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Who on this sight can recite Puck's closing speech at the end of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? Whoever can gets a FREE 10 points.

2007-08-22 15:09:00 · 4 answers · asked by GiR 2.0 2 in Education & Reference Quotations

Here's a translation for morons:

"If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends."

means

"If the actors in our show made you mad,
it'll be okay if you think of it this way!
You fell asleep on your butt and Dreamed the whole thing!
There was a hole in the plot you could Drive a truck through.
Honey, don't blame us,
You could be watching Oprah.
And we're sorry, but the next show will
Have a lot of funny skits.
I'm not touching that one.\
What he said.
We'll buy you foot long hot dogs!
Good night everybody!
Applaud if

2007-08-22 16:18:48 · update #1

...you like it.
And the Boy Wonder will save us.

2007-08-22 16:19:01 · update #2

4 answers

If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.


( I Love this play, i had to read it a few times to get the whole twist in lovers between lysander, and everyone.)

Puck was a funny and michevous character though:))

2007-08-22 15:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by _Staying brilliantlybeautiful_** 2 · 0 0

If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.

2007-08-22 15:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by pureofheart 3 · 0 0

Puck Shakespeare Quotes

2016-11-07 09:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I shot the sherriff.


But I did not shoot the deputy.

2007-08-22 15:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by open4one 7 · 2 1

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