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3,815 | 3825_act_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This act opens in Mrs. Higgins' drawing room on the day that she is receiving guests. She is frustrated and upset to find that her son has paid a call on her during her "at-home day." He promised her never to come when she had company because he and his manners always offend her guests. Today is no exception. He distre... | [
"It is Mrs. Higgins's at-home day. Nobody has yet arrived. Her\ndrawing-room, in a flat on Chelsea embankment, has three windows\nlooking on the river; and the ceiling is not so lofty as it would be in\nan older house of the same pretension. The windows are open, giving\naccess to a balcony with flowers in pots. If... |
3,816 | 3825_act_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act IV begins some time later and takes place in Higgins' laboratory-living room. The scene opens on the night after there has earlier been a great success where Eliza was presented as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party, as was stipulated in the original wager between Higgins and Pickering. Eliza has been a smas... | [
"The Wimpole Street laboratory. Midnight. Nobody in the room. The clock\non the mantelpiece strikes twelve. The fire is not alight: it is a\nsummer night.",
"Presently Higgins and Pickering are heard on the stairs.",
"HIGGINS [calling down to Pickering] I say, Pick: lock up, will you. I\nshan't be going out aga... |
3,817 | 3825_act_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This act returns to Mrs. Higgins' drawing room as the parlor maid comes in to tell Mrs. Higgins that the Professor and the Colonel are downstairs telephoning the police and that Mr. Henry is "in a state." Mrs. Higgins sends word upstairs to Eliza to remain in her room until she sends for her. Higgins enters, loudly pro... | [
"Mrs. Higgins's drawing-room. She is at her writing-table as before. The\nparlor-maid comes in.",
"THE PARLOR-MAID [at the door] Mr. Henry, mam, is downstairs with\nColonel Pickering.",
"MRS. HIGGINS. Well, show them up.",
"THE PARLOR-MAID. They're using the telephone, mam. Telephoning to the\npolice, I thin... |
3,813 | 3825_act_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A heavy late-night summer thunderstorm opens the play. Caught in the unexpected downpour, passersby from distinct strata of the London streets are forced to seek shelter together under the portico of St Paul's church in Covent Garden. The hapless Son is forced by his demanding sister and mother to go out into the rain ... | [
"Covent Garden at 11.15 p.m. Torrents of heavy summer rain. Cab whistles\nblowing frantically in all directions. Pedestrians running for shelter\ninto the market and under the portico of St. Paul's Church, where there\nare already several people, among them a lady and her daughter in\nevening dress. They are all pe... |
3,814 | 3825_act_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day, Higgins and Pickering are just resting from a full morning of discussion when Eliza Doolittle shows up at the door, to the tremendous doubt of the discerning housekeeper Mrs. Pearce, and the surprise of the two gentlemen. Prompted by his careless brag about making her into a duchess the night before, she ... | [
"Next day at 11 a.m. Higgins's laboratory in Wimpole Street. It is a\nroom on the first floor, looking on the street, and was meant for the\ndrawing-room. The double doors are in the middle of the back hall; and\npersons entering find in the corner to their right two tall file\ncabinets at right angles to one anot... |
3,815 | 3825_act_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is Mrs. Higgins' at-home day, and she is greatly displeased when Henry Higgins shows up suddenly, for she knows from experience that he is too eccentric to be presentable in front of the sort of respectable company she is expecting. He explains to her that he wants to bring the experiment subject on whom he has been... | [
"It is Mrs. Higgins's at-home day. Nobody has yet arrived. Her\ndrawing-room, in a flat on Chelsea embankment, has three windows\nlooking on the river; and the ceiling is not so lofty as it would be in\nan older house of the same pretension. The windows are open, giving\naccess to a balcony with flowers in pots. If... |
3,816 | 3825_act_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The trio return to Higgins' Wimpole Street laboratory, exhausted from the night's happenings. They talk about the evening and their great success, though Higgins seems rather bored, more concerned with his inability to find slippers. While he talks absentmindedly with Pickering, Eliza slips out, returns with his slippe... | [
"The Wimpole Street laboratory. Midnight. Nobody in the room. The clock\non the mantelpiece strikes twelve. The fire is not alight: it is a\nsummer night.",
"Presently Higgins and Pickering are heard on the stairs.",
"HIGGINS [calling down to Pickering] I say, Pick: lock up, will you. I\nshan't be going out aga... |
3,817 | 3825_act_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Higgins and Pickering show up the next day at Mrs. Higgins' home in a state of distraction because Eliza has run away. They are interrupted by Alfred Doolittle, who enters resplendently dressed, as if he were the bridegroom of a very fashionable wedding. He has come to take issue with Henry Higgins for destroying his h... | [
"Mrs. Higgins's drawing-room. She is at her writing-table as before. The\nparlor-maid comes in.",
"THE PARLOR-MAID [at the door] Mr. Henry, mam, is downstairs with\nColonel Pickering.",
"MRS. HIGGINS. Well, show them up.",
"THE PARLOR-MAID. They're using the telephone, mam. Telephoning to the\npolice, I thin... |
3,813 | 3825_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The act begins at a quarter past eleven at night in London during a heavy downpour of summer rain. A group of people seeks shelter under the portico of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Among them are a lady and her daughter in evening attire and a man who is preoccupied with taking notes. The lady and her daughter are... | [
"Covent Garden at 11.15 p.m. Torrents of heavy summer rain. Cab whistles\nblowing frantically in all directions. Pedestrians running for shelter\ninto the market and under the portico of St. Paul's Church, where there\nare already several people, among them a lady and her daughter in\nevening dress. They are all pe... |
3,814 | 3825_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act Two opens the next day at Higgins' laboratory in Wimpole Street. Higgins is having a technical discussion about vowel sounds with Colonel Pickering. He explains how he manages to record voices of people on gadgets and can then listen to them at leisure. Just then, Mrs. Pearce interrupts them to say that a common fl... | [
"Next day at 11 a.m. Higgins's laboratory in Wimpole Street. It is a\nroom on the first floor, looking on the street, and was meant for the\ndrawing-room. The double doors are in the middle of the back hall; and\npersons entering find in the corner to their right two tall file\ncabinets at right angles to one anot... |
3,815 | 3825_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The third Act opens at Higgins' mother's house on her at-home day. She is dismayed when Higgins turns up unexpectedly since his lack of social etiquette always succeeds in offending her vistors. Higgins tells her that he has a job for her and fills her in on the details of his latest project to pass off a common flower... | [
"It is Mrs. Higgins's at-home day. Nobody has yet arrived. Her\ndrawing-room, in a flat on Chelsea embankment, has three windows\nlooking on the river; and the ceiling is not so lofty as it would be in\nan older house of the same pretension. The windows are open, giving\naccess to a balcony with flowers in pots. If... |
3,816 | 3825_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The fourth act opens at midnight at the Wimpole Street laboratory. Higgins, Pickering and Eliza have returned after her successful society appearance as a Duchess. Higgins and Pickering are celebrating the fact that they have been successful in presenting Eliza as a Duchess at the ambassador's garden party. At this tim... | [
"The Wimpole Street laboratory. Midnight. Nobody in the room. The clock\non the mantelpiece strikes twelve. The fire is not alight: it is a\nsummer night.",
"Presently Higgins and Pickering are heard on the stairs.",
"HIGGINS [calling down to Pickering] I say, Pick: lock up, will you. I\nshan't be going out aga... |
3,817 | 3825_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The fifth and last act opens in Mrs. Higgins's drawing room. Higgins arrives in quite a state to tell his mother that Eliza has bolted. He does not know that Eliza has fled to his mother for support. He tells her that instead of going to bed last night Eliza had changed her clothes and run away. Furthermore, she had co... | [
"Mrs. Higgins's drawing-room. She is at her writing-table as before. The\nparlor-maid comes in.",
