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Question: Shakespere HELP! I really need help on this one!!?
Can you make shakesperes sentences into words that we would use oday, I have no idea what they mean! Just tell me what words we would use, i can not understand what he is saying!. Thanks!.

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 or a dowager
Long withering-out a young man's revenue!.
Take comfort: he no more shall see my face;
Lysander and myself will fly this place!.
Before the time I did Lysander see,
Seem'd Athens as a paradise to me!.
O then what graces in my love do dwell,
That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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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 or a dowager
Long withering-out a young man's revenue!.

My beautiful Hippolyta,
Our wedding day is too far away! We only have to wait four more days,
But they go by so slowly! I'm tired of waiting, I want to get married now!

Take comfort: he no more shall see my face;
Lysander and myself will fly this place!.
Before the time I did Lysander see,
Seem'd Athens as a paradise to me!.
O then what graces in my love do dwell,
That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell!

Don't worry, Demetrius won't see me anymore,
Lysander and I will run away from here!.
Before I met Lysander,
Athens seemed like a paradise to me!.
But now that I love him,
He makes Athens seem like hell instead of heaven!.

haha I was Hermia in this play!. Hope this helps! :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Now beautiful Hippolyta, our time has come, four days and 4 moons until our wedding day!. Yet the moon wanes slowly (its taking a long time)!. The moon puts it (the wedding) off like a widow would spend the dowager(the money her husband left)!. And wasting any money a young man(son/nephew ect!.) might expect!.

Its alright, Demetruis won't see me anymore,
Lysander and I are leaving Athens!.
Before I saw Lysander,
I loved Athens!.
But Lysanders love has mad Demetrius jealous,
and Demetrius tunred this heaven into a hell!Www@QuestionHome@Com

As I'm sure you know, you've quoted passages from two different speeches by two different characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream!." I've separated them below!. For a modern English translation of the play, take a look at this site:

http://nfs!.sparknotes!.com/msnd/

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 or a dowager
Long withering-out a young man's revenue!.


Take comfort: he no more shall see my face;
Lysander and myself will fly this place!.
Before the time I did Lysander see,
Seem'd Athens as a paradise to me!.
O then what graces in my love do dwell,
That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell!Www@QuestionHome@Com