"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Act II

Jon B. (United States of America)
In this comedy, two Athenian couples and a troupe of actors become unwitting pawns in a squabble between a fairy king and queen. Read the full text here. Here are links to our lists for the play: Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, Act VHere are links to our lists for other plays by William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet,
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  1. wrath
    belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong
    Take heed the queen come not within his sight; For Oberon is passing fell and wrath
  2. knavish
    marked by skill in deception
    Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Call'd Robin Goodfellow: are not you he That frights the maidens of the villagery;
  3. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
    I jest to Oberon and make him smile When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile, Neighing in likeness of a filly foal:
  4. shun
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
    If you will patiently dance in our round And see our moonlight revels, go with us; If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts.
  5. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
    You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant; But yet you draw not iron, for my heart Is true as steel
  6. entice
    provoke someone to do something through persuasion
    Do I entice you? do I speak you fair?
  7. spurn
    reject with contempt
    Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me, Neglect me, lose me; only give me leave, Unworthy as I am, to follow you.
  8. woo
    make amorous advances towards
    We cannot fight for love, as men may do; We should be wooed and were not made to woo.
  9. disdainful
    expressing extreme contempt
    A sweet Athenian lady is in love With a disdainful youth
  10. clamorous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
    and some keep back The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.
  11. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
    One aloof stand sentinel.
  12. languish
    lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
    What thou seest when thou dost wake, Do it for thy true-love take, Love and languish for his sake
  13. vile
    morally reprehensible
    Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, Pard, or boar with bristled hair, In thy eye that shall appear When thou wakest, it is thy dear: Wake when some vile thing is near.
  14. perish
    pass from physical life
    Where is Demetrius? O, how fit a word Is that vile name to perish on my sword!
  15. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    Content with Hermia! No; I do repent The tedious minutes I with her have spent.
  16. flout
    laugh at with contempt and derision
    Is't not enough, is't not enough, young man, That I did never, no, nor never can, Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye, But you must flout my insufficiency?
Created on Mon Apr 08 12:47:54 EDT 2019

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