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Question #10

What does Theseus mean in the quote below?

"But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd,
Than that which withering on the virgin thorn
Grows, lives and dies in single
blessedness."





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Question #12

What does Bottom mean in the quote below?

"That will ask some tears in the true performing of it:
if I do it, let the audience look to their eyes;
I will move storms, I will condole in some measure."





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Question #13

Look where Theseus tells Philostrate to "Turn melancholy forth to funerals; / The pale companion is not for our pomp."

What does "forth" mean in this context?





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Question #14

Look where Lysander reveals that he will run away with Hermia: "A time that lovers' flights doth still conceal, / Through Athens' gates have we devised to steal."

What does "devised" mean in this context?





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Question #15

Look where Helena says that in revealing Hermia's flight to Demetrius, "for this intelligence / If I have thanks, it is a dear expense."

What does "expense" mean in this context?





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