Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Alack,
where are you? Speak, an if you hear;
Speak,
of all loves! I swoon almost with fear.
No!—then
I well perceive you are not nigh:
Either
death or you I’ll find immediately.
Hermia
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream Act II, Scene ii, Line 154
Okay then, Midsummer Night’s Dream. I know I’ve always said that I don’t care for this play (even though it’s one of Will’s more popular comedies), and that’s still true. But I will admit that there are parts of it that are starting to grow on me. However, the scenes with the four lovers running around the in the woods is not one of those parts. Yes, this scene is the lovers in the woods.
Maybe it’s just because, in my laziness, I’ve never bothered to learn the four lovers and who’s in love with who and who isn’t in love with who. There’s Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius. There, at least I know all the names, but it doesn’t make it any easier to remember who loves who when the ones who aren’t in love with each other suddenly are in love because of the love potion that Puck starts spreading around.
Hermia, here, has just woken up alone, calling for Lysander. Does she love Lysander and, if so, does she really love him or is it a love potion spell love. Or is Lysander Helena’s guy? And what about Demetrius? Where's he?
I guess I’ll just never have these four figured out. Oh well.
I have to tell you, Mr. Blagys, I know how Hermia feels. Some days I wake up and neither of you guys are here and I call out "Alack, where are you." But you guys don’t answer. It’s like you just completely forget about me. And you know, I can't get out of this bed without breaking a leg or two.
So, what’ up with that?
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