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2,177 | 1787_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius has successfully convinced Laertes that he did not murder Polonius. In fact, he tells Laertes that Hamlet not only killed Polonius, but tried to kill him as well. Laertes asks the King why he has not taken any action against Hamlet. Claudius gives two reasons: first, he does not want to hurt the Queen; and sec... | [
"Scene VII.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Laertes.",
"King. Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,\n And You must put me in your heart for friend,\n Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,\n That he which hath your noble father slain\n Pursued my life. Laer. It... |
2,178 | 1787_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two gravediggers are in a cemetery, discussing the Christian burial accorded to Ophelia. Though her funeral is not allowed in the church, she has been given a plot in its graveyard. As they work, the gravediggers are clownish, telling one another riddles and making jokes. Hamlet and Horatio enter as one gravedigger beg... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,179 | 1787_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet tells Horatio about his experiences on the ship when he was being sent to England. During his first night at sea, Hamlet discovered the King's secret orders for him in the pockets of the sleeping Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. He drafted a new letter, a fake one, directing that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern be kil... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and Horatio.",
"Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you see the other. You do remember all the circumstance? Hor. Remember it, my lord! Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay Worse than the mut... |
2,160 | 1787_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the battlements of Castle Elsinore, Bernardo arrives to relieve Francisco of his watch. Horatio and Marcellus arrive and greet Francisco. They talk of the ghost they have seen 'this apparition'. Marcellus has invited Horatio to come and see the ghost for himself. Horatio doubts the men's reports, but before Bernardo... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,161 | 1787_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius, the dead King's brother, and new King of Denmark enters his stateroom with his wife Gertrude, and the whole court entourage, which includes Prince Hamlet; Polonius the Lord Chamberlain, and his son Laertes; and the two Ambassadors to Norway, Volternand and Cornelius. Claudius announces that Norway would view ... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room of state in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen,\nHamlet,\nPolonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]\nLords Attendant.",
"King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\n The memory be green, and that it us be... |
2,162 | 1787_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Laertes prepares to leave the castle and head for Paris. He advises Ophelia, his sister, to reject Hamlet's advances explaining that Hamlet only considers her as a plaything. Because of who Hamlet is, he will marry a greater person than her. Polonius enters and gives Laertes lengthy advice on how to live in Paris, full... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Laertes and Ophelia.",
"Laer. My necessaries are embark'd. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit\n And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,\n But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of hi... |
2,163 | 1787_act_1_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet meets with Horatio and Marcellus on the battlements of the castle. They can hear the revelry from the castle below and the Prince disapproves of the King's drunkenness. He considers that this reflects badly on all Danes. Just then, the ghost arrives. Hamlet wonders if the ghost ‘airs from heaven or blasts f... | [
"Scene IV.\nElsinore. The platform before the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.",
"Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air. Ham. What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar. No, it is struck. Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the s... |
2,164 | 1787_act_1_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The ghost of King Hamlet tells his son to listen to what he has to say. His time is short for he must return to purgatory, but he needs to tell his son his sad tale, and he charges the Prince to avenge his murder. Claudius has seduced his virtuous Queen and whilst he was asleep, poured lethal poison into his ear. The p... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. The Castle. Another part of the fortifications.",
"Enter Ghost and Hamlet.",
"Ham. Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak! I'll go no further. Ghost. Mark me. Ham. I will. Ghost. My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself. Ham. Alas, poor ghost! Ghost... |
2,156 | 1787_act_2_scene_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ophelia tells her father that she has just met with Hamlet and he was acting in a most peculiar fashion. His clothes were unfastened and he was in a piteous state. Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad over the love of his daughter, Ophelia, because she has spurned his advances. Polonius decides to take this information t... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,167 | 1787_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Hamlet's madness. They respond by saying that they are not sure what the reason is for his madness. Hamlet is excited at the forthcoming play. Gertrude is asked to leave so that Claudius and Polonius can spy on Hamlet when he meets Ophelia. The Queen meets Ophelia and ex... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,168 | 1787_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is now clear to Claudius that Hamlet is a real threat, and he must regain control over his court and his people. He cannot have Hamlet harmed here in Denmark, so he asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England. Polonius arrives saying that Hamlet is on his way to Gertrude's quarters and that he will s... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and three of the Players.",
"Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you,\n trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of our\n players do, I had as live the town crier spoke my lines. Nor\ndo\n not saw the air too m... |
2,169 | 1787_act_3_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Polonius arrives in Gertrude's bedroom and hides behind a tapestry. Polonius tells Gertrude to be completely forthright with her son. Hamlet arrives and Gertrude scolds her son for offending his father, meaning Claudius. Hamlet responds by saying that she has badly offended his father, meaning King Hamlet. Hamlet bulli... | [
"Scene III.\nA room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.",
"King. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us\n To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you;\n I your commission will forthwith dispatch,\n And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not ... |
2,170 | 1787_act_3_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius joins Gertrude, who exclaims that she has just witnessed a horror. Her son has gone completely mad like a storm at sea, and has killed Polonius. Claudius realizes that it could have been him hiding behind the tapestry and deplores Hamlet's violence. He is worried about what to tell the court concerning Poloniu... | [
"Scene IV.\nThe Queen's closet.",
"Enter Queen and Polonius.",
"Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.\n Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,\n And that your Grace hath screen'd and stood between\n Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here.\n Pray you be round with... |
