WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midummer Night's Dream
Read the following extract and answer the question that follows:
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride,
If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy
Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend:
Thy love ne'er alter, till thy sweet life end!
The speaker is
This dialogue takes place in the woods. Lysander has been using "riddles" (wordplay) to suggest they sleep close together, but Hermia, upholding her "virtue" and "modesty," insists they sleep apart.
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