"THE PARLOR-MAID [at the door] Mr. Henry, mam, is downstairs with\nColonel Pickering.",
"MRS. HIGGINS. Well, show them up.",
"THE PARLOR-MAID. They're using the telephone, mam. Telephoning to the\npolice, I thin... |
3,813 | 3825_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Shaw includes a preface to Pygmalion, as he did to all his plays. Shaw is known for his lengthy prefaces, stage directions, and commentaries. His collected prose alone fills several volumes. His style of drama is known as a "play of ideas," in that he hopes to persuade or to make the audience think. Shaw was passionate... | [
"Covent Garden at 11.15 p.m. Torrents of heavy summer rain. Cab whistles\nblowing frantically in all directions. Pedestrians running for shelter\ninto the market and under the portico of St. Paul's Church, where there\nare already several people, among them a lady and her daughter in\nevening dress. They are all pe... |
3,814 | 3825_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is 11:00 a.m. In Higgins's language laboratory in his flat on Wimpole Street. There are machines and diagrams of vocal organs. Higgins has been showing Colonel Pickering around his lab when Mrs. Pearce, the housekeeper, announces a young woman to see him. It is the flower girl dressed in all the finery she has, a la... | [
"Next day at 11 a.m. Higgins's laboratory in Wimpole Street. It is a\nroom on the first floor, looking on the street, and was meant for the\ndrawing-room. The double doors are in the middle of the back hall; and\npersons entering find in the corner to their right two tall file\ncabinets at right angles to one anot... |
3,815 | 3825_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is the social at-home day of Mrs. Higgins, Henry's mother, in her flat in Chelsea. Suddenly, Henry Higgins throws open the door and enters. Mrs. Higgins scolds him for coming on her at-home day because he is rude and chases her guests away. He explains he came on purpose for a phonetics job. He is bringing a girl to... | [
"It is Mrs. Higgins's at-home day. Nobody has yet arrived. Her\ndrawing-room, in a flat on Chelsea embankment, has three windows\nlooking on the river; and the ceiling is not so lofty as it would be in\nan older house of the same pretension. The windows are open, giving\naccess to a balcony with flowers in pots. If... |
3,816 | 3825_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is midnight after the embassy party in the Wimpole Street laboratory of Professor Higgins. Pickering and Higgins are speaking on the stairs closing up the house for the night as they get ready for bed. Eliza comes into the lab in all her finery and switches on the light. She sits silent and brooding as Higgins comes... | [
"The Wimpole Street laboratory. Midnight. Nobody in the room. The clock\non the mantelpiece strikes twelve. The fire is not alight: it is a\nsummer night.",
"Presently Higgins and Pickering are heard on the stairs.",
"HIGGINS [calling down to Pickering] I say, Pick: lock up, will you. I\nshan't be going out aga... |
3,818 | 38901_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Count Orsino of Illyria is introduced; he laments that he is lovesick, and wishes that "if music be the food of love," he could kill his unrequited love through an overdose of music. His servant, Curio, asks Orsino if he will go and hunt; Orsino answers with another lovelorn reply, about how his love for the Lady Olivi... | [
"ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I.",
"_The Sea-coast._",
"_Enter_ VIOLA, ROBERTO, _and two Sailors, carrying a Trunk_.",
"_Vio._ What country, friends, is this?",
"_Rob._ This is Illyria, lady.",
"_Vio._ And what should I do in Illyria?\n My brother he is in Elysium.\n Perchance, he is not drown'd:--What think yo... |
3,819 | 38901_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sebastian, Viola's brother, is shown alive, and in the company of Antonio, a somewhat shady sea-captain who is wanted by Count Orsino for questionable doings on the seas. Sebastian tells Antonio of his sister, Viola, who he fears has been drowned; he thanks Antonio for his kindness in saving him from being drowned, and... | [
"ACT THE SECOND. SCENE I.",
"_A Sea-port._",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ ANTONIO.",
"_Ant._ Will you stay no longer? Nor will you not, that I go with\nyou?",
"_Seb._ By your patience, no: my stars shine darkly over me; the\nmalignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall\ncrave of you ... |
3,820 | 38901_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Viola enters, on her way to see Olivia; she comes across Feste, who is full of wit and foolery as usual. Feste expresses his dislike for Viola, which Viola does not take personally; Viola gives him a few coins for his wordplay, and mentions the wit that it takes to act the fool as well as Feste does. Viola runs across ... | [
"ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SIR TOBY, SIR ANDREW, _and_ FABIAN.",
"_Sir To._ Come thy ways, Signior Fabian.",
"_Fab._ Nay, I'll come; if I lose a scruple of this sport, let me be\nboiled to death with melancholy.",
"_Sir To._ Would'st thou not be glad to have the niggardly ra... |
3,821 | 38901_act_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Feste approaches Sebastian, thinking that Sebastian is 'Cesario'; when Sebastian tells Feste that he does not know him, nor Olivia, whom Feste tells him to meet, Feste becomes rather upset, and accuses Sebastian of "strangeness". Then Sir Andrew comes, and strikes Sebastian out of anger, as if he were Cesario; Sir Toby... | [
"ACT THE FOURTH. SCENE 1.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ OLIVIA _and_ MARIA.",
"_Oli._ I have sent after him:--He says, he'll come.\n How shall I feast him? what bestow on him?\n I speak too loud.----\n Where is Malvolio?",
"_Mar._ He's coming, madam;\n But in strange manner. He is sure pos... |
3,822 | 38901_act_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Fabian asks Feste for the letter Malvolio has written; Feste refuses this request, and then Orsino, with Viola, finds them. Feste delays him with a bit of jesting, and gets some money out of him; Orsino asks him to find Olivia, and Feste goes to find her, with the promise of money for the task. Viola points out Antonio... | [
"ACT THE FIFTH. SCENE I.",
"_The Street before_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ CLOWN _and_ FABIAN.",
"_Fab._ Now, as thou lovest me, let me see his letter.",
"_Clo._ Good Master Fabian, grant me another request.",
"_Fab._ Any thing.",
"_Clo._ Do not desire to see this letter.",
"_Fab._ That is, to give ... |
3,823 | 38901_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, is sitting in his palace and enjoying himself by listening to music. He is in love and is in a whimsical, romantic mood, luxuriating in the various emotions which the music evokes. But he impulsively decides that he has heard enough, and after sending the musicians away, he expounds on the ... | [
"ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I.",
"_The Sea-coast._",
"_Enter_ VIOLA, ROBERTO, _and two Sailors, carrying a Trunk_.",
"_Vio._ What country, friends, is this?",
"_Rob._ This is Illyria, lady.",
"_Vio._ And what should I do in Illyria?\n My brother he is in Elysium.\n Perchance, he is not drown'd:--What think yo... |
3,824 | 38901_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Viola and a sea captain and several sailors enter. They have been shipwrecked on the seacoast of Illyria and have barely escaped drowning. The captain congratulates Viola on not being drowned, for he tells her that when their ship split in half, he saw her brother, Sebastian, tie himself to a mast; yet even that, he fe... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_A Room in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.",
"_The Duke discovered, seated, and attended by_ CURIO, _and Gentlemen_.",
"_Duke._ [_Music._] If music be the food of love, play on,\n Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting,\n The appetite may sicken, and so die.----\n [_Music._] That strain again;--it h... |
3,825 | 38901_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Olivia's house, Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's uncle, is criticizing his niece for mourning the death of her brother so profusely. He says to her serving girl, Maria, that his niece is melodramatically overreacting, and he thoroughly disapproves. Maria disapproves of several things herself: she disapproves of Sir Toby's a... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ MARIA _and_ SIR TOBY BELCH.",
"_Sir To._ What a plague means my niece, to take the death of her\nbrother thus? I am sure, care's an enemy to life.",
"_Mar._ By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights;\nyour niece, my lady, takes great ex... |
