Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | CliffsNotes Video Summary

Dustin McLean
19 Jun 201907:40

Summary

TLDRعرض النص النصي لنص فيديو يتضمن قصة 'ليلة仲夏 الحلم' من شكسبير، تدور حول السحر العاطفي والصراعات العاطفية التي تحدث قبل أربعة أيام من زفاف ال公爵 Theseus وHippolyta. يتضمن النص الصراع بين الأب الطاغى Aegis والفتيات Hermia وHelena، وخطة Hermia وLysander للفرار من أثينا. كما ي講べ عن الصراع بين Oberon وTitania، وخطة Oberon لأخذ الولد الهندي بمساعدة Robin Goodfellow. ينتهي النص بعرض المسرحيين وفشلهم في التمثيل، ويطرح الأسئلة عن العشق وعلاقاته بالعالم القانوني والعقلاني.

Takeaways

  • 🎭 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' هو عمل شكسبير يحتفل بقوة الحب السحري في تغيير حياتنا، ويعرض عوائقه في الحماقة.
  • 🏛️ المسرحية تبدأ في أثينا القديمة، حيث يواجه دوك Theseus مشكلة في الزواج بين حبه للعدالة والقوانين الصارمة.
  • 💑 Hermia تواجه عصيان من والدها Aegis بسبب حبها لLysander بدلاً من Demetrius، مما يؤدي إلى تطورات معقدة في علاقات الحب.
  • 🌲 تدور الأحداث حول غابة تمتلئ بالجن، حيث يجد Oberon وTitania صراعًا بسبب طفل هندي، مما يتسبب في استخدامهم لعبة السحر.
  • 🌿 يستخدم Oberon عصا العشق 'love-in-idleness' لجعل Titania تقع في حب شيء مقرف، لكن الخطأ يحدث ويصيب Lysander بدلاً من Demetrius.
  • 🎭 تستعد مجموعة من ال.performers لتقديم مسرحية تشبه 'روميو وجويلية' ولكن بهumoristic twist.
  • 🦊 ي混淆 Puck الأمور أكثر بجعل Demetrius يقع في حب Helena، مما يزيد من الفوضى في العلاقات.
  • 🌙 تنتهي الأحداث بالإفراط من التعب والحيرة، لكن كل شيء يبدو كحلم عندما يصبحون وهم يعتقدون أنه كل شيء كان مجرد خيال.
  • 🤝 ينتهي الصراع بين Oberon وTitania بالإتفاق، ويتم تكريم زواج Theseus وHippolyta بblessin.
  • 🎉 تعود الأحداث إلى الطبيعية، ويتحول المشاعر بشكل سحبي، مما يظهر أن الرغبة يمكن أن تكون عشوائية وغير منطقية.

Q & A

  • ما هي الموضوع المركزي في 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'؟

    -الموضوع المركزي في 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' هو 'الحب الحقيقي لا يجري بسلاسة'، مما يعكس قدرة الحب على تحويل الحياة وكذلك إمكانيته للسخافة.

  • في أي مكان تبدأ المسرحية؟

    -المسرحية تبدأ في أثينا القديمة، موطن الديمقراطية، حيث يشعر الدوق Theseus بالحزن لأن الوقت يمضي ببطء.

  • ما العلاقة بين الدوق Theseus وهيبوليتا؟

    -الدوق Theseus متزوج من هيبوليتا، الملكة السابقة للأمازون، وهم على وشك الزواج في أربعة أيام.

  • لماذا يشعر إيجيوس بالإحباط؟

    -إيجيوس يريد أن تتزوج ابنته Hermia من Demetrius، لكن Hermia تحب Lysander، مما يسبب توترًا بين الأب والابنة.

  • ما الخطة لـ Hermia وLysander؟

    -Hermia وLysander يخططان للفرار من أثينا لتجنب القوانين غير العادلة وإقامة عائلة في بيت عم Hermia.

Outlines

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🌿 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Overview

This paragraph introduces Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' highlighting its central theme that true love is never smooth. Set in ancient Athens, the play explores love's transformative power and its excesses, leading to foolishness. It delves into the duality of reality through dreams, illusions, and poetry. The narrative begins with the upcoming marriage of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta, amidst the romantic turmoil involving Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. The play also introduces a subplot involving a group of actors preparing a play within the play, and the fairy world's conflict between King Oberon and Queen Titania, which intertwines with the human characters' love lives.

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🔮 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - Love, Magic, and Confusion

The second paragraph delves into the chaotic events that unfold in the enchanted woods. Oberon's plan to use a love potion to manipulate Titania backfires due to Puck's mistake, leading to a series of love triangles and confusion among the young Athenians. The actors' rehearsals for their play are also highlighted, adding a layer of comedy to the narrative. The paragraph concludes with Oberon and Titania resolving their differences and blessing the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta, while the human characters awaken to a resolution of their romantic entanglements, attributing the night's events to a dream.