2,171 | 1787_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius joins Gertrude, who exclaims that she has just witnessed a horror. Her son has gone completely mad like a storm at sea, and has killed Polonius. Claudius realizes that it could have been him hiding behind the tapestry and deplores Hamlet's violence. He is worried about what to tell the court concerning Poloniu... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,180 | 1787_act_4_scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The main issue here is now the whereabouts of Polonius' body. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been sent to find Hamlet and, therefore, the body. Hamlet calls them mere sponges and parasites of the court. They are far beneath him, the sons of a King. In front of the full court, Claudius feigns concern over his nephew ... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A passage in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet.",
"Ham. Safely stow'd.\n Gentlemen. (within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!\n Ham. But soft! What noise? Who calls on Hamlet? O, here they\ncome.",
"Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compo... |
2,174 | 1787_act_4_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | During their voyage to the port, Hamlet and his keepers see Fortinbras leading his army through Denmark to Poland. They will fight over land worth virtually nothing to anybody, and Hamlet wonders at the troops leaving their homes and families to fight over nothing. | [
"Scene IV.\nNear Elsinore.",
"Enter Fortinbras with his Army over the stage.",
"For. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.\n Tell him that by his license Fortinbras\n Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march\n Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.\n If that his Majesty would aught with u... |
2,175 | 1787_act_4_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ophelia has become totally deranged and wanders the castle singing fragments of songs concerning death, chaos and unrequited love. Gertrude refuses to see the girl until Horatio points out that her strange behavior may attract undue attention. Both the King and Queen try to help her without success. They conclude that ... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio, Queen, and a Gentleman.",
"Queen. I will not speak with her. Gent. She is importunate, indeed distract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears\n There's tricks i' th' world, an... |
2,176 | 1787_act_4_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Horatio receives letters from Hamlet saying that their ship was beset by pirates and that he was taken captive and brought back to Denmark. He has been well treated. He has promised the pirates a favor in return. He has one letter for the King and asks this to be delivered immediately, and then Horatio is to meet him. ... | [
"Scene VI.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio with an Attendant.",
"Hor. What are they that would speak with me?\n Servant. Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for\nyou.\n Hor. Let them come in.\n [Exit Attendant.]\n I do not kno... |
2,177 | 1787_act_4_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius receives Hamlet's letter and knows that he is still alive. He now offers Laertes an opportunity to obtain revenge and he hatches a plot whereby Laertes can kill Hamlet in a duel. Hamlet will use a fencing foil, but Laertes' foil will have a sharp point, not blunted like Hamlet's, then if Hamlet is killed it wi... | [
"Scene VII.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Laertes.",
"King. Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,\n And You must put me in your heart for friend,\n Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,\n That he which hath your noble father slain\n Pursued my life. Laer. It... |
2,178 | 1787_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two gravediggers discuss their work for the day and wonder whether the grave they prepare for a drowned woman should be in this hallowed ground. Because she has committed suicide she is not worthy of salvation. Hamlet and Horatio enter and ask one of the gravediggers who is being buried. There then follows an exchange ... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,179 | 1787_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The opening of the scene shows us a more relaxed Hamlet, who is clear in his mind what he has to do in order to obey his father's wishes. He conveys to Horatio the actual events regarding his voyage to England. Whilst Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were asleep, Hamlet searched through their belongings and discovered lett... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and Horatio.",
"Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you see the other. You do remember all the circumstance? Hor. Remember it, my lord! Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay Worse than the mut... |
2,160 | 1787_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Marcellus and Barnardo had seen the ghost twice previously and due to Horatio's disbelief; Marcellus has convinced him to stand watch with them that night. They believe that the ghost resembles the dead King Hamlet. Around one o'clock, the ghost appears. Horatio attempts to speak with it but the ghost will not answer a... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nElsinore. A platform before the Castle.",
"Enter two Sentinels-[first,] Francisco, [who paces up and down\nat his post; then] Bernardo, [who approaches him].",
"Ber. Who's there?\n Fran. Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.\n Ber. Long live the King!\n Fran. Bernardo?\n Ber. He.\n F... |
2,161 | 1787_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius, the new king of Denmark, thanks his subjects for their support through the death of his brother Hamlet and marriage to Hamlet's wife. He then sends his ambassadors, Cornelius and Voltemand, to prevent a threatened attack from Fortinbras in Norway, who seeks to avenge his father. Claudius then turns to Laertes... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room of state in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter Claudius, King of Denmark, Gertrude the Queen,\nHamlet,\nPolonius, Laertes and his sister Ophelia, [Voltemand, Cornelius,]\nLords Attendant.",
"King. Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death\n The memory be green, and that it us be... |
2,162 | 1787_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Laertes says goodbye to his sister Ophelia and warns her not to trust Hamlet. He tells her that Hamlet is fickle and soon his affections will turn from her. She asks him not to tell her to live strictly if he intends to live self-indulgently. He reassures her as their father Polonius enters. Polonius sends his son off ... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Laertes and Ophelia.",
"Laer. My necessaries are embark'd. Farewell. And, sister, as the winds give benefit\n And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,\n But let me hear from you. Oph. Do you doubt that? Laer. For Hamlet, and the trifling of hi... |
2,163 | 1787_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet joins Horatio and Marcellus for the watch while Claudius drinks the night away inside. The ghost appears and beckons Hamlet to follow. The other men try to convince the Prince not to go after the apparition for fear that it will lead him into danger. Hamlet will not listen and departs with the ghost. Horatio and... | [
"Scene IV.\nElsinore. The platform before the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus.",
"Ham. The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Hor. It is a nipping and an eager air. Ham. What hour now? Hor. I think it lacks of twelve. Mar. No, it is struck. Hor. Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the s... |
