Question

2. 'What thou seest when thou dost wake.'
why were these words said ​

Answer 1

Answer:

It was said by Oberon in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

Explanation:

So basically, Oberon and Titania (his wife) quarrel over a Changeling boy's possession, so to take revenge Oberon orders his servant Puck (who is a faerie) to extract a certain flower that makes people fall in love with the first person they see. So Oberon squeezed the flower juice on her eyelids when she was asleep and said,

'What thou seest when thou dost wake,

Do it for thy true love take.

Love and languish for his sake.

Be it ounce or cat or bear,

Pard or boar with bristled hair,

In thy eye that shall appear,

When thou wakest, it is thy dear.

Wake when some vile thing is near.'

Which means:

Whatever you see first when you wake up, think of it as your true love. Love him and yearn for him, even if he’s a lynx, a cat, a bear, a leopard, or a wild boar. Whatever’s there when you wake up will be dear to you. Wake up when something nasty is nearby.