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Read the passage.
excerpt from Act II, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Helena : Your virtue is my privilege. For that It is not night when I do see your face, Therefore I think I am not in the night.

What does Helena mean by "It is not night when I do see your face"?
A- You are such a good person; your face shines like a light.
B- I know you’ll protect me from scary things in the night.
C- I love you so much; you make the night seem bright.
d-As long as I have you, it doesn’t matter if we’re lost in the woods at night.

Respuesta :

I believe the correct answer is D - As long as I have you, it doesn’t matter if we’re lost in the woods at night.

 

In this segment from the drama “Midsummer Night’s Dream” written by William Shakespeare, Helen is charmed and being alone in the woods with Demetrius doesn’t scare her because she loves him so much and she relies on him to protect her. To her, it doesn’t matter If she is lost if she has Demetrius besides her, as he is the world to her: “This forest doesn’t seem deserted when you’re here, because you are all the world to me. So how can anyone say I’m alone, when the whole world is here to look at me?” (“Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Act 2, scene 1, page 8)

Answer:

C- I love you so much; you make the night seem bright.

Explanation:

The speech given by Helena in the "Act 2 scene 1" of the midsummer’s nights dream means that she is in love and being with her beloved she does not feel the darkness and even the night seems bright. It does not make her feel the absence of light signifying brightness. She can spend the night with her beloved without feeling unsafe or insecure. She feels privileged to be with him and also admires his virtue.