2,164 | 1787_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet stops and tells the ghost he will go no further. The ghost turns to Hamlet and instructs him to listen, as there isn't much time to talk. The ghost tells Hamlet that he is the spirit of his dead father. He is doomed to walk the earth at night and burn in hell by day. He demands that if his son loves him, he aven... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. The Castle. Another part of the fortifications.",
"Enter Ghost and Hamlet.",
"Ham. Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak! I'll go no further. Ghost. Mark me. Ham. I will. Ghost. My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'rous and tormenting flames Must render up myself. Ham. Alas, poor ghost! Ghost... |
2,165 | 1787_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Polonius sends his servant Reynaldo to Paris to question Laertes' friends and acquaintances in order to discover how his son is living. He wants to be sure that Laertes hasn't returned to the wild, youthful behavior that marked his past. Ophelia enters to tell her father of a visit from Hamlet. She is concerned because... | [
"Act II. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the house of Polonius.",
"Enter Polonius and Reynaldo.",
"Pol. Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. Rey. I will, my lord. Pol. You shall do marvell's wisely, good Reynaldo, Before You visit him, to make inquire Of his behaviour. Rey. My lord, I did intend it. Pol... |
2,166 | 1787_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius has summoned Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet. He and Queen Gertrude feel that they can discover the cause of the Prince's apparent madness and send them to spy on him. They leave and Polonius enters. He reports that the ambassadors, sent to Norway, have returned and that he has disc... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Flourish. [Enter King and Queen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,\ncum aliis.",
"King. Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Moreover that we much did long to see you,\n The need we have to use you did provoke\n Our hasty sending. Something have you heard\... |
2,167 | 1787_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report that they have failed to discover the cause of Hamlet's madness. They tell Claudius and Gertrude that the Prince showed signs of joy regarding the upcoming performance. Polonius confirms this, further saying that Hamlet would like the King and Queen to attend. Next, Claudius instruct... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Queen, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,\nand Lords.",
"King. And can you by no drift of circumstance\n Get from him why he puts on this confusion,\n Grating so harshly all his days of quiet\n With turbulent and dangerous lu... |
2,168 | 1787_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet instructs the players on how to perform. As he is finishing, Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern enter to tell him that the King and Queen are on their way to attend the performance. Horatio enters and Hamlet reminds him of the ghost and secures his help in observing Claudius during the performance for signs... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and three of the Players.",
"Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you,\n trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many of our\n players do, I had as live the town crier spoke my lines. Nor\ndo\n not saw the air too m... |
2,169 | 1787_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Claudius orders Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to leave for England immediately, taking the Prince. They vow to do so and leave as Polonius enters. Polonius informs the King that Hamlet is on his way to speak with Gertrude and plans to hide in the room to listen. Left alone, Claudius begins to speak of his guilt. As he k... | [
"Scene III.\nA room in the Castle.",
"Enter King, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern.",
"King. I like him not, nor stands it safe with us\n To let his madness range. Therefore prepare you;\n I your commission will forthwith dispatch,\n And he to England shall along with you. The terms of our estate may not ... |
2,170 | 1787_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Queen and Polonius are in her room. Polonius hides behind a curtain where he plans to eavesdrop on her conversation with Hamlet. Hamlet enters and begins to argue with his mother. She becomes frightened that Hamlet intends to harm her. She cries out and startled, Polonius echoes her cry. Thinking he is Claudius, Ha... | [
"Scene IV.\nThe Queen's closet.",
"Enter Queen and Polonius.",
"Pol. He will come straight. Look you lay home to him.\n Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with,\n And that your Grace hath screen'd and stood between\n Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here.\n Pray you be round with... |
2,171 | 1787_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gertrude tells Claudius of Polonius' death. She tells him that Hamlet is repentant for his act and Claudius sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to fetch Hamlet and the body. He and Gertrude plane to pardon Hamlet due to his madness and then send him away. | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Queen, with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"King. There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves\n You must translate; 'tis fit we understand them. Where is your son? Queen. Bestow this place on us a little while. [Exeunt Rosencrantz... |
2,172 | 1787_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find Hamlet but he will not tell them where he has hidden the body of Polonius. | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A passage in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet.",
"Ham. Safely stow'd.\n Gentlemen. (within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!\n Ham. But soft! What noise? Who calls on Hamlet? O, here they\ncome.",
"Enter Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.",
"Ros. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? Ham. Compo... |
2,173 | 1787_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring Hamlet before Claudius who asks him where he has hidden the body. Hamlet gives a hint and men are sent to seek Polonius. Claudius then tells Hamlet that he his to leave immediately for England. Hamlet hints of his suspicion but agrees to leave. Left alone, the King tells the audience ... | [
"Scene III.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter King.",
"King. I have sent to seek him and to find the body.\n How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!\n Yet must not we put the strong law on him.\n He's lov'd of the distracted multitude,\n Who like not in their judgment, but their eyes;\... |
2,174 | 1787_act_4,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Fortinbras and his army arrive for their promised march across the kingdom. Fortinbras sends his captain to obtain an escort from Claudius. Hamlet encounters the captain and is shamed by the vigorous activity of the army. He resolves to take action himself. | [
"Scene IV.\nNear Elsinore.",
"Enter Fortinbras with his Army over the stage.",
"For. Go, Captain, from me greet the Danish king.\n Tell him that by his license Fortinbras\n Craves the conveyance of a promis'd march\n Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous.\n If that his Majesty would aught with u... |
2,175 | 1787_act_4,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gertrude is informed that Ophelia has gone mad. She sends for her and Ophelia enters, singing of love, death, and betrayal. The King enters and he attempts to speak with Ophelia. She exits and so he sends Horatio to watch over her. A messenger arrives to tell the King and Queen that Laertes has arrived with many follow... | [
"Scene V.\nElsinore. A room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio, Queen, and a Gentleman.",
"Queen. I will not speak with her. Gent. She is importunate, indeed distract. Her mood will needs be pitied. Queen. What would she have? Gent. She speaks much of her father; says she hears\n There's tricks i' th' world, an... |
