No Fear Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Act 2, Scene 2, Page 7
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HERMIA
(waking) Help me, Lysander, help
me! Do thy best
To pluck this crawling serpent from my breast.
Ay me, for pity! What a dream was here.
Lysander, look how I do quake with fear.
Methought a serpent eat my heart away,
And you sat smiling at his cruel pray.
Lysander!—What, removed?—Lysander,
lord!—
What, out of hearing, gone? No sound, no word?—
Alack, where are you? Speak, an if you hear.
Speak, of all loves! I swoon almost with fear.
No? Then I well perceive you all not nigh.
Either death or you I’ll find immediately.
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HERMIA
(waking up) Help me, Lysander, help
me! Get this snake off of my chest. Oh, my God! What a terrible
dream I just had! Lysander, look how I’m shaking from
fear. I thought a snake was eating my heart while you sat smiling
and watching. Lysander!—What, is he
gone?—Lysander, my lord!—What, is he out of
earshot? Gone? No answer, nothing? Oh, God, where are you? Say
something if you can hear me. Say something, please! I’m
almost fainting with fear. Nothing? Then I guess you’re
nowhere nearby. I’ll find you—or
die—right away.
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