No Fear Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Act 2, Scene 2, Page 4
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HERMIA
With half that wish the wisher’s eyes be
pressed!
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HERMIA
You sleep well too.
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HERMIA and
LYSANDER sleep |
HERMIA and LYSANDER
sleep. ROBIN enters. |
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Enter ROBIN
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ROBIN
Through the forest have I gone.
But Athenian found I none,
On whose eyes I might approve
This flower’s force in stirring love.
(sees LYSANDER
and
HERMIA)
Night and silence! Who is here?
Weeds of Athens he doth wear.
This is he, my master said,
Despisèd the Athenian maid.
And here the maiden, sleeping sound
On the dank and dirty ground.
Pretty soul! She durst not lie
Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.
(squeezes flower juice on
LYSANDER’s eyelids)
Churl, upon thy eyes I throw
All the power this charm doth owe.
When thou wakest, let love forbid
Sleep his seat on thy eyelid.
So awake when I am gone,
For I must now to Oberon.
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ROBIN
I’ve been through the entire forest, but I
haven’t found any Athenian man to use the flower on.
(he sees LYSANDER
and
HERMIA) Wait a second,
who’s this? He’s wearing Athenian clothes.
This must be the guy who rejected the Athenian girl. And
here’s the girl, sleeping soundly on the damp and dirty
ground. Pretty girl! She shouldn’t lie near this rude and
heartless man.
(he puts
flower juice on
LYSANDER ’s eyelids) Jerk,
I throw all the power of this magic charm on your eyes. When you
wake up, let love keep you from going back to sleep. Wake up when
I’m gone, because now I have to go to Oberon.
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Exit ROBIN
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ROBIN exits. |
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Enter DEMETRIUS and
HELENA, running |
DEMETRIUS and HELENA
enter, running. |
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HELENA
Stay, though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius.
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HELENA
Stop, Demetrius! Stop, even if only to kill me.
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DEMETRIUS
I charge thee, hence, and do not haunt me thus.
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DEMETRIUS
I’m telling you, get out of here, and don’t
follow me around like this.
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HELENA
O, wilt thou darkling leave me? Do not so.
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HELENA
Oh, will you leave me alone in the dark? Don’t.
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