2,176 | 1787_act_4,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sailors bring Horatio a letter from Hamlet. He says that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are still on their way to England but he will be returning to Denmark. | [
"Scene VI.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter Horatio with an Attendant.",
"Hor. What are they that would speak with me?\n Servant. Seafaring men, sir. They say they have letters for\nyou.\n Hor. Let them come in.\n [Exit Attendant.]\n I do not kno... |
2,177 | 1787_act_4,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The King and Laertes are discussing the crime that has been committed by Hamlet when a messenger arrives bearing a letter announcing Hamlet's impending return. Claudius requests that Laertes help to kill the Prince. Laertes, seeking to avenge his father is all too willing. He plans to poison his sword and use it to sla... | [
"Scene VII.\nElsinore. Another room in the Castle.",
"Enter King and Laertes.",
"King. Now must your conscience my acquittance seal,\n And You must put me in your heart for friend,\n Sith you have heard, and with a knowing ear,\n That he which hath your noble father slain\n Pursued my life. Laer. It... |
2,178 | 1787_act_,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two gravediggers are discussing whether Ophelia is entitled to the Christian burial she is to receive as they dig her grave. Hamlet and Horatio enter and approach from afar. One gravedigger exits and the other begins singing as he digs up a skull. Hamlet tries to find out who the new grave is for. He talks about the sk... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nElsinore. A churchyard.",
"Enter two Clowns, [with spades and pickaxes].",
"Clown. Is she to be buried in Christian burial when she wilfully seeks her own salvation? Other. I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave straight. The crowner hath sate on her, and finds it Christian burial. Clown... |
2,179 | 1787_act_,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hamlet tells Horatio that he had discovered Claudius' plot to have him killed enroute to England and that he foiled the plan, changing the orders to call for the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Osric, a courtier, enters to inform Hamlet that Claudius wishes for him to fence with Laertes. Osric says that the Kin... | [
"Scene II.\nElsinore. A hall in the Castle.",
"Enter Hamlet and Horatio.",
"Ham. So much for this, sir; now shall you see the other. You do remember all the circumstance? Hor. Remember it, my lord! Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep. Methought I lay Worse than the mut... |
2,181 | 1778_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is preparing the city for a large festival to mark his imminent marriage to Hippolyta. Egeus, a nobleman, enters the stage accompanied by his daughter Hermia, the man she loves named Lysander, and the man Egeus wants her to marry named Demetrius. He begs Theseus for the ancient At... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and ATTENDANTS",
"THESEUS. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour\n Draws on apace; four happy days bring in\n Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow\n This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,\n Like to a ... |
2,182 | 1778_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Robin Goodfellow, also called Puck, meets with a fairy who serves Queen Titania. She tells him that Titania is coming to the woods outside of Athens that night. Puck informs the fairy that it would be better if Titania and his master, Oberon, did not meet since they only quarrel when they do so. Seconds later... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA wood near Athens",
"Enter a FAIRY at One door, and PUCK at another",
"PUCK. How now, spirit! whither wander you?\n FAIRY. Over hill, over dale,\n Thorough bush, through brier,\n Over park, over pale,\n Thorough flood, through fire,\n ... |
2,183 | 1778_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One The rustics and artisans arrive in the woods and discuss their play, Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom is afraid that if Pyramus commits suicide with his sword, it might seem too real and cause the ladies to be afraid. As a result, they agree to write a prologue which tells the audience that Pyramus is really only B... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nThe wood. TITANIA lying asleep",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"BOTTOM. Are we all met? QUINCE. Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in a... |
2,184 | 1778_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One Titania and Bottom, still with an asses head, enter the stage followed by Titania's fairies. Bottom asks the fairies to scratch his head, and is hungry for some hay. Titania, completely in love with him, orders the fairies to find him food. Together they soon fall asleep. Oberon enters and looks at his sleepi... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nThe wood. LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HELENA, and HERMIA, lying asleep",
"Enter TITANIA and Bottom; PEASEBLOSSOM, COBWEB, MOTH,\nMUSTARDSEED,\nand other FAIRIES attending;\n OBERON behind, unseen",
"TITANIA. Come, sit thee down upon this flow'ry bed, While I thy amiable cheeks d... |
2,185 | 1778_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene One In the palace where Theseus and Hippolyta reside, the guests are waiting for some form of after dinner entertainment. Theseus has Egeus read him a list of possible performances, and Theseus finally settles on 'A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus and his love Thisbe: very tragical mirth' as the play he want... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, LORDS, and ATTENDANTS",
"HIPPOLYTA. 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak\nof. THESEUS. More strange than true. I never may believe\n These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such s... |
2,186 | 1778_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We meet Duke Theseus at his swanky palace in Athens and learn that he's going to marry Hippolyta in four days, during the new moon. Our groom-to-be is in a VERY big hurry to enjoy his wedding night, but time is passing way too slowly for Theseus, who lashes out at the moon for being a slowpoke. Hippolyta is more reason... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and ATTENDANTS",
"THESEUS. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour\n Draws on apace; four happy days bring in\n Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow\n This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,\n Like to a ... |
2,187 | 1778_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elsewhere in Athens, a group of "Mechanicals" meet up to practice a play they plan to perform at Theseus and Hippolyta's upcoming wedding. Individually, they are Peter Quince the carpenter, Snug the joiner, Bottom the weaver, Flute the bellows mender, Snout the tinker, and Starveling the tailor. Quince is the brains of... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Is all our company here? BOTTOM. You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. QUINCE. Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit, through all Athens, to play in ... |
2,188 | 1778_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In an enchanted wood, we meet a "puck" named Robin Goodfellow. Puck greets a fairy, who says she's been busy wandering "over hill, over dale, / Thorough bush, thorough brier, / Over park, over pale." Translation: She flies around the woods running errands for the Fairy Queen . The fairy announces that she needs to coll... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA wood near Athens",
"Enter a FAIRY at One door, and PUCK at another",
"PUCK. How now, spirit! whither wander you?\n FAIRY. Over hill, over dale,\n Thorough bush, through brier,\n Over park, over pale,\n Thorough flood, through fire,\n ... |
