0415-Week8
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
The lunatic , the lover and the poet
Are of imagination all compact:
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold,
That is, the madman: the lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt:
The poet's eye, in fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name. - lunatic (adj.)
Meaning1: insane
Meaning2: gaily or lightheartedly mad, frivolous, eccentric, etc.
Meaning3: characteristic or suggestive of lunacy; wildly or recklessly foolish. - Luna (goddess)
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon. She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess (diva triformis), along with Proserpina and Hecate. - crescent
Meaning1: (n.) the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.
Meaning2: (adj.) growing, increasing, or developing.
Meaning3: (adj.) having the shape of a crescent.
- William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Speech
- Ambiguity of the title "Roman Fever"
The term "Roman Fever" is an old one for malaria. The title is a form of verbal irony because "Roman Fever" has a dual meaning: on the surface, it means malaria but it also symbolizes cruel competition between Alida and Grace. Rome is the place that both protagonists have been when they were young, so "Roman Fever" also represents the fanaticism of youth.
Syllables
- ob- →negative
(1) oblivion (n.)
Meaning1: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.
Meaning2: amnesty or pardon
(2) obliterate (v.)
Meaning: destroy utterly; wipe out.
(3) obscure
Meaning1: (adj.) not discovered or known about; uncertain.
Meaning2: (v.) keep from being seen; conceal. - ephemeral
Meaning1: (adj.) lasting for a very short time.
Meaning2: (n.) an ephemeral plant.