Episode 174: Speak and Spell
The History of English Podcast
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Love and Confusion in the Enchanted Woods
The chapter delves into the romantic entanglements and setting transitions from urban to woodland environments involving Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena. It also discusses the traditional perception of fairies during the Elizabethan period, the rhyming patterns of words in Shakespeare's work, and the evolution of the term 'fancy-free' in the English language.
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