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  1. May 2015
    1. Lord, what fools these mortals be!

      This is one of those famous lines that gets excerpted enough that often people who haven't seen or read the play before know it. How does reading it in context inform our understanding of the line? It's not just mortals who appear foolish in the play, and given how the fairies tamper with the humans, how should "foolishness" be assigned? Are mortals foolish for their actions or for their belief that they have control over their feelings/actions?