2,189 | 1778_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titania instructs her fairies to dance and sing her to sleep. Afterwards, her attendants can go back to their fairy work and disappear. Oberon slips in and manages to get the pansy juice onto Titania eyes before running off. Lysander and Hermia come tripping in after Oberon exits. They're lost so they decide to stop fo... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter TITANIA, with her train",
"TITANIA. Come now, a roundel and a fairy song;\n Then, for the third part of a minute, hence:\n Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;\n Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings,\n To make my small elves coats; and... |
2,190 | 1778_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Titania sleeps on a cushy bed of flowers, the Mechanicals enter the woods to practice their play, Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom points out that the play has a lot of content that isn't appropriate for Theseus and his bride, like the part where Pyramus draws his sword and kills himself. Starveling suggests they just lea... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nThe wood. TITANIA lying asleep",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"BOTTOM. Are we all met? QUINCE. Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in a... |
2,191 | 1778_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In another part of the wood, Oberon wonders if Titania has awoken from her slumber. He's hoping that she laid her eyes on a vile beast. Enter Puck with the answer. He tells Oberon that a crew of craftsmen entered the grove where Titania was sleeping to practice their play for Theseus's wedding. Puck found Bottom to be ... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter OBERON",
"OBERON. I wonder if Titania be awak'd;\n Then, what it was that next came in her eye,\n Which she must dote on in extremity.",
"Enter PUCK",
"Here comes my messenger. How now, mad spirit! What night-rule now about this haunted grove? PUCK. My mis... |
2,186 | 1778_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene opens in Theseus' palace in Athens. It is four days before his wedding to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons, and Theseus is impatient with how slowly time is moving. Hippolyta assures him that the wedding day will soon arrive. As Theseus and Hippolyta plan their wedding festivities, Egeus and his da... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and ATTENDANTS",
"THESEUS. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour\n Draws on apace; four happy days bring in\n Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow\n This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,\n Like to a ... |
2,187 | 1778_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this scene, the action shifts to the cottage of Peter Quince, the director of a band of amateur actors who are planning a play to perform for Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. The play enacts the tragic story of Pyramus and Thisbe, two young lovers who die during a clandestine meeting. Quince is in the process of ass... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Is all our company here? BOTTOM. You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. QUINCE. Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit, through all Athens, to play in ... |
2,188 | 1778_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene transports its viewers from Athens into the woods outside of the city, the dwelling place of Oberon, Titania, and their band of fairies. The scene begins with a conversation between Oberon's mischievous elf Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, and one of Titania's attendants. Puck warns her to keep Titania ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA wood near Athens",
"Enter a FAIRY at One door, and PUCK at another",
"PUCK. How now, spirit! whither wander you?\n FAIRY. Over hill, over dale,\n Thorough bush, through brier,\n Over park, over pale,\n Thorough flood, through fire,\n ... |
2,189 | 1778_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titania's fairies sing her a soothing lullaby as she prepares for sleep. While she rests, Oberon creeps up, squeezes the potion onto her eyelids and utters a spell to make her awaken when something vile is near. When Oberon leaves, Lysander and Hermia wander into Titania's bower, but she is invisible to them. The lover... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter TITANIA, with her train",
"TITANIA. Come now, a roundel and a fairy song;\n Then, for the third part of a minute, hence:\n Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;\n Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings,\n To make my small elves coats; and... |
2,190 | 1778_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Comedy returns to the play in the opening of this scene. Peter Quince and his company are rehearsing their rendition of Pyramus and Thisbe. Bottom has serious reservations about the play: Pyramus kills himself with a sword, and the lion is frightening, both factors that are sure to terrify the women in the audience. Th... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nThe wood. TITANIA lying asleep",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"BOTTOM. Are we all met? QUINCE. Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in a... |
2,191 | 1778_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Encountering Oberon in another part of the forest, Puck explains the outcome of his experiments with the love potion. Oberon is pleased to learn that Titania has fallen in love with the monstrous Bottom and that Puck has also fixed the disdainful Athenian. Just after Puck assures him that Demetrius must now love Helena... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter OBERON",
"OBERON. I wonder if Titania be awak'd;\n Then, what it was that next came in her eye,\n Which she must dote on in extremity.",
"Enter PUCK",
"Here comes my messenger. How now, mad spirit! What night-rule now about this haunted grove? PUCK. My mis... |
2,192 | 1778_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Bottom is enjoying his sojourn in Titania's bower: Peaseblossom amiably scratches his head, while Cobweb goes off in search of honey for him. As Bottom sleeps in Titania's arms, Oberon walks in. Feeling pity for Titania's pitiful love for this ass, Oberon squeezes an herb on her eyes to release her from the spell. Tita... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nThe wood. LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HELENA, and HERMIA, lying asleep",
"Enter TITANIA and Bottom; PEASEBLOSSOM, COBWEB, MOTH,\nMUSTARDSEED,\nand other FAIRIES attending;\n OBERON behind, unseen",
"TITANIA. Come, sit thee down upon this flow'ry bed, While I thy amiable cheeks d... |
2,193 | 1778_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this short scene, Quince and Flute are searching for their missing friend, Bottom. They worry that "Pyramus and Thisbe" won't be performed without him. Theseus is known for his generosity, and the actors believe they will potentially be rewarded with a lifelong pension for their stellar performance of this play. As ... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Have you sent to Bottom's house? Is he come home yet?\n STARVELING. He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is\ntransported.\n FLUTE. If he come not, then the play is marr'd; it goes not\n forward, doth it?\n QUINCE... |
2,185 | 1778_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play has come full circle, and the cast has now returned to the palace where Theseus and Hippolyta discuss the strange tale the lovers have told them about the events of the previous evening. The joyous lovers enter, and Theseus decides it is time to plan the festivities for the evening. Of all the possible perform... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, LORDS, and ATTENDANTS",
"HIPPOLYTA. 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak\nof. THESEUS. More strange than true. I never may believe\n These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such s... |
