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Wocking310
19.03.2020 • 
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100 word essay on Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the excerpt below from A Midsummer Night's Dream and answer the question.
Stand forth, Lysander and my gracious duke,
This man hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child;
Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes,
And interchanged love-tokens with my child:
Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung,
With feigning voice verses of feigning love,
And stolen the impression of her fantasy
With bracelets of thy hair, rings, gawds, conceits,
Knacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats, messengers
Of strong prevailment in unharden'd youth:
With cunning hast thou filch'd my daughter's heart,
Turn'd her obedience, which is due to me,
To stubborn harshness...
In at least 100 words, explain the figurative and connotative meanings of the language used in Egeus' speech in this
excerpt from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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