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24 August, 15:10

Find two quotes from the text that show Oberon giving Puck instructions on how to use the love potion. Translate these directions from Shakespearean language to modern language, putting them in your own words. Be sure to label your quotes with the act, scene, and line number (s).

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    The quotes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in which Oberon gives intructions to Puck on how to use the love potion are the following:

    Quote 1 (Act 2 Scene 1, Lines 154-157):

    "Fetch me that flower. The herb I showed thee once.

    The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid

    Will make or man or woman madly dote

    Upon the next live creature that it sees."

    Translation:

    Bring me that flower. I showed it to you once.

    If you put the juice of this flower on somebody's eyelids while they sleep,

    They will fall deeply in love

    With the first person they see.

    Quote 2 (Act 2 Scene 1, Lines 247-254)

    "A sweet Athenian lady is in love

    With a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes.

    But do it when the next thing he espies

    May be the lady. Thou shalt know the man

    By the Athenian garments he hath on.

    Effect it with some care, that he may prove

    More fond on her than she upon her love. "

    Translation:

    A sweet Athenian lady is in love

    With a young man who rejects her. Put the juice of this flower on his eyes.

    But make sure that the first thing he sees is the lady. You will recognize the man

    Because of his Athenian clothes.

    Do it carefully, so that he loves her

    More than she loves him.
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