All 7 Uses of
mock
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- carol blest:— Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, Pale in her anger, washes all the air, That rheumatic diseases do abound: And thorough this distemperature we see The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose; And on old Hyem's thin and icy crown An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds Is, as in mockery, set: the spring, the summer, The childing autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the maz'd world, By their increase, now knows not which is which: And this same progeny of evils comes From our debate, from our dissension: We are their parents and original.†
Scene 2.1mockery = something that is ridiculous OR the teasing of someone in a disrespectful manner
- HELENA Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born?†
Scene 2.2
- you mock me, gentlemen,
Scene 3.2 *mock = make fun of
- Can you not hate me, as I know you do, But you must join in souls to mock me too?†
Scene 3.2
- You both are rivals, and love Hermia; And now both rivals, to mock Helena: A trim exploit, a manly enterprise, To conjure tears up in a poor maid's eyes With your derision!†
Scene 3.2
- HELENA Never did mockers waste more idle breath.†
Scene 3.2
- DEMETRIUS Nay, then, thou mock'st me.†
Scene 3.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(mock as in: don't mock me) make fun of (ridicule--sometimes by imitating in an exaggerated manner)
or (more rarely): just to make fun or to be ridiculous without targeting anyone as a victimThese senses of mockery come together when a comedian pokes fun at a politician by pretending to be the politician and saying ridiculous things. -
(2)
(mock as in: a mock trial) not real
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, mock can refer to a way of preparing food. Mockers can be an abbreviation for mockingbirds.