3,826 | 38901_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Duke Orsino's palace, one of his pages, Valentine, enters, accompanied by Viola, disguised as a young eunuch, Cesario. By their conversation, we realize that after only three days, Cesario has already become a great favorite with the duke. In fact, Viola has won Orsino's confidence and favor so thoroughly that when ... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_A Room in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.",
"_Enter_ VALENTINE, _and_ VIOLA _in Man's Attire_.",
"_Val._ If the duke continue these favors towards you, Cesario, you\nare like to be much advanced.",
"_Vio._ You either fear his humour, or my negligence, that you call\nin question the continuance of hi... |
3,827 | 38901_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Olivia's house, Maria and Feste, the jester, are exchanging quips. Olivia, she tells him, is piqued because of Feste's absence. She jokingly tells him that Olivia may hang him, but Feste is not intimidated. "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage," he retorts. He delights in teasing Maria, whom he is compliment... | [
"SCENE V.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ CLOWN _and_ MARIA.",
"_Mar._ Nay, either tell me where thou hast been, or I will not open\nmy lips, so wide as a bristle may enter, in way of thy excuse: my lady\nwill hang thee for thy absence.",
"_Clo._ Let her hang me: he, that is well hang'd in this ... |
3,828 | 38901_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The second act begins on the seacoast of Illyria. Viola's twin brother, Sebastian, was not drowned after all. He survived the shipwreck and enters on stage talking with Antonio, a sea captain . Sebastian, like his sister Viola, is deeply grieved; he is sure that Viola was lost at sea and perished in the storm. He blame... | [
"ACT THE SECOND. SCENE I.",
"_A Sea-port._",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ ANTONIO.",
"_Ant._ Will you stay no longer? Nor will you not, that I go with\nyou?",
"_Seb._ By your patience, no: my stars shine darkly over me; the\nmalignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall\ncrave of you ... |
3,829 | 38901_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Viola, still in disguise as Cesario, comes on stage and is followed by Malvolio, who catches up with the lad and asks him if he is indeed the young man who was with the Countess Olivia only a short time ago. Cesario admits that it was he, and Malvolio holds out a ring to him -- seemingly a ring that Duke Orsino sent to... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_A Dining-room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"SIR TOBY _and_ SIR ANDREW _discovered, drinking and smoking_.",
"_Sir To._ Come, Sir Andrew: not to be a-bed after midnight, is to be\nup betimes; and _diluculo surgere_, thou know'st,----",
"_Sir And._ Nay, by my troth, I know not: but I know, to be up ... |
3,830 | 38901_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Olivia's house, it is late and Sir Toby and Sir Andrew have been drinking, or "revelling," as they call it. They are noisily celebrating -- reciting fragments of songs, Latin sayings, and old country proverbs. They play at logic: Sir Andrew says in all inebriated seriousness that "to be up late is to be up late." Si... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_A Hall in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.",
"_Enter_ DUKE, _and_ VIOLA.",
"_Duke._ Come hither, boy:--If ever thou shalt love,\n In the sweet pangs of it, remember me:\n For, such as I am, all true lovers are.--\n My life upon't, young though thou art, thine eye\n Hath stay'd upon some favour tha... |
3,831 | 38901_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Orsino's palace, the duke is gathered together with Cesario , Curio, and others, and he says that he would like to hear a song, a certain "old and antique" song that he heard last night; the song seemed to "relieve passion much." Feste, the jester, is not there to sing it, however, so Orsino sends Curio out to find ... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ SIR ANDREW, FABIAN, _and_ SIR TOBY.",
"_Sir And._ No, faith, I'll not stay a jot longer.",
"_Sir To._ Thy reason, dear venom, give thy reason.",
"_Fab._ You must needs yield your reason, Sir Andrew.",
"_Sir And._ Marry, I saw your niece do more favo... |
3,832 | 38901_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Fabian have agreed to meet in Olivia's garden, and as the scene begins, the three men enter, Sir Toby urging Fabian on. But Fabian, as we quickly realize, needs no urging; he is more than anxious to relish every minute of their plan to make a fool of Malvolio. Like Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, Fab... | [
"SCENE V.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN.",
"_Seb._ This is the air; that is the glorious sun;\n This pearl she gave me, I do feel't, and see't:\n And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus,\n Yet 'tis not madness. Where's Antonio then?\n I could not find him at the Elephant;\n His counsel n... |
3,833 | 38901_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Viola, disguised as Cesario, has come to plead Orsino's case with Olivia and is now sitting in Olivia's garden, chatting with Feste, Olivia's jester. They play an innocent game of verbal sparring. Their wit is inconsequential, but Cesario cuts it off suddenly, for he tells Feste that while it is pleasant to "dally nice... | [
"ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SIR TOBY, SIR ANDREW, _and_ FABIAN.",
"_Sir To._ Come thy ways, Signior Fabian.",
"_Fab._ Nay, I'll come; if I lose a scruple of this sport, let me be\nboiled to death with melancholy.",
"_Sir To._ Would'st thou not be glad to have the niggardly ra... |
3,834 | 38901_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Olivia's house, Sir Andrew is becoming angry and frustrated. He is making absolutely no progress in winning the affections of Olivia; he is convinced that she bestows more favors on "the count's serving man" than she does on Sir Andrew. He tells Sir Toby and Fabian that he saw Olivia and Cesario in the orchard, and ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_A public Square._",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ ANTONIO.",
"_Seb._ I would not, by my will, have troubled you;\n But, since you make your pleasure of your pains,\n I will no further chide you.",
"_Ant._ I could not stay behind you; my desire,\n More sharp than filed steel, did spur me forth;\... |
3,835 | 38901_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sebastian, Viola's twin brother, and Antonio, the sea captain, enter. They are strolling down a street not far from Duke Orsino's palace, and Antonio is explaining that because of his fondness and concern for Sebastian, he simply could not let him wander around Illyria alone, even though he knows that it is risky for h... | [
"SCENE III.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ CLOWN, _playing on a Tabor, and_ VIOLA.",
"_Vio._ Save thee, friend, and thy music: Dost thou live by thy\ntabor?",
"_Clo._ No, sir, I live by the church.",
"_Vio._ Art thou a churchman?",
"_Clo._ No such matter, sir: I do live by the church; for I do live\na... |
3,836 | 38901_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Olivia and Maria are in the garden, and Olivia is making plans to entertain Cesario; she sent him an invitation, and he has promised to come to visit her. She is very excited at the prospect and wonders how to treat him, how to "feast him." She is afraid that he will think that she is trying to "buy" him. Where is Malv... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_A Gallery in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ MARIA, _with a black Gown and Hood, and_ CLOWN.",
"_Mar._ Nay, I pr'ythee, put on this gown and hood; make him believe,\nthou art Sir Topas the curate; do it quickly: I'll call Sir Toby the\nwhilst.",
"[_Exit_ MARIA.",
"_Clo._ Well, I'll put it on,... |
3,837 | 38901_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens on the street in front of Olivia's house. Sebastian and Feste are talking, and we realize that Feste has mistaken Sebastian for Cesario. Feste insists that his mistress has sent Feste to him, meaning Cesario. Sebastian is annoyed at the jester's persistence; "Thou art a foolish fellow," he says, and giv... | [
"ACT THE FOURTH. SCENE 1.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ OLIVIA _and_ MARIA.",
"_Oli._ I have sent after him:--He says, he'll come.\n How shall I feast him? what bestow on him?\n I speak too loud.----\n Where is Malvolio?",
"_Mar._ He's coming, madam;\n But in strange manner. He is sure pos... |
3,838 | 38901_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In order to fully appreciate this scene, you should recall that Olivia gave Sir Toby and the household staff orders to take care of Malvolio and the "midsummer madness" that turned him into a grinning zany, tightly cross-gartered, and garbed in yellow stockings. They locked him in a dark room, and now Maria and Feste p... | [
