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Lizzie asks…

can you please make me a summary of 5 sentences about this scene?

SCENE IV. A street.
Enter ROMEO, MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, with five or six Maskers, Torch-bearers, and others
ROMEO
What, shall this speech be spoke for our excuse?
Or shall we on without a apology?
BENVOLIO
The date is out of such prolixity:
We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf,
Bearing a Tartar's painted bow of lath,
Scaring the ladies like a crow-keeper;
Nor no without-book prologue, faintly spoke
After the prompter, for our entrance:
But let them measure us by what they will;
We'll measure them a measure, and be gone.
ROMEO
Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling;
Being but heavy, I will bear the light.
MERCUTIO
Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.
ROMEO
Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoes
With nimble soles: I have a soul of lead
So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.
MERCUTIO
You are a lover; borrow Cupid's wings,
And soar with them above a common bound.
ROMEO
I am too sore enpierced with his shaft
To soar with his light feathers, and so bound,
I cannot bound a pitch above dull woe:
Under love's heavy burden do I sink.
MERCUTIO
And, to sink in it, should you burden love;
Too great oppression for a tender thing.
ROMEO
Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
MERCUTIO
If love be rough with you, be rough with love;
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.
Give me a case to put my visage in:
A visor for a visor! what care I
What curious eye doth quote deformities?
Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me.
BENVOLIO
Come, knock and enter; and no sooner in,
But every man betake him to his legs.
ROMEO
A torch for me: let wantons light of heart
Tickle the senseless rushes with their heels,
For I am proverb'd with a grandsire phrase;
I'll be a candle-holder, and look on.
The game was ne'er so fair, and I am done.
MERCUTIO
Tut, dun's the mouse, the constable's own word:
If thou art dun, we'll draw thee from the mire
Of this sir-reverence love, wherein thou stick'st
Up to the ears. Come, we burn daylight, ho!
ROMEO
Nay, that's not so.
MERCUTIO
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Take our good meaning, for our judgment sits
Five times in that ere once in our five wits.
ROMEO
And we mean well in going to this mask;
But 'tis no wit to go.
MERCUTIO
Why, may one ask?
ROMEO
I dream'd a dream to-night.
MERCUTIO
And so did I.
ROMEO
Well, what was yours?
MERCUTIO
That dreamers often lie.
ROMEO
In bed asleep, while they do dream things true.
MERCUTIO
O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate-stone
On the fore-finger of an alderman,
Drawn with a team of little atomies
Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep;
Her wagon-spokes made of long spiders' legs,
The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
The traces of the smallest spider's web,
The collars of the moonshine's watery beams,
Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film,
Her wagoner a small grey-coated gnat,
Not so big as a round little worm
Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid;
Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight,
O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees,
O'er ladies ' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are:
Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose,
And then dreams he of smelling out a suit;
And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail
Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep,
Then dreams, he of another benefice:
Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck,
And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,
Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,
Of healths five-fathom deep; and then anon
Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,
And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two
And sleeps again. This is that very Mab
That plats the manes of horses in the night,
And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes:
This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,
That presses them and learns them first to bear,
Making them women of good carriage:
This is she--
ROMEO
Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace!
Thou talk'st of nothing.
MERCUTIO
True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,
Which is as thin of substance as the air
And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes
Even now the frozen bosom of the north,
And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence,
Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
BENVOLIO
This wind, you talk of, blows us from ourselves;
Supper is done, and we shall come too late.
ROMEO
I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
But He, that hath the steerage of my course,
Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen.
BENVOLIO
Strike, drum.
Exeunt

admin answers:

Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio, and others from the Montague household make their way to the Capulet feast. With their masks concealing their identity, they resolve to stay for just one dance.

Because Romeo continues to be lovesick for Rosaline, Mercutio teases him for being such a stereotypical hopeless lover. Mercutio then delivers his highly imaginative Queen Mab speech in which he describes how the fairy delivers dreams to humans as they sleep.

The scene concludes with Romeo’s sense of foreboding at the forthcoming evening:

for my mind misgives

Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,

Shall bitterly begin his fearful date

With this night’s revels.

Donna asks…

What do you think of all the first of each letter GIRLS names in my name book- alphabetical?

A~ Aaarti~ Worship
B~ Baasima~ Smiling
C~ Caca~ Crevice
D~ Da~ Eldest
E~ Ealani~ Cheif
F~ Faaina~ Captivating
G~ Gabina~ Native
H~ Ha~ River
I~ I Wei~ Consider
J~ Jaba~ Hibiscus
K~ Ka~ Chaste
L~ Laabha~ Profit
M~ Ma~ Agate
N~ Na~ Graceful
O~ Oba~ Chief
P~ Pa~ Flower
Q~ Qadira~ Powerful
R~ Raaida~ Leader
S~ Saabira~ Patient
T~ Tabatha~ Gazelle
U~ Ubaldina~ Audacious
V~ Vail~ Valley
W~ Wadd~ Beloved
X~ Xandra~ Defender
Y~ Ya~ Proper
Z~ Zaba~ Sacrifice

Questions to answer:
1. Which name is your favorite?
2. Which is your least favorite?
3. Which has your favorite meaning?
4. Which has your least favorite meaning?

Thanks!

admin answers:

1. Saabira, or Xandra
2. Jaba
3. Qadira, powerful
4. Zaba, Sacrifice

George asks…

Pagans past and present, tell me about the symbolism of the stag?

