jul 26, 2020 Miko The source texts do not actually have an explicit stage direction here. -
Hippolyta,
I
woo’d
thee
with
my
sword,
Mar 1, 2019 Miko Theseus went to war with the Amazons and captured Hippolyta, their queen. - And won thy love doing thee injuries;
- But I will wed thee in another key,
-
With
pomp,
with
triumph,
and
with
reveling.
Mar 1, 2019 Miko a public festivity, usually to celebrate a victory
- Enter Egeus and his daughter Hermia,
-
Lysander,
and
Demetrius.
Jul 3, 2021 Miko The First and Second Quartos have Helena enter here. That is obviously a mistake because she enters later in the scene. The Folios correct that mistake.
Egeus
21-
Happy
be
Theseus,
our
renowned
Duke!
Mar 1, 2019 Miko In Shakespeare's time the word “duke” could be used as a general term for a leader or a chief ruler. It did not necessarily mean the title of nobility that we know today. The word comes from the Latin word “dux” meaning “leader”.
Theseus
22- Thanks, good Egeus. What’s the news with thee?
Egeus
23 - 46- Full of vexation come I, with complaint
- Against my child, my daughter Hermia.
- Stand forth, Demetrius. My noble lord,
- This man hath my consent to marry her.
-
Stand
forth,
Lysander.
And,
my
gracious
Duke,
Mar 4, 2019 Miko Both the First Quarto and the First Folio indent “Stand forth, Demetrius” and “Stand forth, Lysander” as if they were stage directions, not words spoken by Egeus. However, modern texts format them as part of the spoken lines. Without those words being spoken, the remaining words do not work as iambic pentameter, whereas the meter is correct with them spoken. However, some modern productions still treat those phrases as directions instead of spoken words. -
This
man
hath
bewitch’d
the
bosom
of
my
child.
Mar 8, 2019 Miko The meter in this line doesn't quite work... “bewitch'd” has an extra syllable that disrupts the iambic pentameter. The Second Folio tried to fix this by removing “man”. Other scholars suggest contracting “man” and “hath” into a single syllable: man'th. Still other scholars trim down “bewitch'd” to just “witch'd”. - Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes,
- And interchang’d love-tokens with my child;
- Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung
-
With
faining
voice
verses
of
faining
love,
Mar 2, 2019 Miko “Faining voice” means to sing lovingly; “faining” love could mean sincere love, or it could mean "feigning" love, i.e. fake love. - And stol’n the impression of her fantasy
-
With
bracelets
of
thy
hair,
rings,
gawds,
conceits,
Mar 1, 2019 Miko trinketsApr 16, 2019 Miko Egeus says that Lysander has created a false sense of love in Hermia by wooing her with trinkets, sweets, and music. -
Knacks,
trifles,
nosegays,
sweetmeats—messengers
Mar 1, 2019 Miko Knick-knacks, trinkets, possibly also with the connotation of trickery.Mar 1, 2019 Miko sweets such as candy or cakes - Of strong prevailment in unhardened youth.
- With cunning hast thou filch’d my daughter’s heart,
- Turn’d her obedience (which is due to me)
- To stubborn harshness. And, my gracious Duke,
- Be it so she will not here before your Grace
- Consent to marry with Demetrius,
- I beg the ancient privilege of Athens:
-
As
she
is
mine,
I
may
dispose
of
her;
Jul 26, 2020 Miko Control, situate. At that time the phrase did not mean to throw something away. - Which shall be either to this gentleman,
- Or to her death, according to our law
-
Immediately
provided
in
that
case.
Mar 2, 2019 Miko “Immediately” could mean “without delay” or it could mean “expressly”.Mar 1, 2019 Miko Egeus refers to laws in ancient Greece that gave a father power to have his children put to death. Those laws were enacted by Solon, a Greek statesman and lawmaker around 594 BC, many years after Theseus would have lived.
Theseus
47 - 53- What say you, Hermia? Be advis’d, fair maid.
- To you your father should be as a god;
- One that compos’d your beauties; yea, and one
- To whom you are but as a form in wax,
- By him imprinted, and within his power,
- To leave the figure, or disfigure it.
- Demetrius is a worthy gentleman.
Hermia
54- So is Lysander.
