"withdraw"WordplayAct 3,Scene 2Lines 255-256An explanation of the wordplay on “withdraw” in Act 3, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Demetrius [To Helena] I say I love thee more than he can do. Lysander If thou say so, withdraw, and prove it too. Lysander is demanding that Demetrius come with him — "withdraw" with him — and prove that he loves Helena by “drawing” his sword from its scabbard.