I found a necklace today, a fine brass chain with a small stag pendant. It also came with a chunk of agate and a silver leaf, both of which i removed (but have reused elsewhere), i now feel very attached to this fragile piece of jewellery, i've never had any sort of interest or affinity with this animal before (though i am an animal lover).

The stag is a symbol i don't use in my life, but i know that it is a symbol in certain parts of paganism. Now, i know i can google this, but i'd like to hear from you what (if any) meaning does it have to you and/or the certain branch of paganism you are on.

Thanks 🙂

admin answers:

The stag is the primary symbol of the wild god.

He is known as cernunnos, herne the hunter, the green man, the horned god, and others. The hindu god shiva is an incarnation of his archaic form, and many of the most formidable gods have been derived from him in some way.

He is lord of the forests and wild animals, guardian of the underworld, and god of fertility. He is often shown meditating in nature surrounded by wild animals and adorned with symbols of prosperity. He is highly sexual and protective of his charges. I've found him to be an excellent companion and guide.

Mandy asks…

What do you think of these fast facts?

1. Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert".

2. In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powered soft drink Kool-Aid.

3. J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872.

4. The state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in 1945 to the "Cornhusker State".

5. State insect is the honeybee.

6. State motto: Equality before the law.

7. The goldenrod was declared the state flower on April 4, 1895.

8. The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.

9. The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.

10. Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich.

11. Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.

12. Nebraska has the U.S.'s largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogalala aquifer.

13. Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.

14. The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world.

15. Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.

16. Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nations mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway.

17. Nebraska is both the nation's largest producer and user of center pivot irrigation.

18. Nebraska's Chimney rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal entries by travelers on the Oregon Trail.

19. The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.

20. Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S.


21. Marlon Brando's mother gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse.

22. Lincoln County is the origin of the world's largest "Wolly Mammoth" elephant fossil.

23. Weeping Water is the nations largest limestone deposit and producer.

24. Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 7 floors underground.

25. The Nebraska Cornhuskers have been to a record 27 consecutive bowl games and 27 consecutive winning seasons

26. The University of Nebraska Cornhusker football team has produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Division I school.

27. In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a 'hat that would scare a timid person' can be seen eating onions in public.

28. The world's first college course about radio personality Rush Limbaugh is taught at Bellevue University in Nebraska.

29. Origin of Nebraska's Name: From an Oto Indian word meaning flat water

30. Nebraska's Motto: Equality Before the Law

31. Nebraska's State Gem is the Blue Agate

32. The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults.

33. The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forrest near Thedford, Nebraska

34. The world's only museum dedicated to Fur Trading is located at Fort Atkinson near Blair.

35. The famous architect, Edward Durrell Stone, designed the Stuhr Museum near Grand Island, Nebraska.

36. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre

37. Chevyland USA near Elm Creek, Nebraska is the only museum dedicated to a single line of cars.

38. The largest Kolache Festival in the world is located in Prague, Nebraska

39. Cozad, Nebraska is located on the 100th Meridian where the humid east meets the arid west.

40. In Nebraska in 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other for governorship of a state.

41. The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under budget and the building was paid for by the time it was completed.

42. Union Pacific Railroad's museum is headquartered in Nebraska.

43. Buffalo Bill Cody held his first rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska July 4, 1882.

44. In 1950, Omaha became the home of the College World Series.

45. There are five army forts open to the public in Nebraska: Atkinson, Kearny, Hartsuff, Sidney, and Robinson.

46. Sidney, Nebraska was the starting point of the Black Hills Gold Rush.

47. Antelope and Buffalo are counties in Nebraska named after animals.

48. Dr. Harold Edgerton of Aurora, Nebraska is the inventor of the strobe light.

49. Kearney, Nebraska is located exactly between Boston and San Francisco.

50. Father Edward Flanagan found
Just wanted to get the word out. If you know what I mean Poll & Survey dwellers. Back to the intellectual Physics section were I belong.

admin answers:

Wow

http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApOxcvaQBJ2J_B1BtUjPMUI4GRh.;_ylv=3?qid=20090315162219AAIxRdp

Jenny asks…

What stone is the ka'ba made of?

I am so interested in energy, physics, and minerals, stones, etc. at the moment and I just thought "oh my gosh ! the black stone at mecca !" and since I've been studying minerals mecca has a whole new meaning to me ( and I'm glad I haven't visited yet, because now I'll appreciate it a million times more when I do).

So, since I'm studying minerals, can you tell me? What is the black stone made out of? Has it's composition been studied? I saw on wiki that some say it's an agate or a tektite. Can anyone clarify for me?

Can all muslims that do hajj touch it ? Or will I have to fight to get to it?
My friend said bird won't cross over it. Has the energy field been studied over it?

How often is it cleaned and with just water or other?

Thanks !

admin answers:

Assalamualaikum

Many will tell you it's a Meteorite though it cannot conclusively be classified as such. Recently an Egyptian Geologist called for there to be Scientific Analysis of the Stone, that would be very interesting if it went ahead
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/19/60431.html
The following article on it, you might find to be very interesting
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1974Metic...9..173D
Also:
http://www.crystalinks.com/blackstonealchemy.html

Also general details of the Black Stone can be read at the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone

And Allah knows best
May Allah provide us with guidance
Salaam

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