Theseus
55 - 57- In himself he is;
-
But
in
this
kind,
wanting
your
father’s
voice,
Jul 26, 2020 Miko in this matter - The other must be held the worthier.
Hermia
58- I would my father look’d but with my eyes.
Theseus
59- Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
Hermia
60 - 66- I do entreat your Grace to pardon me.
- I know not by what power I am made bold,
-
Nor
how
it
may
concern
my
modesty,
Mar 8, 2019 Miko give an impression about her womanly behavior - In such a presence here to plead my thoughts;
- But I beseech your Grace that I may know
- The worst that may befall me in this case,
- If I refuse to wed Demetrius.
Byam Shaw, 1901
Theseus
67 - 80-
Either
to
die
the
death,
or
to
abjure
Mar 2, 2019 Miko To be put to death through the law. Today we might say “executed”.Jul 16, 2020 Miko forswear - Forever the society of men.
- Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires,
-
Know
of
your
youth,
examine
well
your
blood,
Mar 2, 2019 Miko passion -
Whether (if
you
yield
not
to
your
father’s
choice)
Mar 4, 2019 Miko Pronounced with one syllable, like “whe'er”, to fit iambic pentameter. -
You
can
endure
the
livery
of
a
nun,
Mar 2, 2019 Miko distinctive dressMar 2, 2019 Miko In this sense, a pagan nun devoted to a life of chastity. -
For
aye
to
be
in
shady
cloister
mew’d,
Mar 4, 2019 Miko Generally, a religious place of seclusion. In this case, a nun's convent.Mar 2, 2019 Miko confined -
To
live
a
barren
sister
all
your
life,
Jul 9, 2020 Miko having no children -
Chanting
faint
hymns
to
the
cold
fruitless
moon.
Mar 2, 2019 Miko “Moon” refers to Diana, the goddess of both the moon and of chastity. Theseus refers to Diana again at line 91. - Thrice blessed they that master so their blood
- To undergo such maiden pilgrimage;
- But earthlier happy is the rose distill’d,
- Than that which withering on the virgin thorn
-
Grows,
lives,
and
dies
in
single
blessedness.
Mar 21, 2021 Miko blessed as a reward for a life of celibacy
Hermia
81 - 84- So will I grow, so live, so die, my lord,
-
Ere
I
will
yield
my
virgin
patent
up
Mar 2, 2019 Miko a privilege granted by law - Unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke
- My soul consents not to give sovereignty.
Theseus
85 - 92-
Take
time
to
pause,
and
by
the
next
new
moon—
Mar 19, 2021 Miko The term “new moon” can have two different meanings. One is when the moon is completely dark. The other is when the first crescent moon appears. Both senses were in use in Shakespeare's day. In the context of this play, the term implies a new crescent moon. - The sealing-day betwixt my love and me
- For everlasting bond of fellowship—
- Upon that day either prepare to die
- For disobedience to your father’s will,
- Or else to wed Demetrius, as he would,
-
Or
on
Diana’s
altar
to
protest
Dec 21, 2020 Miko Diana was goddess of the moon and of chastity.Mar 2, 2019 Miko solemnly vow -
For
aye
austerity
and
single
life.
Mar 29, 2019 Miko foreverMar 20, 2021 Miko abstinence
Demetrius
93 - 94- Relent, sweet Hermia, and, Lysander, yield
-
Thy
crazed
title
to
my
certain
right.
Mar 2, 2019 Miko invalid, false
Lysander
95 - 96- You have her father’s love, Demetrius,
- Let me have Hermia’s; do you marry him.
Egeus
97 - 100Lysander
101 - 112-
I
am,
my
lord,
as
well
deriv’d
as
he,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko My family is as good as his. -
As
well
possess’d;
my
love
is
more
than
his;
Mar 2, 2019 Miko as wealthy as - My fortunes every way as fairly rank’d
-
(If
not
with
vantage)
as
Demetrius’;
Jul 4, 2020 Miko if not better - And (which is more than all these boasts can be)
- I am belov’d of beauteous Hermia.
- Why should not I then prosecute my right?
