English

Julia Leonard

1 September, 02:56

Excerpt from Act I, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Theseus

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour

Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in

Another moon. But, O, methinks how slow

This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires

Like to a stepdame or a dowager

Long withering out a young man's revenue.

What does Theseus mean by "She lingers my desires / Like to a stepdame or a dowager / Long withering out a young man's revenue"?

A. In a few days, you will not be a stepdame or dowager any more.

B. I'm as impatient as a young man who has to wait for his inheritance.

C. We can't get married until my stepmother arrives.

D. When we get married, I will feel like the richest man in the world because I have you.