Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Midsummer Act 2 Vocab

forsworn
Titania: (about Oberon) "I have forsworn his bed and company" (2.1.64).

progeny
dissension
Titania: "And this same progeny of evils comes / From our debate, from our dissension; / We are their parents and original" (2.1.118-120).

promontory
Oberon: "Since once I sat upon a promontory / And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back" (2.1.154-155).

entice
Demitrius: (to Helena) "Do I entice you?" (2.1.206).

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