And an inside joke

Helena
How happy some o'er other some can be!
Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so;
He will not know what all but he do know.
And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes,
So I, admiring of his qualities.
Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;
Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste.
And therefore is Love said to be a child,
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.
As waggish boys in game themselves forswear,
So the boy Love is perjured everywhere.
For ere Demetrius looked on Hermia's eyne,
He hailed down oaths that he was only mine;
And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,
So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt.
I will go tell him of fair Hermia's flight.
Then to the wood will he to-morrow night
Pursue her; and for this intelligence
If I have thanks, it is a dear expense.
But herein mean I to enrich my pain,
To have his sight thither and back again.

In another part of the wood...


Detemtrius
O Helena, goddess, nymph, perfect, divine!
To what, my love, shall I compare thine eyne?
Crystal is muddy. O, how ripe in show
Thy lips, those kissing cherries, tempting grow!
That pure congealed white, high Taurus snow,
Fann'd with the eastern wind, turns to a crow
When thou hold'st up thy hand: O, let me kiss
This princess of pure white, this seal of bliss!


Helena
O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent
To set against me for your merriment:
If you we re civil and knew courtesy,
You would not do me thus much injury.
Can you not hate me, as I know you do,
But you must join in souls to mock me too?
If you were men, as men you are in show,
You would not use a gentle lady so;
To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts,
When I am sure you hate me with your hearts.
You both are rivals, and love Hermia;
And now both rivals, to mock Helena:
A trim exploit, a manly enterprise,
To conjure tears up in a poor maid's eyes
With your derision! none of noble sort
Would so offend a virgin, and extort
A poor soul's patience, all to make you sport.

Wow. Did you write that?
» randomjunk on 2007-01-12 08:44:43

lol!
oh lord no.
But the man who wrote it I've been in love with for years upon years. Nearly as far back as I can remember.

William Shakespeare.
This is from 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' which I would *highly* recommend.
» Helena on 2007-01-12 08:45:51

When I was in fifth grade I played Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream. It was abridged, of course, because we were in fifth grade, but it's amazing how many lines of the above I still remember!!! The soliloquy is the best... "Throughout Athens I am thought as fair as she"

The best part of the whole experience was when my best friend, who was Titania's fairy Mustardseed, got into a fight with the boy playing Bottom, and she punched him in the stomach, and he shoved her back, making her fall down a ramp, right into our director who had just come through the door at that moment. Bottom ended up getting in terrible trouble for beating on a girl... when she'd started the whole thing in the first place!!

I love this play.
» Zanzibar on 2007-01-12 09:06:42

Oregon Trail? - I dont remember that game!
» AmbrosiaB on 2007-01-12 09:31:23

I love the acting troupe. What are the peoples' names again? All I can remember is that the play is with Thisby and Pyramus and a hole in the wall... LOL.

P.S. Have I ever told you I adore your whale?
» ranor on 2007-01-12 09:51:21

aw
why thank you ranor - i adore him too.
I can't remember all of the troupe right now - but I can look it up for ya if you want. I had forgotten about the hole in the wall! lol...classic
» Helena on 2007-01-12 10:46:19

Sigh...
I just had to recite half of that 2 months ago. Shakespear is great! I cannot believe how ppl can write with only dialouge! I try and fail miserably
» rrzhang001 on 2007-01-13 12:04:51

That's a pretty sweet picture of stairs you got there.
» Zanzibar on 2007-01-17 07:04:01

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