-
Demetrius,
I’ll
avouch
it
to
his
head,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko say directly to his face -
Made
love
to
Nedar’s
daughter,
Helena,
Jul 26, 2020 Miko No other mention of Nedar is made in the play. - And won her soul; and she, sweet lady, dotes,
-
Devoutly
dotes,
dotes
in
idolatry,
Jul 7, 2020 Miko excessive devotion -
Upon
this
spotted
and
inconstant
man.
Mar 3, 2019 Miko morally deficient or wicked
Theseus
113 - 128- I must confess that I have heard so much,
- And with Demetrius thought to have spoke thereof;
- But, being over-full of self-affairs,
- My mind did lose it. But, Demetrius, come,
- And come, Egeus, you shall go with me;
- I have some private schooling for you both.
-
For
you,
fair
Hermia,
look
you
arm
yourself
Mar 2, 2019 Miko mentally prepare - To fit your fancies to your father’s will;
- Or else the law of Athens yields you up
-
(Which
by
no
means
we
may
extenuate)
Mar 10, 2019 Miko lessen - To death, or to a vow of single life.
-
Come,
my
Hippolyta;
what
cheer,
my
love?
Jul 26, 2020 Miko Theseus might be reacting to an expression by Hippolyta of disapproval regarding Theseus' ruling. In some productions, Hippolyta makes a gesture indicating aggravation. - Demetrius and Egeus, go along;
- I must employ you in some business
- Against our nuptial, and confer with you
-
Of
something
nearly
that
concerns
yourselves.
Jul 4, 2020 Miko It is never explained what business Theseus has that involves Demetrius and Egeus. Presumably this is just a shallow plot device to get them offstage.
Egeus
129- With duty and desire we follow you.
-
Exeunt.
Manent
Lysander
and
Hermia.
Apr 14, 2019 Miko Lysander and Hermia remain on stage.
Lysander
130 - 131- How now, my love? Why is your cheek so pale?
- How chance the roses there do fade so fast?
From: Illustrations to “A Midsummer Night's Dream”
Pinckney Marcius-Simons, 1908
Hermia
132 - 133- Belike for want of rain; which I could well
-
Beteem
them
from
the
tempest
of
my
eyes.
Mar 3, 2019 Miko allow, or pour
Lysander
134 - 137-
Ay
me!
For
aught
that
I
could
ever
read,
Jul 26, 2020 Miko The First Quarto has the words “Eigh me”. The Folios do not have these words at all. - Could ever hear by tale or history,
- The course of true love never did run smooth;
- But either it was different in blood—
Hermia
138-
O
cross!
Too
high
to
be
enthrall’d
to
love.
Jul 4, 2020 Miko Some modern editions change this word to “low”. The First Quarto and First Folio have “loue” and the Second Folio has “love”. The justification for the change is that “low” is in opposition to “high”.Jul 4, 2020 Miko Hermia is lamenting the idea that someone could be of too high a social station to love who they want.
Lysander
139-
Or
else
misgraffed
in
respect
of
years—
Mar 3, 2019 Miko Mismatched. This is probably a variant of “misgrafted”, meaning poorly matched like two plants being grafted together.
Hermia
140- O spite! Too old to be engag’d to young.
Lysander
141-
Or
else
it
stood
upon
the
choice
of
friends—
Jul 26, 2020 Miko The Folios have the word “merit” here. The First Quarto has “friends”.
Hermia
142- O hell, to choose love by another’s eyes!
Lysander
143 - 151-
Or
if
there
were
a
sympathy
in
choice,
Jul 26, 2020 Miko agreement - War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
-
Making
it
momentany
as
a
sound,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko Momentary. The First Quarto says “momentany”; the First Folio says “momentarie”. - Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
-
Brief
as
the
lightning
in
the
collied
night,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko Black. From the word “coal”. -
That,
in
a
spleen,
unfolds
both
heaven
and
earth;
Mar 3, 2019 Miko a sudden fit of temper -
And
ere
a
man
hath
power
to
say “Behold!”
Jul 30, 2020 Miko Before a man can say “Behold!”. Today we might say something like “before you can say Jack Robinson”. - The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
-
So
quick
bright
things
come
to
confusion.
Jul 26, 2020 Miko destruction
Hermia
152 - 157-
If
then
true
lovers
have
been
ever
cross’d,
Aug 13, 2021 Miko Thwarted. The word is used in a similar way in “Romeo and Juliet” in the phrase “star cross'd lovers”. -
It
stands
as
an
edict
in
destiny.
