Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . er part of the wood,was seeking his servant Puck, quite anxious to know what hadhappened to Titania, and also whether the charm had been suc-cessful with Demetrius. Oberon. I wonder if Titania be awaked ;Then, what it was that next came in her eye,Which she must dote on in extremity. Enter comes my messenger. — How now, mad spirit?What night-rule1 now about this haunted grove ?Puck. My mistress with a monster
Typical tales of fancy, romance, and history from Shakespeare's plays; in narrative form, largely in Shakespeare's words, with dialogue passages in the original dramatic text . er part of the wood,was seeking his servant Puck, quite anxious to know what hadhappened to Titania, and also whether the charm had been suc-cessful with Demetrius. Oberon. I wonder if Titania be awaked ;Then, what it was that next came in her eye,Which she must dote on in extremity. Enter comes my messenger. — How now, mad spirit?What night-rule1 now about this haunted grove ?Puck. My mistress with a monster is in love! Then Puck goes on to tell Oberon what he haddone to the clumsy clown, Nick Bottom, andhow the others had been so frightened bythis that they ran away and left Bottom, withthe donkeys head on him, standing nearTitanias close and consecrated bower, — When, in that moment (so it came to pass),Titania waked, and straightway loved an ass. Oberon. This falls gut better than I could hast thou yet [smeared] the Athenians eyesWith the love-juice, as I did bid thee do ? Puck. I took him sleeping (that is finished too),And the Athenian woman by his 1 Revelry. A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. 47 But, meanwhile, Demetrius, having at last got clear of Helena, happenedto meet Hermia looking for her lost Lysander, and, in spite of her distressand fear, began to tell again the unwelcome story of his love. Hermia reallyfeared that Demetrius had murdered Lysander, who she was sure would neverhave stolen away from her whilesleeping. She used bitter, angrywords, and bade Demetrius takehis hated presence from hersight: — See me no more, whether he bedead or no ! With these words she left , thinking it useless tofollow her in this fierce mood,lay down to rest. In this enchanted wood everyone seems to have easily fallenasleep, and Demetrius imme-diately dropped into a slumber, asthe others had done. But Oberon,being near, had seen Demetriusand Hermia together,
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