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22.
Lysander bare chested
A bare-chested
Lysander bows to Hermia, begging her for sex. Lysander's
behaviour in this scene may remind the audience of similar
acts of drunken licentiousness encountered in contemporary
university students' drinking parties. (cf. Deguchi's words
quoted under the glossary entry, "Sexual
fantasy")
Lysander's strange
"politeness" is one of the comic features of this version in
which drunkenness and gross behaviour predominate. In
School
15. Demure lovers, his politeness forms a prelude to his
lechery, and the comic contrast is more conventional.
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