Jul 26, 2020 Miko The First Quarto has a comma in this sentence: “edict, in destiny”. -
Then
let
us
teach
our
trial
patience,
Jul 26, 2020 Miko be patient in our ordeal - Because it is a customary cross,
- As due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighs,
-
Wishes
and
tears,
poor
fancy’s
followers.
Mar 3, 2019 Miko love's
Lysander
158 - 170-
A
good
persuasion;
therefore
hear
me,
Hermia:
Jul 27, 2020 Miko In this sense, “persuasion” means argument. Today we might say “that's a good point.” - I have a widow aunt, a dowager,
- Of great revenue, and she hath no child.
-
From
Athens
is
her
house
remote
seven
leagues;
Jul 9, 2020 Miko About 21 miles or 34 kilometers. Curiously, the league was never commonly used as a measurement in England except in poetry or rhetoric. - And she respects me as her only son.
- There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee;
- And to that place the sharp Athenian law
- Cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then
-
Steal
forth
thy
father’s
house
tomorrow
night;
Mar 3, 2019 Miko sneak out of -
And
in
the
wood,
a
league
without
the
town
Jul 27, 2020 Miko Notice the similarity between their plans and those of Pyramus and Thisby in Act V. - (Where I did meet thee once with Helena
-
To
do
observance
to
a
morn
of
May),
Mar 3, 2019 Miko May Day (the first of May). It was custom to celebrate May Day by going to the woods before sunrise and collecting flowers and branches. After dawn, they would return to their homes and adorn their doors and windows with the branches and flowers.Later in the play, in Act IV, scene 1, Theseus mentions the May Day celebration when he says “No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May”.
- There will I stay for thee.
Hermia
171 - 181- My good Lysander,
- I swear to thee, by Cupid’s strongest bow,
-
By
his
best
arrow
with
the
golden
head,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko In Greek mythology, Cupid shot arrows tipped with gold to make people fall in love, and tipped with lead to make them dislike each other. -
By
the
simplicity
of
Venus’
doves,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko purityMar 3, 2019 Miko In Greek mythology, Venus' chariot was pulled by doves. - By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves,
-
And
by
that
fire
which
burn’d
the
Carthage
queen
Mar 3, 2019 Miko Dido, the Queen of Carthage, burned herself to death when she was abandoned by her love, Aeneus (the “false Troyan”). It is an anachronism for Hermia to talk about Dido, who lived after the time of Theseus. - When the false Troyan under sail was seen,
- By all the vows that ever men have broke
-
(In
number
more
than
ever
women
spoke),
Mar 22, 2021 Miko Hermia is saying that men break their vows much more than women do. - In that same place thou hast appointed me
- Tomorrow truly will I meet with thee.
Lysander
182- Keep promise, love. Look, here comes Helena.
- Enter Helena.
Hermia
183- God speed fair Helena! Whither away?
Helena
184 - 196- Call you me fair? That fair again unsay.
- Demetrius loves your fair, O happy fair!
-
Your
eyes
are
lodestars,
and
your
tongue’s
sweet
air
Mar 3, 2019 Miko stars used for navigation such as the North StarMar 2, 2019 Miko a pleasing melody -
More
tuneable
than
lark
to
shepherd’s
ear
Mar 3, 2019 Miko melodious -
When
wheat
is
green,
when
hawthorn
buds
appear.
Jul 27, 2020 Miko This is a popular passage for setting to music. See, for example, youtu.be/-IPXvB1E2Iw. - Sickness is catching; O, were favor so,
-
Yours
I'd
catch,
fair
Hermia,
ere
I
go;
Jul 27, 2020 Miko The First Quarto and the First Folio have just the word “I”. The Second Folio has “Ide”. We've chosen to go with “I'd” because it most clearly represents that Helena intends to say “I would”.Jul 17, 2020 Miko If Hermia's attractiveness to Demetrius were contagious like sickness, Helena would want to catch it. - My ear should catch your voice, my eye your eye,
-
My
tongue
should
catch
your
tongue’s
sweet
melody.
Mar 21, 2021 Miko imitate -
Were
the
world
mine,
Demetrius
being
bated,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko excepted -
The
rest
I’ll
give
to
be
to
you
translated.