"SCENE II.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SIR TOBY, _with_ SIR ANDREW, _in a great fright_.",
"_Sir To._ Why, man, he's a very devil;--",
"_Sir And._ Oh!",
"_Sir To._ I have not seen such a virago. I had a pass with\nhim,--rapier, scabbard, and all,--and he gives me the stuck-in,----",
"_Sir And._ Oh!... |
3,839 | 38901_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sitting in Olivia's garden, Sebastian is enjoying the bliss of being loved by a beautiful and rich countess, although he is still thoroughly confused about why all this has happened to him. As he sits alone, he admires the lovely pearl which Olivia has given to him, and he wonders why Antonio did not meet him at The El... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_The Street before_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ CLOWN.",
"_Clo._ Will you make me believe, that I am not sent for you?",
"_Seb._ Go to, go to, thou art a foolish fellow; Let me be clear of\nthee.",
"_Clo._ Well held out, i' faith! No, I do not know you; nor I am not\nsent t... |
3,822 | 38901_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This last act, which consists of only a single scene, takes place on a street in front of Olivia's house. Feste is reluctantly carrying Malvolio's letter to Olivia , but Fabian is trying to discourage him from reading it. Feste, needless to say, is in no great hurry to deliver it. Duke Orsino, Cesario , Curio, and othe... | [
"ACT THE FIFTH. SCENE I.",
"_The Street before_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ CLOWN _and_ FABIAN.",
"_Fab._ Now, as thou lovest me, let me see his letter.",
"_Clo._ Good Master Fabian, grant me another request.",
"_Fab._ Any thing.",
"_Clo._ Do not desire to see this letter.",
"_Fab._ That is, to give ... |
3,823 | 38901_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | If music be the food of love, play on,. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh are thou. In the land of Illyria, Duke Orsino enters, attended by his lords. Orsino is hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lady Olivia and pines away for her. He refuses to hunt and orders musicians to entertain him while he thinks about hi... | [
"ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I.",
"_The Sea-coast._",
"_Enter_ VIOLA, ROBERTO, _and two Sailors, carrying a Trunk_.",
"_Vio._ What country, friends, is this?",
"_Rob._ This is Illyria, lady.",
"_Vio._ And what should I do in Illyria?\n My brother he is in Elysium.\n Perchance, he is not drown'd:--What think yo... |
3,824 | 38901_act_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, on the Illyrian sea coast, a young noblewoman named Viola speaks with the captain whose crew has just rescued her from a shipwreck. Although Viola was found and rescued, her brother, Sebastian, seems to have vanished in the storm. The captain tells Viola that Sebastian may still be alive. He says that he saw... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_A Room in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.",
"_The Duke discovered, seated, and attended by_ CURIO, _and Gentlemen_.",
"_Duke._ [_Music._] If music be the food of love, play on,\n Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting,\n The appetite may sicken, and so die.----\n [_Music._] That strain again;--it h... |
3,825 | 38901_act_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the house of Lady Olivia, we meet Olivia's uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and Olivia's waiting-gentlewoman, Maria. Sir Toby lives at Olivia's house and is cheerful, amusing, and usually tipsy. Maria warns Sir Toby that Olivia is annoyed by his drinking, but Sir Toby shrugs off this admonition. Maria also tells him that she ... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ MARIA _and_ SIR TOBY BELCH.",
"_Sir To._ What a plague means my niece, to take the death of her\nbrother thus? I am sure, care's an enemy to life.",
"_Mar._ By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier o' nights;\nyour niece, my lady, takes great ex... |
3,826 | 38901_act_i,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, at the house of Duke Orsino, Viola has adopted a new name--Cesario--to go with her new persona as a teenage boy. After only three days in Orsino's service, Cesario has already become a favorite of Orsino. Indeed, so much does Orsino favor his new servant that he insists on picking Cesario to go on his most i... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_A Room in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.",
"_Enter_ VALENTINE, _and_ VIOLA _in Man's Attire_.",
"_Val._ If the duke continue these favors towards you, Cesario, you\nare like to be much advanced.",
"_Vio._ You either fear his humour, or my negligence, that you call\nin question the continuance of hi... |
3,827 | 38901_act_i,_scene_v | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Make me a willow cabin at your gateAnd call upon my soul within the house. . .Cry out "Olivia!". . . In Olivia's house, Maria talks with Feste, Olivia's clown. Feste has been away for some time, it seems, and nobody knew where he was. Maria tells Feste that he will be in trouble with Olivia and that Olivia is likely to... | [
"SCENE V.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ CLOWN _and_ MARIA.",
"_Mar._ Nay, either tell me where thou hast been, or I will not open\nmy lips, so wide as a bristle may enter, in way of thy excuse: my lady\nwill hang thee for thy absence.",
"_Clo._ Let her hang me: he, that is well hang'd in this ... |
3,828 | 38901_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Somewhere near the coast of Illyria, we meet two men who have not yet appeared in the play. One of them is called Antonio, and he has been hosting the other in his home. This other man is none other than Sebastian, the twin brother of Viola, who she believes has drowned. It seems that Antonio took Sebastian into his ho... | [
"ACT THE SECOND. SCENE I.",
"_A Sea-port._",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ ANTONIO.",
"_Ant._ Will you stay no longer? Nor will you not, that I go with\nyou?",
"_Seb._ By your patience, no: my stars shine darkly over me; the\nmalignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall\ncrave of you ... |
3,829 | 38901_act_ii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, outside Olivia's house, Malvolio has caught up with Viola. Malvolio gives Cesario the ring that Olivia has sent with him, rebuking him for having left it with Olivia. Viola realizes Olivia's deception and plays along with it, pretending that she did indeed give the ring to Olivia. She tells Malvolio that Oli... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_A Dining-room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"SIR TOBY _and_ SIR ANDREW _discovered, drinking and smoking_.",
"_Sir To._ Come, Sir Andrew: not to be a-bed after midnight, is to be\nup betimes; and _diluculo surgere_, thou know'st,----",
"_Sir And._ Nay, by my troth, I know not: but I know, to be up ... |
3,830 | 38901_act_ii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Sir Toby and Sir Andrew stay up late drinking in Olivia's house. Feste appears, and Sir Andrew compliments the clown on his singing. Both noblemen encourage Feste to sing another song. While he sings, Maria enters, warning them to keep their voices down or Olivia will call her steward, Malvolio, and tell him to kick th... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_A Hall in_ DUKE ORSINO'S _Palace_.",
"_Enter_ DUKE, _and_ VIOLA.",
"_Duke._ Come hither, boy:--If ever thou shalt love,\n In the sweet pangs of it, remember me:\n For, such as I am, all true lovers are.--\n My life upon't, young though thou art, thine eye\n Hath stay'd upon some favour tha... |
3,833 | 38901_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Viola, still in disguise as Cesario, has returned to Lady Olivia's house to bring her another message of love from Orsino. Outside Olivia's house, Cesario meets Feste, the clown. Feste jokes and makes puns with him. Cesario jokes with comparable skill and good-naturedly gives Feste some coins for his trouble. Feste goe... | [
"ACT THE THIRD. SCENE I.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SIR TOBY, SIR ANDREW, _and_ FABIAN.",
"_Sir To._ Come thy ways, Signior Fabian.",
"_Fab._ Nay, I'll come; if I lose a scruple of this sport, let me be\nboiled to death with melancholy.",
"_Sir To._ Would'st thou not be glad to have the niggardly ra... |
3,834 | 38901_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back in Olivia's house, Sir Andrew tells Sir Toby that he has decided to leave. He says that he has seen Olivia fawning over Cesario in the orchard, and he seems to realize at last that Olivia is not likely to marry him. But Sir Toby--who wants to keep Andrew around because he has been spending Sir Andrew's money--tell... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_A public Square._",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ ANTONIO.",
