Miko: annotations

Mar 10, 2019

When people who are in love talk with each other, they should understand each other.

Mar 10, 2019

Foolish, with maybe also the meaning of “in love”.

Mar 10, 2019

Will you leave me in the darkness?

Mar 10, 2019

Robin is saying that when Lysander wakes up, he will not be able to go back to sleep because he will be so in love.

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own

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an insulting term for a person of low rank

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“Evil befall” or “curse”. In this sense, “beshrew” is a very mild curse. Hermia is saying “evil befall me if I said you lied”.

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To test. I.e., Robin has yet to test the magic powers of the flower.

Mar 10, 2019

In this exchange, Lysander and Hermia make puns on two meanings of “lie”: to lie down, and to tell a lie.

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Hermia says that, because they aren't married, it would be virtuous to avoid sleeping together.