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Keywords

💡True Love

真爱是视频中的核心主题,它探讨了爱情的力量以及它如何转变我们的生活。在莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》中,真爱经历了考验和混乱,但最终带来了转变和和谐。例如,赫米娅和莱桑德的爱情故事就是对真爱力量的探索,尽管他们面临了许多障碍和误解。

💡Folly

愚蠢是视频中用来描述爱情中过度行为的一个词。它指的是爱情中的不理智和荒谬行为,这些行为往往导致混乱和误解。例如,海伦娜对德米特里厄斯的单相思以及由此产生的一系列混乱行为,都是愚蠢在爱情中的体现。

💡Duality of Reality

现实二元性是视频中探讨的一个概念,它涉及到现实与幻想、理性与情感之间的对比。在剧中,雅典代表着秩序、理性和逻辑,而仙界则充满了魔法和幻想。这种二元性在提泰妮亚和奥伯伦的争吵中得到了体现,他们的魔法干预了凡人的爱情,导致了一系列的混乱。

💡A Midsummer Night's Dream

《仲夏夜之梦》是视频中讨论的莎士比亚戏剧的名称,它象征着剧中发生的一系列梦幻般的事件。这个短语也暗示了剧中的爱情故事和魔法事件都是短暂和易逝的,就像梦一样。剧中的人物经历了一系列混乱和误解,但最终在梦醒时分找到了真爱。

💡Transformation

转变是视频中的一个关键概念,它指的是人物经历的变化和发展。在《仲夏夜之梦》中,许多角色都经历了爱情观念和自我认识的转变。例如,德米特里厄斯最初追求赫米娅,但在魔法的影响下,他最终爱上了海伦娜,这显示了爱情观念的转变。

💡Love-in-idleness

爱之懒惰是一种在视频中提到的魔法植物,它的汁液被用来制造爱情魔法。当这种植物的汁液滴在睡着的人的眼睛上时,他们会爱上醒来后看到的第一个生物。这是奥伯伦用来操纵提泰妮亚感情的工具,也是剧中爱情混乱的催化剂。

💡Oberon and Titania

奥伯伦和提泰妮亚是视频中提到的仙界的国王和王后,他们之间的争吵和和解是剧情发展的关键。他们的冲突和最终的和解象征着爱情和权力斗争,同时也影响了凡人世界的爱情故事。他们的和解为剧中的爱情故事带来了祝福和圆满的结局。

💡Puck

帕克是视频中提到的一个角色,他是奥伯伦的淘气的精灵,负责执行奥伯伦的计划。帕克的恶作剧和混乱行为是剧中许多误解和混乱的直接原因。他的角色体现了剧中的幽默和讽刺,同时也推动了剧情的发展。

💡Thespis

Thespis在视频中指的是彼得·昆斯,一个木匠兼戏剧导演,他负责组织一群业余演员排练戏剧。这群演员的戏剧排练和表演是剧中剧的元素,为《仲夏夜之梦》增添了喜剧色彩。他们的表演和戏剧中的混乱相互呼应,体现了戏剧与现实之间的界限。

💡Law and Reason

法律和理性是视频中用来描述雅典社会秩序和规则的概念。在剧中,法律和理性与爱情和魔法的混乱形成对比。例如,埃吉斯坚持赫米娅必须嫁给德米特里厄斯,否则就要受到惩罚,这体现了法律的严格和理性的冷漠。然而,剧中的爱情和魔法最终超越了这些规则,展现了人性和情感的力量。

Highlights

The central theme of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is that 'the course of true love never did run smooth'.

The play portrays love's excesses and foolishness, as well as its magical power to transform lives.

It explores the duality of reality through dreams, illusions, and poetry.

The play begins in Athens, known for order, reason, and logic, just before the wedding of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta.

Theseus is frustrated by how slowly time is moving before his wedding, while Hippolyta assures him time will pass quickly.

Hermia is in love with Lysander, but her father wants her to marry Demetrius, leading to conflict with Athenian law.

Hermia and Lysander plan to flee Athens to escape the law, confiding in Helena, who loves Demetrius unrequitedly.

Oberon, the fairy king, argues with Titania over an Indian boy she promised to raise.

Oberon plans to use a magical flower, 'love-in-idleness,' to make Titania fall in love with something grotesque until she relinquishes the boy.

Puck mistakenly applies the love potion to Lysander instead of Demetrius, causing him to fall for Helena.

The characters end up lost in a fog, quarreling and chasing each other, while Puck leads them on a wild goose chase.

In the end, Puck reverses the love spell, and the characters wake up believing it was all a dream.

The play's actors rehearse a comedic version of Romeo and Juliet, including a lion, adding humor to the chaos.

Oberon eventually resolves his conflict with Titania, and they bless the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta.

The play closes with a reflection on love's irrationality and the arbitrariness of desire, highlighting its depth and emotional turmoil.

