Titania’s monologue
Titania starts off her monologue by saying that Oberon’s accusation of her having an affair with Theseus is nothing but a jealous lie. Titania goes onto explain what this jealousy is causing.
“These are the forgeries of jealousy”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
Titania goes on to say that Oberon’s argumentativeness is causing the fairies to not be able to do their dances.
“And never, since the middle of summer’s spring,
Met we on hill, in dale, or mead,
By paved fountain, or by rushy brook,
Or in beached margent of sea,
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,
But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
Titania starts to talk about the nature and how the nature is trying to get revenge by flooding the land.
“Therefore the winds, piping us in vain,
As in revenge, have sucked up from the sea
Contagious fogs, which falling in the land
Have every river pelting river made so proud
That they have overborne their continents.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
In the next part of Titania’s monologue she talks about how the sheep are dying and crows are fat for eating them. She also talks about how people don’t play games or walk in the fields anymore, as the fields have become muddy and have grown over. Also, because these things aren’t happening during winter the people aren’t comforted by singing carols.
“The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain,
The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn
Hath rotted ere his youth attained beard.
The fold stands empty in the drowned field,
And crows are fatted with the murrain flock.
The nine-men’s- morris is filled up with mud,
And the quaint mazes in the wanton green
For lack of tread are undistinguishable.
The human mortals want their winter here.
No night is now with hymn or carol blessed.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
In this part of Titania’s monologue she talks about the nature and how because of their selfish arguments the seasons have changed and they don’t which are which.
“Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in anger, washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound.
And thorough this distemperature we see
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts
Fall in fresh lap of the crimson rose,
And on old Hiems’ thin and icy crown
An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter change
Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world,
By their increase, now knows not which is which.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
Titania summarises her rant by saying that their argument is destroying more then he realises, and that their argument is overall irresponsible and selfish.
“And this same progeny of evil comes
From our debate, from our dissension.
We are their parents and original”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
This monologue states that Titania is upset and angry about their argument destroying nature, and her opinion of their childish argument. It also sets the stage for showing her nurturing character.
Titania starts off her monologue by saying that Oberon’s accusation of her having an affair with Theseus is nothing but a jealous lie. Titania goes onto explain what this jealousy is causing.
“These are the forgeries of jealousy”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
Titania goes on to say that Oberon’s argumentativeness is causing the fairies to not be able to do their dances.
“And never, since the middle of summer’s spring,
Met we on hill, in dale, or mead,
By paved fountain, or by rushy brook,
Or in beached margent of sea,
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,
But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
Titania starts to talk about the nature and how the nature is trying to get revenge by flooding the land.
“Therefore the winds, piping us in vain,
As in revenge, have sucked up from the sea
Contagious fogs, which falling in the land
Have every river pelting river made so proud
That they have overborne their continents.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
In the next part of Titania’s monologue she talks about how the sheep are dying and crows are fat for eating them. She also talks about how people don’t play games or walk in the fields anymore, as the fields have become muddy and have grown over. Also, because these things aren’t happening during winter the people aren’t comforted by singing carols.
“The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain,
The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn
Hath rotted ere his youth attained beard.
The fold stands empty in the drowned field,
And crows are fatted with the murrain flock.
The nine-men’s- morris is filled up with mud,
And the quaint mazes in the wanton green
For lack of tread are undistinguishable.
The human mortals want their winter here.
No night is now with hymn or carol blessed.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
In this part of Titania’s monologue she talks about the nature and how because of their selfish arguments the seasons have changed and they don’t which are which.
“Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in anger, washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound.
And thorough this distemperature we see
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts
Fall in fresh lap of the crimson rose,
And on old Hiems’ thin and icy crown
An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter change
Their wonted liveries, and the mazed world,
By their increase, now knows not which is which.”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
Titania summarises her rant by saying that their argument is destroying more then he realises, and that their argument is overall irresponsible and selfish.
“And this same progeny of evil comes
From our debate, from our dissension.
We are their parents and original”
(Act 2: Scene 1)
This monologue states that Titania is upset and angry about their argument destroying nature, and her opinion of their childish argument. It also sets the stage for showing her nurturing character.