"_Seb._ I would not, by my will, have troubled you;\n But, since you make your pleasure of your pains,\n I will no further chide you.",
"_Ant._ I could not stay behind you; my desire,\n More sharp than filed steel, did spur me forth;\... |
3,835 | 38901_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elsewhere, in the streets of Illyria, we find that Sebastian and Antonio have at last arrived at their destination. We learn that Antonio is not safe in Illyria: it seems that Duke Orsino's men are hostile to him, for many years ago Antonio was involved in a sea fight against Orsino in which he did them much damage. Bu... | [
"SCENE III.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ CLOWN, _playing on a Tabor, and_ VIOLA.",
"_Vio._ Save thee, friend, and thy music: Dost thou live by thy\ntabor?",
"_Clo._ No, sir, I live by the church.",
"_Vio._ Art thou a churchman?",
"_Clo._ No such matter, sir: I do live by the church; for I do live\na... |
3,831 | 38901_act_iii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Olivia, who sent a servant after the departing Cesario to persuade him to return, tries to figure out how to woo him to love her. Feeling suddenly melancholy, Olivia sends for Malvolio because she wants someone solemn and sad to help with her strategy. But when Malvolio appears, he behaves very strangely. He wears cros... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ SIR ANDREW, FABIAN, _and_ SIR TOBY.",
"_Sir And._ No, faith, I'll not stay a jot longer.",
"_Sir To._ Thy reason, dear venom, give thy reason.",
"_Fab._ You must needs yield your reason, Sir Andrew.",
"_Sir And._ Marry, I saw your niece do more favo... |
3,837 | 38901_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Near Olivia's house, Feste the clown comes across the person who he thinks is Cesario and tries to bring him to Olivia's house. This individual, however, is actually Viola's twin brother, Sebastian. Sebastian, of course, is confused by Feste's claims to know him. Sir Toby and Sir Andrew then find them. Sir Andrew, thin... | [
"ACT THE FOURTH. SCENE 1.",
"_A Room in_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ OLIVIA _and_ MARIA.",
"_Oli._ I have sent after him:--He says, he'll come.\n How shall I feast him? what bestow on him?\n I speak too loud.----\n Where is Malvolio?",
"_Mar._ He's coming, madam;\n But in strange manner. He is sure pos... |
3,838 | 38901_act_iv,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Inside Olivia's house, Maria, Sir Toby, and the other servants have locked Malvolio into a small, dark chamber. Maria asks Feste to put on the robes of a clergyman and pretend to be Sir Topas, a fictional curate, or priest. Sir Toby and Maria then send Feste to talk to the imprisoned Malvolio in the voice of Sir Topas ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SIR TOBY, _with_ SIR ANDREW, _in a great fright_.",
"_Sir To._ Why, man, he's a very devil;--",
"_Sir And._ Oh!",
"_Sir To._ I have not seen such a virago. I had a pass with\nhim,--rapier, scabbard, and all,--and he gives me the stuck-in,----",
"_Sir And._ Oh!... |
3,839 | 38901_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Elsewhere in the house, Sebastian is wandering, dazed yet happy. He is very confused: he doesn't seem to be insane, and yet a beautiful woman--Olivia--has been giving him gifts and wants to marry him. He wishes he could find Antonio to discuss the situation with him. He states, however, that when he went back to their ... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_The Street before_ OLIVIA'S _House_.",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN _and_ CLOWN.",
"_Clo._ Will you make me believe, that I am not sent for you?",
"_Seb._ Go to, go to, thou art a foolish fellow; Let me be clear of\nthee.",
"_Clo._ Well held out, i' faith! No, I do not know you; nor I am not\nsent t... |
3,832 | 38901_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | If this be so . . .. . .Give me thy hand,And let me see thee in thy woman's weeds. Orsino approaches Olivia's house, accompanied by Viola and his men. The Illyrian law officers come in looking for Orsino, dragging Antonio. Orsino, who fought against Antonio long ago, recognizes him as an honorable enemy. He asks Antoni... | [
"SCENE V.",
"OLIVIA'S _Garden_.",
"_Enter_ SEBASTIAN.",
"_Seb._ This is the air; that is the glorious sun;\n This pearl she gave me, I do feel't, and see't:\n And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus,\n Yet 'tis not madness. Where's Antonio then?\n I could not find him at the Elephant;\n His counsel n... |
3,840 | 23043_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene is Verona, where two well-born young friends, Valentine and Proteus, are taking leave of one another. "He after honour hunts, I after love" says Proteus, once Valentine has departed for Milan. The latter's efforts to persuade his friend to travel abroad with him have failed. He warned of love's caprices: "One... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.",
"_Verona. An open place._",
"_Enter VALENTINE and PROTEUS._",
"_Val._ Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus:\nHome-keeping youth have ever homely wits.\nWere't not affection chains thy tender days\nTo the sweet glances of thy honour'd love,\nI rather would entreat thy company ... |
3,841 | 23043_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Julia asks her "waiting woman," Lucetta, if she "counsels" her "to fall in love," after which the servant appraises the eligible suitors named by her mistress. Sir Eglamour is "well-spoken, neat, and fine," Mercatio is wealthy, but Proteus is most favored. Asked to explain why, Lucetta responds: I have no other but a w... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_The same. Garden of JULIA'S house._",
"_Enter JULIA and LUCETTA._",
"_Jul._ But say, Lucetta, now we are alone,\nWouldst thou, then, counsel me to fall in love?",
"_Luc._ Ay, madam; so you stumble not unheedfully.",
"_Jul._ Of all the fair resort of gentlemen\nThat every day with parle enco... |
3,842 | 23043_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Proteus's father decides to send his son abroad to Milan, where Valentine has gone, to gain experience of the world. When Proteus comes onto the stage, he is obviously in a daydream, clutching a love letter and warbling in such a way as to make his father even more determined to "make a man of him." Proteus lies about ... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_The same. ANTONIO'S house._",
"_Enter ANTONIO and PANTHINO._",
"_Ant._ Tell me, Panthino, what sad talk was that\nWherewith my brother held you in the cloister?",
"_Pan._ 'Twas of his nephew Proteus, your son.",
"_Ant._ Why, what of him?",
"_Pan._ He wonder'd that your lo... |
3,843 | 23043_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Milan, we find Speed taking great pleasure in aggravating his master, who shows all the external signs of being in love. "You have learned," he tells Valentine, to wreathe your arms, like a malcontent; torelish a lovesong, like a robin redbreast;to walk alone, like one that had the pestilence;to sigh, like a schoolb... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.",
"_Milan. The DUKE'S Palace._",
"_Enter VALENTINE and SPEED._",
"_Speed._ Sir, your glove.",
"_Val._ Not mine; my gloves are on.",
"_Speed._ Why, then, this may be yours, for this is but one.",
"_Val._ Ha! let me see: ay, give it me, it's mine:\nSweet ornament that de... |
3,844 | 23043_scenes_2-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Julia gives Proteus a ring to remember her by as he prepares to depart by ship for Milan. Forcing back tears, they say goodbye: Proteus: The tide is now -- nay, not thy tide of tears; That tide will stay me longer than I should. Proteus's servant, Launce, also suffers an emotional separation too -- from his ungrateful ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_Verona. JULIA'S house._",
"_Enter PROTEUS and JULIA._",
"_Pro._ Have patience, gentle Julia.",
"_Jul._ I must, where is no remedy.",
"_Pro._ When possibly I can, I will return.",
"_Jul._ If you turn not, you will return the sooner.\nKeep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. ... |
3,845 | 23043_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Silvia's instigation, two of her suitors, Thurio and Valentine, engage in verbal fisticuffs to cull her favor. The level of debate is not particularly high: Silvia: What, angry, Sir Thurio! Do you change color! Valentine: Give him leave, Madam; he is a kind of chameleon. Thurio: That hath more mind to feed on your b... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_Milan. The DUKE'S palace._",
"_Enter SILVIA, VALENTINE, THURIO, and SPEED._",
"_Sil._ Servant!",
"_Val._ Mistress?",
"_Speed._ Master, Sir Thurio frowns on you.",
"_Val._ Ay, boy, it's for love.",
"_Speed._ Not of you. 5",
"_Val._ Of my ... |
3,846 | 23043_scenes_5-6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Speed welcomes Launce to Padua. Speed inquires "how did thy master part with Madam Julia?" The two then bandy the topic about in the customary lewd fashion for "low" characters: Launce: Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it stands well with her, But the gist of Launce's remarks affirms that Proteus and Julia ar... | [