Transcripts

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hey I'm cliff and these are my notes the

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course of true love never did run smooth

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that's the central theme in

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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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a play that rejoices in the magical

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power of love to transform our lives but

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also portrays love's excesses in

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foolishness and it explores the duality

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of reality with its joyful festive

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celebration of dreams illusions poetry

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oh well that was very puckish Lee

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explained puck thank you and our play

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begins and our play begins in ancient

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Athens birthplace of democracy filled

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with order reason and logic it's four

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days before the Duke Theseus is to marry

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Hippolyta the former queen of the

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Amazonians Theseus is upset because time

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is moving so slowly but Hippolyta

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assures him that the four days will pass

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quickly their relationship hasn't always

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been so loving I wonder in a battle Duke

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Theseus is consulted by Aegis the

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tyrannical father of Hermia and her too

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eager suitors Lysander and Demetrius I

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want my daughter to marry Demetrius but

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I'm in love with Lysander I'm just as

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good as this guy if Hermia won't marry

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Demetrius she should die it's the law of

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Athens and my right is her father agreed

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but here's another option she could

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spend her whole life in a nunnery

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horrible idea you'll have until the day

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of our wedding to decide hey let's

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escape the unjust laws of Athens by

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moving into my widowed aunt's house

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where we can marry and live in peace

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what could possibly get in the way role

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of their news best friend Helena whose

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unrequited love for Demetrius is driving

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her crazy how the heck did you capture

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this wonderful beefcakes heart I hate to

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meet you so Kay Hermia and Lysander tell

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Helena about their plan to leave Athens

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and in a last-ditch effort to gain his

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love Helena tells Demetrius

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Maria meanwhile in a cottage across town

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carpenter slash theater director Peter

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quince is assigning roles to his

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blubbering ragtag troupe of actors ok

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people bottom you're gonna play such a

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good actor I'm gonna play all the roles

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after some

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wacky squabbling Peter cast the play as

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he sees fit and they agree to meet that

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night in the fairy enchanted woods which

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are ruled by the lusty hot-tempered

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fairy king Oberon who is in a huge

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argument with his fairy queen titania in

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the natural world

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if you relinquish the indian boy you

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stole from me I didn't steal him from

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you I promised his mother who died in

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childbirth I'd raise him I love you

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sometimes why Oberon wants the Indian

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boy to be his servant so badly nobody

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knows but he hatches a plan to get him

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back with the help of his mischievous

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Joker Robin Goodfellow ah my friends

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call me pop girl find a plant called

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love-in-idleness if you squeeze its

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juice on someone's eyes while they sleep

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they fall in love with the first

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creature they see when they wake up I'm

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gonna make titania fall for something

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real gross and I won't release her from

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the spell until she gives me the boy

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back well you make me wanna barf some

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nasty young man named Demetrius just

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went by squirt some knob juice at his

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eyes so he'll fall in love with a girl

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named Helena who's crushing on him fuzzy

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fuzzy indeed wake when some vile thing

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is near me lay further ah

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Foxy's Hermia and Lysander sleeping

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apart mistakes them for Demetrius and

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Helena it squeezes the love juice on

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Lysander instead of Demetrius Oh

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beautiful

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what about Hermia I hate her but I love

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you

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just from status sneaking my heart

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where's my boyfriend meanwhile the

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actors are rehearsing their play which

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is essentially a comedic Romeo and

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Juliet with a lion awful especially that

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guy I'm gonna give him an okay

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where were we fix this bottom not

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realizing he has an starts

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singing which wakes titania what angel

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wakes me from my flowery bed love is

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blind

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puck explains all these events to Oberon

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who is pleased with the results until no

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I do yeah why am I so sleepy

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you stupid fairy you chose the wrong

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Athenian go get Helena and bring her

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here I'll squeeze love juice and

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Demetrius his eye so he'll fall in love

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with her let's try this again people I

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love you so much I love you more what is

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going on here I don't love you anymore

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I love Helena you guys kill each other

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you create a deep fog so they get lost

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and finally fall asleep in exhaustion

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when they awake the night's crazy events

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will seem like a dream

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except that Demetrius will be in love

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with Helena good plan boss man now I

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must go to my wife and beg for the

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Indian boy puck spends the whole night

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leading the quarrelsome group on a wild

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goose chase through the dense fog and

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when everyone passes out from exhaustion

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puck reverses a spell on Lysander and

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cats another spell so they'll think it

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was all a dream yeah a Midsummer Night's

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Dream

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it's the name of the play meanwhile

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titania and bottom are getting along

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just fine alright enough of this what

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about beanie and boy oh I ran into

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titania at the edge of the forest and

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taunted her until she gave him to me oh

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I just dreamt that I was in love with an

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ass mm all right Oberon forgets their

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argument in the - dance-off together so

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they can bless theseus's marriage what

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the heck is this I thought those guys

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hated each other because they both love

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Hermia no I love Helena now what really

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awesome

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everybody gets my bottom wakes up from

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his dream and reunites with his pals who

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thought he was dead time for that now we

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gotta get ready to perform the play and

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the play is horrible o night which ever

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art when day is not

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roar I say raw so what is love what

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causes us to fall in love how does love

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relate to the world of law and reason

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the picture painted here is not

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necessarily romantic instead the play

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shows the arbitrariness of desire along

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with its depths and the sighs and tears

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that often make lovers miserable oh I

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better not have an do I there do

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I have an I'm such a jerk

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