ENGL 1005H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Virginity, English Folklore, Spaniel

• School: Trent University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1005H
• Professor: Kelly Mcguire

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How shall we find the concord of this discord? . Theseus: the greek hero who slew, hercules cousin, theseus is mortal. Hippolyta: amazonian queen, abducted by hercules and given to theseus, fell in love with theseus, betrayed by amazons, wed to theseus; mother to hippolytus; abandoned for phaedra who fell in love with stepson. Now, fair hippolyta, our nuptial hour draws on apace; four happy days bring in. Another moon: but, o, methinks, how slow this old moon wanes! she lingers my desires, like to a step-dame ot a dowager long withering out a young man"s revenue . Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; four night will quickly dream away the time; and then the moon, like to a silver bow new-bent in heaven, shall behold the night of our solemnities . Ling of marriage with patriarchal authority: theseus as a statesman; upholders of the law (oberon: am i not thy lord? ) (ii, i, 63);