Jul 16, 2020 Miko like you or changed into you - O, teach me how you look, and with what art
- You sway the motion of Demetrius’ heart.
Hermia
197- I frown upon him; yet he loves me still.
O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill!
Ada Rehan as Helena
Napoleon Sarony, circa 1880
Helena
198- O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill!
Hermia
199- I give him curses; yet he gives me love.
Helena
200- O that my prayers could such affection move!
Hermia
201- The more I hate, the more he follows me.
Helena
202- The more I love, the more he hateth me.
Hermia
203- His folly, Helena, is no fault of mine.
Helena
204- None but your beauty; would that fault were mine!
Hermia
205 - 210- Take comfort; he no more shall see my face;
- Lysander and myself will fly this place.
- Before the time I did Lysander see,
- Seem’d Athens as a paradise to me;
- O then, what graces in my love do dwell,
-
That
he
hath
turn’d
a
heaven
unto
a
hell!
Apr 25, 2019 Miko into
Lysander
211 - 216- Helen, to you our minds we will unfold:
-
Tomorrow
night,
when
Phoebe
doth
behold
Mar 3, 2019 Miko another name for Diana, the goddess of the moon -
Her
silver
visage
in
the
wat’ry
glass,
Mar 3, 2019 Miko A body of water, such as a lake or pond, which reflects the moonlight. -
Decking
with
liquid
pearl
the
bladed
grass
Aug 13, 2021 Miko dew -
(A
time
that
lovers’
flights
doth
still
conceal),
Jul 27, 2020 Miko always - Through Athens gates have we devis’d to steal.
Hermia
217 - 226- And in the wood, where often you and I
-
Upon
faint
primrose
beds
were
wont
to
lie,
Jul 27, 2020 Miko This word probably refers to the flowers' color, not their aroma.Jul 27, 2020 Miko accustomed - Emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet,
- There my Lysander and myself shall meet;
- And thence from Athens turn away our eyes,
-
To
seek
new
friends
and
strange
companions.
Mar 3, 2019 Miko Some modern texts change this phrase to “stranger companies”. - Farewell, sweet playfellow, pray thou for us;
- And good luck grant thee thy Demetrius!
- Keep word, Lysander; we must starve our sight
- From lovers’ food till morrow deep midnight.
Lysander
227 - 229- I will, my Hermia.
- Exit Hermia.
- Helena, adieu:
- As you on him, Demetrius dote on you!
- Exit Lysander.
Helena
230 - 255-
How
happy
some,
or
othersome
can
be!
Jul 27, 2020 Miko some othersJul 13, 2021 Miko In the First Quarto this character is an exclamation point. In the First Folio it is a question mark. - Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
- But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so;
- He will not know what all but he do know;
- And as he errs, doting on Hermia’s eyes,
- So I, admiring of his qualities.
- Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
- Love can transpose to form and dignity.
- Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;
-
And
therefore
is
wing’d
Cupid
painted
blind.
Mar 4, 2019 Miko Cupid was often pictured as blindfolded. - Nor hath Love’s mind of any judgment taste;
-
Wings,
and
no
eyes,
figure
unheedy
haste;
Apr 25, 2019 Miko unadvised, poorly thought out - And therefore is Love said to be a child,
- Because in choice he is so oft beguil’d.
-
As
waggish
boys
in
game
themselves
forswear,
Apr 25, 2019 Miko mischievousJul 8, 2021 Miko in jest -
So
the
boy
Love
is
perjur’d
every
where;
Jul 27, 2020 Miko tells lies -
For
ere
Demetrius
look’d
on
Hermia’s
eyne,
Mar 4, 2019 Miko eyes - He hail’d down oaths that he was only mine;
- And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,
-
So
he
dissolv’d,
and
show’rs
of
oaths
did
melt.
Jul 8, 2021 Miko His oaths of love for Helena rained down like a hail storm, but when he fell in love with Hermia, that love was like heat that melted the hail. - I will go tell him of fair Hermia’s flight;
- Then to the wood will he tomorrow 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.
- Exit.
Frontpiece for Dalziel Brothers edition of Midsummer Night's Dream
Dalziel Brothers, printmaker; John Gilbert; 19th century
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