"SCENE V.",
"_The same. A street._",
"_Enter SPEED and LAUNCE severally._",
"_Speed._ Launce! by mine honesty, welcome to Padua!",
"_Launce._ Forswear not thyself, sweet youth; for I am not\nwelcome. I reckon this always--that a man is never undone\ntill he be hanged; nor never welcome to a place till\nsome... |
3,847 | 23043_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Julia asks Lucetta's advice once again: How, with my honor, I may undertake A journey to my loving Proteus? Lucetta's counsel is conventional, and in such comedies conventionally ignored by her mistress: I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire,But qualify the fire's extreme rage,Lest it should burn above the bound... | [
"SCENE VII.",
"_Verona. JULIA'S house._",
"_Enter JULIA and LUCETTA._",
"_Jul._ Counsel, Lucetta; gentle girl, assist me;\nAnd, even in kind love, I do conjure thee,\nWho art the table wherein all my thoughts\nAre visibly character'd and engraved,\nTo lesson me; and tell me some good mean, ... |
3,848 | 23043_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After Proteus betrays Valentine to the Duke , the Duke fully satisfies himself that his daughter is indeed planning to elope with the Veronese gentleman instead of marrying the wealthy merchant, Thurio. He perpetrates a ruse on Valentine, pretending himself to be in love with a woman and asking advice on how best to ga... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.",
"_Milan. Ante-room in the DUKE'S palace._",
"_Enter DUKE, THURIO, and PROTEUS._",
"_Duke._ Sir Thurio, give us leave, I pray, awhile;\nWe have some secrets to confer about. [_Exit Thu._\nNow, tell me, Proteus, what's your will with me?",
"_Pro._ My gracious lord, that which I would d... |
3,849 | 23043_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Thurio has had a very difficult time of wooing Silvia since Valentine's banishment, so the Duke solicits Proteus's aid. Duke: What might we do to make the girl forget The love of Valentine, and love Sir Thurio? Proteus: The best way is to slander Valentine With falsehood, cowardice, and poor descent, Three things that ... | [
"SCENE II.",
"_The same. The DUKE'S palace._",
"_Enter DUKE and THURIO._",
"_Duke._ Sir Thurio, fear not but that she will love you,\nNow Valentine is banish'd from her sight.",
"_Thu._ Since his exile she hath despised me most.\nForsworn my company, and rail'd at me,\nThat I am desperate of obtaining her. ... |
3,850 | 23043_scenes_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Valentine and Speed are accosted by an honorable band of thieves who are so impressed by the travelers' noble demeanor that they not only spare their lives, but offer Valentine the generalship of their gang. By the bare scalp of Robin Hood's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction! The same outlaw who u... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.",
"_The frontiers of Mantua. A forest._",
"_Enter certain _Outlaws_._",
"_First Out._ Fellows, stand fast; I see a passenger.",
"_Sec. Out._ If there be ten, shrink not, but down with 'em.",
"_Enter VALENTINE and SPEED._",
"_Third Out._ Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:\... |
3,851 | 23043_scenes_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Silvia entreats Eglamour to accompany her to Mantua, where Valentine is currently living. Eglamour has suffered a loss in love himself , so he is touched when Silvia bids him "think upon my grief, a lady's grief." They are to meet in the evening at Friar Patrick's cell, where Silvia "intend holy confession," and whence... | [
"SCENE III.",
"_The same._",
"_Enter EGLAMOUR._",
"_Egl._ This is the hour that Madam Silvia\nEntreated me to call and know her mind:\nThere's some great matter she'ld employ me in.\nMadam, madam!",
"_Enter SILVIA above._",
"_Sil._ Who calls?",
"_Egl._ Your servant and your friend;\nO... |
3,852 | 23043_scenes_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Eglamour and Silvia flee to the forest, where she is captured by the outlaws. As they take her away to their captain , she exclaims: 'O Valentine, this I endure for thee." Meantime, a session in which Proteus advises Thurio on his progress with Silvia is interrupted by the Duke, who tells them of Eglamour and Silvia's ... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.",
"_Milan. An abbey._",
"_Enter EGLAMOUR._",
"_Egl._ The sun begins to gild the western sky;\nAnd now it is about the very hour\nThat Silvia, at Friar Patrick's cell, should meet me.\nShe will not fail, for lovers break not hours,\nUnless it be to come before their time; ... |
3,853 | 23043_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A solitary Valentine muses on his present condition: Here can I sit alone, unseen of any, And to the nightingale's complaining notes Tune my distresses and record my woes. Abruptly interrupted by the spectacle of his friend Proteus in hot pursuit of Silvia, Valentine doubts his very senses: "How like a dream is this I ... | [
"SCENE IV.",
"_Another part of the forest._",
"_Enter VALENTINE._",
"_Val._ How use doth breed a habit in a man!\nThis shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,\nI better brook than flourishing peopled towns:\nHere can I sit alone, unseen of any,\nAnd to the nightingale's complaining notes ... |
3,854 | 15492_act_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is Christmas Eve in the Helmer family's apartment, which is furnished "comfortably but not extravagantly." Nora enters with parcels, leaving a porter at the door with a Christmas tree, which she tells a maid to hide so that her children will not see it. She nibbles on some macaroons she has bought, but she hides the... | [
"ACT I",
"(SCENE.--_A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not\nextravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the\nentrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the\ndoors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and\nbeyond it a window. Near the wi... |
3,855 | 15492_act_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act II occurs in the same room as Act I. The Christmas tree's decorations have been taken down, and the candles have burned out. Nora is alone, anxiously worrying about whether Krogstad will write to Torvald revealing her secret. She is interrupted by the Nurse, who brings in a box of fancy clothes to look at. Nora ask... | [
"ACT II",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano,\nstripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its\ndishevelled branches._ NORA'S _cloak and hat are lying on the sofa. She\nis alone in the room, walking about uneasily. She stops by the sofa and\ntakes up her cloak._)"... |
3,856 | 15492_act_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The act opens in the same room on the next night, Boxing Day. Mrs. Linde is absentmindedly trying to read. As the sounds of dance music suggest, Torvald and Nora are upstairs at the party. Mrs. Linde is waiting for Krogstad so that she can talk to him about Nora's situation. When Krogstad arrives, he and Mrs. Linde tur... | [
"ACT III",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The table has been placed in the middle of the stage,\nwith chairs around it. A lamp is burning on the table. The door into the\nhall stands open. Dance music is heard in the room above_. MRS. LINDE\n_is sitting at the table idly turning over the leaves of a book; she\ntries to read,... |
3,854 | 15492_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The stage directions tell us that we're in a middle-class living room. The furniture is nice but not extravagantly expensive. The room also has a piano. There's a fire burning in a porcelain stove. It's a winter's day. Nora Helmer traipses in dressed in outdoor clothes, carrying lots of packages. A porter and a maid fo... | [
"ACT I",
"(SCENE.--_A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not\nextravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the\nentrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the\ndoors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and\nbeyond it a window. Near the wi... |
3,855 | 15492_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Stage directions tell us that we're in a same room. The Christmas tree is now stripped and bedraggled. Nora walks nervously around the room. She checks the mailbox, but nothing is in it. She tries to reassure herself that nothing bad will happen. A maid named Anne enters. She carries a box of masquerade costumes. Nora ... | [
"ACT II",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano,\nstripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its\ndishevelled branches._ NORA'S _cloak and hat are lying on the sofa. She\nis alone in the room, walking about uneasily. She stops by the sofa and\ntakes up her cloak._)"... |