2,186 | 1778_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play opens in the court of Theseus, Duke of Athens. He is discussing with Hippolyta their marriage, which is four days away; Theseus longingly hopes that the time will pass swiftly. He instructs Philostrate, the master of ceremonies, to organize the youth of Athens to prepare some merriments for the wedding celebra... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and ATTENDANTS",
"THESEUS. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour\n Draws on apace; four happy days bring in\n Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow\n This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,\n Like to a ... |
2,187 | 1778_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A group of craftsmen have been instructed to present a play to honor Duke Theseus on his wedding day. They have decided on the play, "The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe. " As the scene opens, they are assigning the roles. Peter Quince seems to be the natural leader of the group, even ... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Is all our company here? BOTTOM. You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. QUINCE. Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit, through all Athens, to play in ... |
2,188 | 1778_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene of the action shifts to the woods, where the fairy world is introduced. At the beginning of the scene, Puck is introduced. Also known as Robin Good Fellow, Puck is a "shrewd knavish sprite." He meets an attendant of the fairy queen, Titania. The activities of the fairies recounted by this attendant introduce ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA wood near Athens",
"Enter a FAIRY at One door, and PUCK at another",
"PUCK. How now, spirit! whither wander you?\n FAIRY. Over hill, over dale,\n Thorough bush, through brier,\n Over park, over pale,\n Thorough flood, through fire,\n ... |
2,189 | 1778_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titania orders her fairies to sing a song and then proceed with their tasks of gathering canker from the musk-nose buds and making coats for themselves. Also, some of them must keep the roosting owls away so that she can sleep peacefully. As the fairies sing, Titania falls asleep. Oberon enters and squeezes the juices ... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter TITANIA, with her train",
"TITANIA. Come now, a roundel and a fairy song;\n Then, for the third part of a minute, hence:\n Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;\n Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings,\n To make my small elves coats; and... |
2,190 | 1778_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Nick Bottom, Peter Quince, and the others have come to the woods to rehearse their play. They reach the spot where Titania, who is under the magic spell, is asleep. Peter Quince declares that it is "a marvelous convenient place" with a green space to serve as a stage and a hawthorn bush for a "tiring-house." The crafts... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nThe wood. TITANIA lying asleep",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"BOTTOM. Are we all met? QUINCE. Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in a... |
2,191 | 1778_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Oberon wonders if Titania has awakened and if she has fallen in love with some nearby creature. Puck enters to report that Titania is in love with "a monster." He narrates elaborately how, due to his mischief, Nick Bottom was transformed into an ass and how Titania has spied him first upon waking. Oberon inquires about... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter OBERON",
"OBERON. I wonder if Titania be awak'd;\n Then, what it was that next came in her eye,\n Which she must dote on in extremity.",
"Enter PUCK",
"Here comes my messenger. How now, mad spirit! What night-rule now about this haunted grove? PUCK. My mis... |
2,192 | 1778_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titania is still under the spell and very much in love with Bottom, who continues to be the bully and enjoys the attention he gets. Oberon, who has been watching the pair from behind, comes forward, followed shortly afterwards by Puck. Oberon tells Puck that after taunting Titania about Bottom, he has asked for the boy... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nThe wood. LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HELENA, and HERMIA, lying asleep",
"Enter TITANIA and Bottom; PEASEBLOSSOM, COBWEB, MOTH,\nMUSTARDSEED,\nand other FAIRIES attending;\n OBERON behind, unseen",
"TITANIA. Come, sit thee down upon this flow'ry bed, While I thy amiable cheeks d... |
2,193 | 1778_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Peter Quince and the other "actors" have gathered. They are worried about the missing Bottom; Starveling feels certain that he has been "transported." They all wonder what their play will be like without him, for no one else is suited to play the role of Pyramus. They wail about the fact that Bottom has missed the chan... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Have you sent to Bottom's house? Is he come home yet?\n STARVELING. He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is\ntransported.\n FLUTE. If he come not, then the play is marr'd; it goes not\n forward, doth it?\n QUINCE... |
2,185 | 1778_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene is set in the palace of Theseus, where the Duke, Hippolyta, Philostrate, and the other lords have assembled. Hippolyta speaks about the strange story of the two pair of lovers. Theseus dismisses the story as a figment of their imagination, because according to him, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet / Are ... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, LORDS, and ATTENDANTS",
"HIPPOLYTA. 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak\nof. THESEUS. More strange than true. I never may believe\n These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such s... |
2,186 | 1778_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Theseus impatiently awaits his wedding to Hippolyta, which will take place in four days' time. He tells Philostrate to get the young people of Athens in a mood for a celebration. Egeus enters with his daughter Hermia, and Lysander and Demetrius. He complains to the Duke that he has given consent to Demetrius's request ... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and ATTENDANTS",
"THESEUS. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour\n Draws on apace; four happy days bring in\n Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow\n This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires,\n Like to a ... |
2,187 | 1778_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A group of artisans discuss the play they are going to perform as part of Theseus's wedding celebration. The play is entitled, "The most lamentable comedy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe." Peter Quince takes a roll call of the actors and hands out their parts. Bottom the weaver gets the leading role of Pyra... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Is all our company here? BOTTOM. You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip. QUINCE. Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit, through all Athens, to play in ... |
2,188 | 1778_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the wood, Puck interrogates a fairy who serves the Fairy Queen. When Puck hears that Titania the Queen is coming, he says she better not get within sight of Oberon. Oberon is angry with her because she has a changeling boy , and Oberon wants the boy as a knight of his train. Titania refuses to give him up, so now, w... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA wood near Athens",
"Enter a FAIRY at One door, and PUCK at another",
"PUCK. How now, spirit! whither wander you?\n FAIRY. Over hill, over dale,\n Thorough bush, through brier,\n Over park, over pale,\n Thorough flood, through fire,\n ... |
