All 5 Uses of
serpent
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- do thy best To pluck this crawling serpent from my breast!†
Scene 2.2serpent = snake
- Methought a serpent eat my heart away, And you sat smiling at his cruel prey.†
Scene 2.2 *
- An adder did it; for with doubler tongue Than thine, thou serpent, never adder stung.†
Scene 3.2
- LYSANDER Hang off, thou cat, thou burr: vile thing, let loose, Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent.†
Scene 3.2
- And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call: So, good night unto you all.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
a snake