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Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

Lysander claims that he must be telling the truth because he is crying.

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

Lysander refers to his tears. Servants wore badges on their uniforms, so in this case his tears are badges that show his loyalty to faith.

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

foolish spectacle

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

The Tartars, today more commonly called the Taters, are an indigenous people of central Asia. They were famous for their archery, using bows that were considered stronger than those used by the English.

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

1) face 2) the expression worn on her face

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

love sick

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

It was believed that a sigh caused a person to lose blood.

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

Lysander is all the more sad because he has not had enough sleep. This sentence uses the metaphor of debt: sleep is bankrupt and in debt to Demetrius, so he will lie down and let sleep pay off some of its debt to him.

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

“Bankrupt”, which is what many modern editions change this word to.

Mar 25, 2019

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, III.2

Then fate has overruled, because for every man that is faithful, a million are unfaithful, breaking oath after oath (or breaking one oath with another).