2,189 | 1778_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titania bids her fairies sing her a lullaby, which sends her asleep. The fairies depart, and Oberon enters and squeezes the juice on Titania's eyelids. He tells her to awaken when some vile thing is near. Lysander and Hermia enter. They are lost, and decide to rest. Hermia insists that Lysander lie down some distance a... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter TITANIA, with her train",
"TITANIA. Come now, a roundel and a fairy song;\n Then, for the third part of a minute, hence:\n Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds;\n Some war with rere-mice for their leathern wings,\n To make my small elves coats; and... |
2,190 | 1778_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The artisans meet in the wood for their rehearsal. Bottom is convinced that their play will be so well produced that the ladies in the audience will be shocked by the contents of it. For example, Pyramus must kill himself. To solve the problem of adverse audience reaction, he asks that a prologue be written, explaining... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nThe wood. TITANIA lying asleep",
"Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"BOTTOM. Are we all met? QUINCE. Pat, pat; and here's a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house; and we will do it in a... |
2,191 | 1778_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Puck tells Oberon of his exploits with Bottom and Titania, and Oberon is delighted. He then tells of putting the love-juice in the Athenian's eye, but when Demetrius and Hermia enter, Puck realizes that Demetrius is not the same man. Hermia is still looking for Lysander, and fears that Demetrius may have killed him, bu... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother part of the wood",
"Enter OBERON",
"OBERON. I wonder if Titania be awak'd;\n Then, what it was that next came in her eye,\n Which she must dote on in extremity.",
"Enter PUCK",
"Here comes my messenger. How now, mad spirit! What night-rule now about this haunted grove? PUCK. My mis... |
2,192 | 1778_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Titania and her train enter with Bottom, as Oberon looks on unseen. The fairies attend to Bottom's every need, and Bottom seems to enjoy every minute of it. He goes to sleep with Titania's arms around him as she declares how much she loves him. Puck enters, and Oberon confesses that he is beginning to pity Titania. He ... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nThe wood. LYSANDER, DEMETRIUS, HELENA, and HERMIA, lying asleep",
"Enter TITANIA and Bottom; PEASEBLOSSOM, COBWEB, MOTH,\nMUSTARDSEED,\nand other FAIRIES attending;\n OBERON behind, unseen",
"TITANIA. Come, sit thee down upon this flow'ry bed, While I thy amiable cheeks d... |
2,193 | 1778_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back in Athens, Quince, Flute, Snout and Starveling are desperate to find Bottom. If he cannot be located, they will have to cancel their play. Snug enters, with the news that the Duke has just left the Temple with several lords and ladies who have just been married. He regrets that their play is not going to happen, f... | [
"SCENE II.\nAthens. QUINCE'S house",
"Enter QUINCE, FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING",
"QUINCE. Have you sent to Bottom's house? Is he come home yet?\n STARVELING. He cannot be heard of. Out of doubt he is\ntransported.\n FLUTE. If he come not, then the play is marr'd; it goes not\n forward, doth it?\n QUINCE... |
2,185 | 1778_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the evening, in Theseus's palace, Hippolyta remarks on the strange tale the four lovers have told them. Theseus is prepared to dismiss it as a fanciful story, no more true than something a madman or a poet might conjure up. Hippolyta is not convinced. She points out that the stories the young people tell are all con... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nAthens. The palace of THESEUS",
"Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, LORDS, and ATTENDANTS",
"HIPPOLYTA. 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak\nof. THESEUS. More strange than true. I never may believe\n These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such s... |
2,194 | 1793_act_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Venice. A street. Othello begins in the city of Venice, at night; Roderigo is having a discussion with Iago, who is bitter about being passed up for a military post. Though Iago is seasoned in battle, Cassio, a man of strategy but little practical experience, was named Othello's lieutenant. Iago says that he only serve... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
2,195 | 1793_act_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A Sea-port in Cyprus. An open place near the quay. A terrible storm has struck Cyprus, just as the Turks were about to approach. The Turkish attack may have been quelled, but it also bodes badly for Othello's ship. A messenger enters, and confirms that the Turkish fleet was broken apart by the storm, and that Cassio ha... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,196 | 1793_act_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Before the castle. The third act begins with a bit of comic relief; a clown is mincing words with a few musicians, then has a little wordplay with Cassio, who bids the clown to go and see if Desdemona will speak with him. Iago enters, and Cassio tells him that he means to speak to Desdemona, so that she may clear thing... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,197 | 1793_act_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyprus. Before the castle. Othello is trying, even after swearing that Desdemona was unfaithful, not to condemn her too harshly. He is talking with Iago about the handkerchief still, and its significance in being found; but, soon, Iago whips Othello into an even greater fury through mere insinuation, and Othello takes ... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,198 | 1793_act_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cyprus. A street. Iago has Roderigo poised and ready to pounce on Cassio, and kill him; if either of them is killed, it is to Iago's benefit, although he would like to have both of them disposed of, so that his devices might not be discovered. Roderigo and Cassio fight, and both are injured; Othello hears the scuffle, ... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,199 | 1793_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We meet Roderigo and Iago, having a spat on a street in Venice, Italy. We, the audience, have just walked in on the conversation, so we're not exactly clear about why they're fighting, yet. We learn that Roderigo has been doling out cash to Iago, and that he's now upset about some news Iago has delivered. Roderigo, ref... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
2,200 | 1793_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello, the Moor, is with Iago on another street in Venice. Iago is going on about how he's murdered a lot of people, but he really doesn't like to do it, because he's such an upstanding guy. Still, he tells Othello, he had a hard time not killing Brabantio, mostly because of the awful things he was saying about Othel... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother street.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Attendants with torches.",
"IAGO. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murther. I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service. Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here und... |
2,201 | 1793_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Duke and assorted senators of Venice are dealing with the impending war with the Turks over Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean. The men compare conflicting reports of a Turkish fleet approaching the island, but are interrupted by a messenger, who says that, actually, the Turkish fleet is headed to Rhodes . Afte... | [