3,856 | 15492_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Stage directions tell us we're in the same room. A lamp is burning, so it must be nighttime. Music is heard from the apartment upstairs. Mrs. Christine Linde sits on the sofa, reading a book. She seems to be waiting impatiently for someone. Krogstad shows up. He asks why they're meeting at the Helmers' house. Christine... | [
"ACT III",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The table has been placed in the middle of the stage,\nwith chairs around it. A lamp is burning on the table. The door into the\nhall stands open. Dance music is heard in the room above_. MRS. LINDE\n_is sitting at the table idly turning over the leaves of a book; she\ntries to read,... |
3,854 | 15492_act_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Very cheerful, the pretty and girlish Nora Helmer enters from the outdoors, humming a tune while she deposits her parcels on the hall table. "Is that my little lark twittering out there?" calls her husband, Torvald, from the study, and he emerges to greet her. They talk about their improved income because Torvald has j... | [
"ACT I",
"(SCENE.--_A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not\nextravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the\nentrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the\ndoors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and\nbeyond it a window. Near the wi... |
3,855 | 15492_act_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is later in the same day. Nora has avoided her children, fearing to pollute them. In a conversation with her old nurse, she tells the servant that the children will have to get used to seeing less of their mother from now on. This is Nora's first suggestion of withdrawing from the life she has lived up until now. Wh... | [
"ACT II",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano,\nstripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its\ndishevelled branches._ NORA'S _cloak and hat are lying on the sofa. She\nis alone in the room, walking about uneasily. She stops by the sofa and\ntakes up her cloak._)"... |
3,856 | 15492_act_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Krogstad and Christine are alone onstage, for the Helmers and Dr. Rank are upstairs at the masquerade party. Bitterly Krogstad reproaches Christine for renouncing their betrothal, years ago, sacrificing him in order to marry a man better able to support her and her family. After wrecking his hopes the first time, she a... | [
"ACT III",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The table has been placed in the middle of the stage,\nwith chairs around it. A lamp is burning on the table. The door into the\nhall stands open. Dance music is heard in the room above_. MRS. LINDE\n_is sitting at the table idly turning over the leaves of a book; she\ntries to read,... |
3,854 | 15492_act_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is Christmas Eve in the Helmers' apartment. Nora Helmer enters in outdoor clothes, carrying parcels. A porter carries in a Christmas tree, and Nora asks the maid to hide it. She gives the porter a generous tip. Taking out a packet of macaroons from her pocket, she eats some, but hurriedly hides them when Torvald, he... | [
"ACT I",
"(SCENE.--_A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not\nextravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the\nentrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the\ndoors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and\nbeyond it a window. Near the wi... |
3,855 | 15492_act_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is Christmas day. The Christmas tree is stripped of decorations and the candles are burned out. Nora is worried that a letter might arrive from Krogstad, revealing her secret to Torvald. The Nurse enters, carrying a box of fancy dress clothes. Nora asks after the children. It is clear that she has deliberately been ... | [
"ACT II",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The Christmas Tree is in the corner by the piano,\nstripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its\ndishevelled branches._ NORA'S _cloak and hat are lying on the sofa. She\nis alone in the room, walking about uneasily. She stops by the sofa and\ntakes up her cloak._)"... |
3,856 | 15492_act_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is the night of the party, and dance music can be heard from upstairs. Nora and Torvald are at the party and Mrs Linde sits alone in their apartment, waiting for someone. Krogstad arrives; it is he whom she was expecting. He reproaches Mrs Linde for jilting him, but she says she had no choice; she had family to supp... | [
"ACT III",
"(THE SAME SCENE--_The table has been placed in the middle of the stage,\nwith chairs around it. A lamp is burning on the table. The door into the\nhall stands open. Dance music is heard in the room above_. MRS. LINDE\n_is sitting at the table idly turning over the leaves of a book; she\ntries to read,... |
3,857 | 42796_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Four mysterious children peer into a bakery window, admiring the goods on display. As they discuss the relative merits of bread versus sweets, the baker's wife eyes them with suspicion. She doesn't like kids. Two of the kids are Benny and Violet, who are about 5 and 10 years old, respectively. The older kids are Jessie... | [
"THE FLIGHT",
"About seven o'clock one hot summer evening a strange family moved into\nthe little village of Middlesex. Nobody knew where they came from, or\nwho they were. But the neighbors soon made up their minds what they\nthought of the strangers, for the father was very drunk. He could hardly\nwalk up the r... |
3,858 | 42796_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The children leave the baker's town and arrive at a road, walking by the light of the moon. Henry says he can carry Benny a long way, but Violet thinks they should wake him up--they'll move faster with Benny on his feet. Benny isn't exactly amenable to this plan, but when Violet turns it into a game where Benny pretend... | [
"THE SECOND NIGHT",
"The roosters crowed and the hens clucked; the farmer's wife began to get\nbreakfast, and the four children slept on. Dinner time came and went,\nand still they slept, for it must be remembered that they had been awake\nand walking during the whole night. In fact, it was nearly seven o'clock\n... |
3,859 | 42796_chapter_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Good morning. Jessie is up first, and she realizes there's about to be a big storm. She takes initiative and walks off into the woods, looking for shelter. She comes upon an old boxcar. Something tells Shmoop that this might be where the Boxcar Children get their name. Jessie runs back to the other kids and tells them ... | [
"SHELTER",
"When Jess opened her eyes it must have been about ten o'clock in the\nmorning. She sat up and looked all around her. She could see dimly the\nopening where they had come into the woods. She looked around to see\nthat her family was still safely by her. Then she looked up at the sky.\nAt first she thou... |
3,860 | 42796_chapter_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The kids wait quietly in the boxcar, hoping to discover the source of the noise. Benny thinks it might be a bear; things are sort of tense. Oh, good, it's not a bear--it's just a dog with an injured paw. The dog hops over to Jessie, who removes a thorn from his foot and ties a wet handkerchief around it as a bandage. J... | [
"A NEW HOME",
"\"Keep still!\" whispered Jess.",
"Benny obeyed. The three children were as motionless as stone images,\nhuddled inside the freight car. Jess opened her mouth in order to\nbreathe at all, her heart was thumping so wildly. She watched like a cat\nthrough the open door, in the direction of the rust... |
3,861 | 42796_chapter_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Jessie is up bright and early to tidy up. She goes to retrieve the milk from the "refrigerator," which is a cold nook in the waterfall. The nook worked, and the milk is ready to drink. Over breakfast, Henry tells the group he plans to go into town and find work. Henry sets off for town, promising to be back by lunchtim... | [
"HOUSEKEEPING",
"The next morning Jess was up before the others, as was fitting for a\nlittle housekeeper. That is, she was first if we except the dog, who had\nopened one eye instantly every time his little mistress stirred in her\nsleep. He sat watching gravely in the door of the car as Jess descended\nto get b... |
3,862 | 42796_chapter_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's time for dinner, which means Henry is finally going to reveal what's in those bundles. Nothing too exciting: bread, milk, dried meat, and a bone for the dog. Dinner is bread soaked in milk. Jessie declares how fun it is to eat with spoons. Poor Jessie. Henry tells the kids about his day: He walked into town and st... | [
"EARNING A LIVING",
