Act 2, Scene 2 - Video Performance: Helena and Demetrius, Lines 90-105

Helena and Demetrius, Lines 90-105

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Act 2,

Scene 2

Lines 90-105

A performance of lines 90-105 by Helena and Demetrius in Act 2, Scene 2 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 2.2 Performance: Helena and Demetrius Lines 90-105

Stay though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius.

I charge thee hence, and do not haunt me thus.

O, wilt thou darkling leave me? Do not so.

Stay on thy peril; I alone will go.

[Exit Demetrius]

O, I am out of breath in this fond chase.

The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace.

Happy is Hermia wheresoe'er she lies,

For she hath blessèd and attractive eyes.

How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears —

If so, my eyes are oftener washed than hers.

No, no, I am as ugly as a bear,

For beasts that meet me run away for fear.

Therefore no marvel though Demetrius

Do as a monster fly my presence thus.

What wicked and dissembling glass of mine

Made me compare with Hermia's sphery eyne?