"SCENE III.\nA council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table;\nOfficers attending.",
"DUKE. There is no composition in these news\n That gives them credit.\n FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd;\n My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.\n DUKE. And mine, a hundred and... |
2,202 | 1793_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | You thought there was going to be a battle scene. Instead, it turns out that a really big storm knocked out the entire Turkish fleet, so now Othello will have nothing to do except honeymoon in Cyprus. Cassio has arrived before Othello and now converses with the Governor of Cyprus, Montano, about how wonderful Othello a... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,203 | 1793_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We're now back on the streets of Cyprus to hear Othello's herald make a public announcement: in celebration of the Turkish fleet's destruction, Othello has declared that tonight will be a party night in Cyprus. Every man can do what pleases him best. | [
"SCENE II.\nA street.",
"Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following.",
"HERALD. It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant\ngeneral,\n that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere\n perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put himself into\n triumph; some to dance, some to ... |
2,204 | 1793_act_2,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello tells Cassio to keep the party under control. Cassio notes that actually that's Iago's job, but sure, he's willing to help out. After Othello says he trusts Iago , he tells Desdemona he's paid for her by marrying her, and now it's about time that he gets to collect. Once Othello leaves, Iago meets with Cassio, ... | [
"SCENE III.\nA hall in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, and Attendants.",
"OTHELLO. Good Michael, look you to the guard tonight.\n Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,\n Not to outsport discretion.\n CASSIO. Iago hath direction what to do;\n But notwithstanding with my personal e... |
2,205 | 1793_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio, eager to please, has sent some musicians to play, badly, in hopes of winning back Othello's good favor. Othello's clown comes out and asks the players why their instruments sound so nasal. Next, the Clown insults the musicians by comparing the noise from their instruments to...well, farts. Get it? Wind instrume... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,206 | 1793_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cut to Othello and Iago in the citadel. Othello bids Iago to give his regards to the Senate, and instructs him to meet later at the fortifications that are being built. Meanwhile, he's off to inspect said fortifications, which conveniently gets him out of the way for Cassio to have some private, incriminating time with... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.",
"OTHELLO. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot,\n And by him do my duties to the Senate.\n That done, I will be walking on the works;\n Repair there to me.\n IAGO. Well, my good lord, I'll do't.\n OTHELLO. Th... |
2,207 | 1793_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio has explained the whole situation to Desdemona, and she promises to not rest until she's convinced Othello to reinstate Cassio as his lieutenant and renew their friendship. Cassio declares he's forever indebted to her, and Desdemona again emphasizes that she'll do everything she can. She even says, "Thy solicito... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe garden of the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia.",
"DESDEMONA. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do\n All my abilities in thy behalf. EMILIA. Good madam, do. I warrant it grieves my husband\n As if the cause were his. DESDEMONA. O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Ca... |
2,208 | 1793_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Desdemona chats with the clown and asks him to bring a message to Cassio that he should come visit her. She wants the clown to make it clear that she's been good to her word about asking Othello for Cassio's reinstatement. She hopes all will be well. The clown exits, and Desdemona is left with Emilia. She asks Emilia w... | [
"SCENE IV.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Emilia, and Clown.",
"DESDEMONA. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? CLOWN. I dare not say he lies anywhere. DESDEMONA. Why, man? CLOWN. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is\n stabbing. DESDEMONA. Go to! Where lodges he? CLOWN... |
2,209 | 1793_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Enter Iago and Othello. Iago is playing mind games with Othello as usual, forcing him to imagine Desdemona and Cassio in bed together. Iago then brings up the lost handkerchief, saying if he'd given it to a woman, it would be her possession, and she'd be free to give it to anyone she pleased. Othello then asks whether ... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,210 | 1793_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We open with Othello grilling Emilia, trying to get her to confess that Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair. Emilia tells him that he's crazy--she has observed Cassio and Desdemona every minute they were together, and nothing remotely suspicious has happened. She's sure that Desdemona is honest, if ever there wer... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Emilia.",
"OTHELLO. You have seen nothing, then? EMILIA. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. OTHELLO. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together. EMILIA. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard\n Each syllable that breath made up between them. OTHELLO... |
2,211 | 1793_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After dinner, Othello suggests a walk with Lodovico and orders Desdemona to get ready for bed. He promises to meet her there soon, and demands that she send Emilia away. The men exit, leaving the women to chat and get ready for bed. Emilia notes that Othello looked to be in better spirits, but she's shocked that he tol... | [
"SCENE III.\nAnother room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, and Attendants.",
"LODOVICO. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. OTHELLO. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk. LODOVICO. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship. DESDEMONA. Your honor is most welc... |
2,212 | 1793_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago and Roderigo wait in a darkened street for Cassio to come. Iago has given Roderigo a sword. He tries to slip off in the darkness, but Roderigo asks him to stay near, in case he needs any help killing Cassio. Despite the plea, Iago gets away, and Roderigo is left mostly alone and noting to himself that he doesn't r... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,213 | 1793_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello is a wreck. He's watching Desdemona sleep, and telling himself over and over again that he has to go through with this. He promises he won't mar Desdemona's beautiful skin by cutting her up or anything--she'll be pretty in death. Next he notes the single candle he's brought into the bedroom. He plans to put out... | [
"SCENE II.\nA bedchamber in the castle. Desdemona in bed asleep; a light\nburning.",
"Enter Othello.",
"OTHELLO. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumen... |
2,199 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On a street in Venice, there is an argument between Roderigo, a nobleman, and Iago, an ancient in the defense forces. Roderigo, in love with the noble lady Desdemona, has paid large sums of money to Iago, on the understanding that Iago would give her gifts from him and praise him to her. Roderigo hopes to win Desdemona... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
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