Miko: annotations

without using a script

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.

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.

The new moon will appear as a crescent.

used to

incidents

Woodbine is a general term for plants that climb and wind around other plants and structures. Honeysuckle is a type of woodbine.

aggravation

return

Shakespeare apparently didn't know that in the Mediterranean there are virtually no tides.