Miko: annotations

Vile or viled. The First Quarto has “vilde”, the First Folio has “vile”.

The goose was a symbol of foolishness.

Snug is smart, brave.

“Dam” is a contemptuous term for a mother. It was common to use this term to refer to something that brings about evil.

This phrase could have one or both of two meanings. 1) A fierce lion - “fell” means fierce or savage. 2) Wearing a lion costume - “fell” is a term for an animal skin.

There is irony here that Snug says ladies are so frightful, even though the audience includes Hippolyta, the Amazon warrior queen.

The First Quarto reads “knit now againe”.

curse back

Capable of feeling. Perhaps Pyramus hit the wall.

Some modern editions change this question mark to an exclamation point.