"Henry had all sorts of packages under his arm and in his pockets. But he\nwouldn't open them or tell a thing about his adventures until dinner was\nready, he said. \"Jess, you're a wonder!\" he exclaimed when he saw the\ndishes and the shelf.",
"The big kettle was selected, and they all beg... |
3,863 | 42796_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's morning, and Jessie and Henry are discussing the excitement from the night before. They don't say anything about it to the younger kids, though. Jessie wonders if the "intruder" was a rabbit, but Henry thinks it might have been a person. Henry says the dog will protect them. They'll just carry on as if nothing hap... | [
"AT HOME",
"Jess and Henry had a short committee meeting next morning before the\nothers awoke. It was agreed that nobody should be allowed to stray off\ninto the woods alone, not even the dog. And with much mystery Henry left\nsome orders with all of them, as to what they should build for him\nduring the morning... |
3,864 | 42796_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The kids sleep till 10 a.m. on Sunday morning, and after breakfast, they start to work on the swimming pool. It's going to be a group effort. They assess the brook and decide they need to build a dam. Jessie washes socks. Building a dam is hard work, but the Boxcar Children are basically perfect, so they don't mind. Af... | [
"BUILDING THE DAM",
"Even a hammer makes a good pillow if one is tired enough, and the\nfreight-car family slept until the nine-o'clock church bells began to\nring faintly in the valley. There were at least a dozen churches, and\ntheir far-away bells sounded sweetly harmonious in so many different\nkeys.",
"\"T... |
3,865 | 42796_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Henry wonders if he should take the other kids to pick cherries, so he asks Jessie what she thinks. Jessie thinks that their grandfather might be on the lookout for four kids traveling together, so she suggests they walk into town in pairs. It's cherry-pickin' time. The whole gang is there, but Benny is too little to p... | [
"CHERRY PICKING",
"Henry meditated awhile all to himself early the next morning as to\nwhether he ought to take any one with him for the cherry picking. \"He\ncertainly said he could use more than one,\" he mused.",
"Failing to decide the question, he laid it before his sisters as they\nate bread and milk for b... |
3,866 | 42796_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A little more on James Henry Alden: He's very rich. Just in case you didn't catch that from his offer of a $5,000 reward. Also, he's really supportive of young boys and sports, so he sponsors an annual Field Day. It's a very popular event. Field Day involves lots of different kinds of races, but the most popular event ... | [
"THE RACE",
"The Cordyce Steel Mills stood a little aside from the city of\nGreenfield, as if they were a little too good to associate with common\nfactories. James Henry Cordyce sat in a huge leather chair in his\nprivate office. He was a man nearly sixty years of age whose dark brown\nhair was still untouched b... |
3,867 | 42796_chapter_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Days go by. The children keep finding garbage treasures; Henry continues to work for Dr. Moore. Very exciting news: Henry buys Benny some new socks. The girls make Benny a stuffed bear from his old socks. Benny wants his bear to have a long tail even though bears don't have long tails. Whatever, Benny--you do you. The ... | [
"MORE EDUCATION",
"With twenty-five dollars in his hand, Henry felt like a millionaire as\nhe edged through the crowd to the gate.",
"\"That's the boy,\" he heard many a person say when he was forced to hold\nhis silver cup in view out of harm's way.",
"When Dr. McAllister drove into his yard he found a boy w... |
3,868 | 42796_chapter_12 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Moore lets his mother in on the secret that Mr. Alden is the Boxcar Children's grandfather. Everyone agrees that Mr. Alden should introduce himself without admitting that he's their grandfather. Mr. Alden says he'll give Dr. Moore the $5,000 reward, but Dr. Moore refuses it. The cook is nervous about what to make f... | [
"GINSENG",
"What Dr. McAllister ever did before Henry began to work for him would be\nhard to guess.",
"There were certainly as many duties always waiting for him as he had\ntime to do. And it made no difference to the industrious boy what the\njob was. Nothing was too hard or too dirty for him to attempt.",
... |
3,869 | 42796_chapter_13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mr. Alden hopes the children will live with him so he's been preparing some rooms for them. When the children arrive at his house, they're shocked--they had no idea he was a fancy rich person. Violet's room is decorated with violets. It's a bit literal, but Violet seems happy. Benny's room has animals everywhere, while... | [
"TROUBLE",
"The days went merrily by for the freight-car family. Hardly a day\npassed, however, without some exciting adventure. Mrs. McAllister,\nfinding out in some way that Violet was a clever seamstress, sent home\nfine linen handkerchiefs for her to hem. Each one had a tiny colored\nrose in the corner, and V... |
3,870 | 15859_chapter_1:_the_piazza | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The narrator quotes from Shakespeare's Cymbeline. There's a lot of quoting in this story. Narrator says he's moved out to the country, to a house without a piazza, or porch. The lack of a piazza makes him sad. Yes, that's an important plot point. The house has no porch--conflict! This is not a two-fisted, pulse-poundin... | [
"THE PIAZZA.",
"\"With fairest flowers,\n Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele--\"",
"When I removed into the country, it was to occupy an old-fashioned\nfarm-house, which had no piazza--a deficiency the more regretted,\nbecause not only did I like piazzas, as somehow combining the coziness\nof in-door... |
3,871 | 15859_chapter_2:_bartleby | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The story is also sometimes called "Bartleby the Scrivener," and sometimes, "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street." It's one of the most famous, most critically acclaimed stories in all of American literature. So, you know, no pressure. The narrator is a somewhat elderly lawyer. He says he's going to tell y'a... | [
"BARTLEBY.",
"I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations, for the last\nthirty years, has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what\nwould seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom, as\nyet, nothing, that I know of, has ever been written--I mean, the\nlaw-copyists, or sc... |
3,872 | 15859_chapter_3:_benito_cereno | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Captain Amasa Delano, a Massachusetts commander of a sealer named The Bachelor's Delight, is near the coast of Chile. Delano sees a strange ship flying no colors. He might have been worried, but he's a naturally trusting guy. Also he is as dumb as a bagful of hammers. The ship maneuvers oddly. But dumb old Delano still... | [
"BENITO CERENO.",
"In the year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano, of Duxbury, in Massachusetts,\ncommanding a large sealer and general trader, lay at anchor with a\nvaluable cargo, in the harbor of St. Maria--a small, desert, uninhabited\nisland toward the southern extremity of the long coast of Chili. There\nhe had tou... |
3,873 | 15859_chapter_4:_the_lightning_rod_man | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This is another one of those Melville stories without much of a plot. Still, it's got more of a point than "The Piazza". So that's something. A dude is standing inside by his hearth listening to the thunder outside. Some other guy comes and knocks on the door. Dude 1 asks second guy if he'd like to stand by the hearth.... | [
"THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN.",
"What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearth-stone\namong the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead,\nand crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag\nirradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a\nchar... |
3,874 | 15859_chapter_5,_sketch_first:_the_isles_at_large | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The story starts off with a quote from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene about dangerous islands that are dark, doleful, dreary, and other things beginning with "d". The story proper begins with a discussion of the Enchanted Isles, or Encantadas, known in English as the Galapagos. The islands were made by volcanos, an... | [
"THE ENCANTADAS; OR, ENCHANTED ISLES. SKETCH FIRST.",
"THE ISLES AT LARGE.",
"--\"That may not be, said then the ferryman,\n Least we unweeting hap to be fordonne;\n For those same islands seeming now and than,\n Are not firme land, nor any certein wonne,\n But stragling plots which to and fro do ronne\n I... |
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