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Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

literally, to cause a plant to wilt; more generally to kill

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

The three Fates - Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos - spun human destiny as if it were a thread. That fits well with Bottom's next line which refers to thread.

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

fierce or savage

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

The Furies, also called the Erinnyes, were three goddesses who punished wrongdoers.

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

Thrum is loose thread or yarn left over after a weaving project. Pyramus is calling on the Fates to finish the job and kill him.

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

bad fortune

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

sorrow

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

Lion shook the mantle like a cat shakes a mouse in its mouth.

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

Just as Flute did in Act III, scene 1, Bottom says “Ninny's” when he should have said “Ninus'”.

Apr 8, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, V.1

Starveling has apparently gotten so flustered that he's given up on reciting verse and simply describes himself in prose.