log out

Miko: annotations

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104

Mar 1, 2019

melancholy or lacking in spirit

Mar 1, 2019

lively, cheerful

Mar 1, 2019

The image here is of a step-dame (a stepmother) or a dowager (a widow who has use of her dead husband's estate) using up the estate before the son can inherit it.

Mar 1, 2019

In Shakespeare's time the word “duke” could be used as a general term for a leader or a chief ruler. It did not necessarily mean the title of nobility that we know today. The word comes from the Latin word “dux” meaning “leader”.

Feb 28, 2019

a type of dance performed in circles

Feb 28, 2019

pronounced with a long “y” to rhyme with “lullaby”

Feb 28, 2019

quarrel

Feb 28, 2019

Numerous scholars have suspected that this line was intended to have another syllable in order to complete the meter. The First Folio reads “But roome Fairy, heere comes Oberon.” Henry Irving changed it to “But room, room, fairy! Here comes Oberon.” The 1905 Arden Shakespeare changed it to “But room, good, fairy! Here comes Oberon.” Still other scholars, such as Samuel Johnson, have suggested that “fairy” is pronounced with three syllables.

Feb 27, 2019

Strong admirers, in this case of the king.
© 2021 Unotate.comcontactprivacy policy