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How low am I, thou painted maypole meaning? ›

Retaliating against suggestions that she is small, even dwarfish, Hermia calls Helena a "painted maypole." This comment implies a double critique: not only is Helena as skinny as a pole, but she is "painted," suggesting she is sexually knowledgeable.

There are a total of 10 endings in Little Goody Two Shoes, as well as various Game Overs.

DEMETRIUS: Lysander, keep thy Hermia; I will none:/If e'er I loved her, all that love is gone./My heart to her but as guest-wise sojourn'd,/And now to Helena is it home return'd,/There to remain.

This is the woman, but not this the man. [Robin realizes that he did not apply the love juice to Demetrius, Oberon's intended target. He erroneously believes that the man who did receive the love juice (Lysander) has fallen for Hermia who was sleeping nearby.

Hermia calls Helena a “painted maypole” - presumably because she is tall, thin, and wears a lot of makeup in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

In Medieval England, people celebrated the arrival of spring with a public holiday on May 1st. One of the festivities consisted of erecting a maypole with colorful ribbons attached to its top. Children danced around the pole holding the ends of these ribbons, covering the pole in colorful stripes.

The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes is a children's story published by John Newbery in London in 1765. The story popularized the phrase "goody two-shoes" as a descriptor for an excessively virtuous person or do-gooder.

When Atsumu called him a goody two-shoes, he was referring to how Kageyama constantly makes sure that his tosses are EXACTLY how the spiker wants it.

/ˌɡʊdi ˈtuː ʃuːz/ (plural goody two shoes) (informal, disapproving) ​a person who always behaves well, and perhaps has a disapproving attitude to people who do not.

Puck uses magic to turn Bottom's head into a Donkey head, while he is rehearsing in the forest. Titania sees Bottom when she wakes up and she falls in love with him.

What mistake does Puck make? ›

Puck is supposed to smear the juice of the flower on Demetrius' eyes to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena, thus resolving the issue. He makes a mistake, however, and ends up making Lysander fall in love with Helena. He tries to rectify his mistake but ends up making Demetrius fall in love with Helena as well.

Oh, once tell true, tell true even for my sake— Durst thou have looked upon him being awake, And hast thou killed him sleeping? O brave touch! 75 Could not a worm, an adder, do so much? An adder did it, for with doubler tongue Than thine, thou serpent, never adder stung.

During the mechanicals' rehearsal in the woods, Bottom is transformed into an ass by Robin, whereupon Titania falls in love with him.

Tie up my love's tongue. Bring him silently. You know this idea of capture we've been talking about throughout the play, here yet again Titania's way of keeping hold of the thing that she loves, having power over the thing that she loves is by capture, is by tying him up and bringing him silently.

Egeus demands that Theseus enforce Athenian law upon Hermia and execute her if she refuses to marry Demetrius. Theseus threatens Hermia with either lifelong chastity or death if she continues to disobey her father. Lysander and Hermia make plans to flee Athens.

Hermia is now convinced that Helena is mocking her for being short. She retorts: ''Now I perceive that she hath made compare Between our statures: she hath urg'd her height, And with her personage, her tall personage, Her height, forsooth, she hath prevail'd with him.

In the midst of badmouthing Hermia (her childhood friend), Helena acknowledges that Hermia, despite being short, is nonetheless a force to be reckoned with. In other words: “she may be physically small, but don't underestimate her anger and determination.”

Due to an enchantment cast by Oberon's servant Puck, Titania magically falls in love with a "rude mechanical" (a labourer), Nick Bottom the weaver, who has been given the head of a donkey by Puck, who feels it is better suited to his character.

Act 3, scene 2 Robin Goodfellow reports to Oberon about Titania and Bottom. When Demetrius enters wooing Hermia, Oberon discovers that Robin has anointed the eyes of the wrong Athenian. Oberon then orders Robin to fetch Helena while he anoints the eyes of the sleeping Demetrius.