[PW] Meaning of Shakespeare quote: Puck: "Now to scrape the serpent's tongue"

[Dianne]

I never thought to double check the quote for spelling (a big error on my part)..thank you so much!  That makes much more sense.  
   
  Dianne Parham

"T. F. Mills" <phasco at earthlink.net> wrote:
  On 22 Apr 2008 at 9:26, Dianne wrote:

> A middle school teacher would like to know this one:
> 
> "In Puck's final monolog from Midsummer Night's Dream: 
> What is the meaning of the phrase 'Now to scrape the serpent's tongue'?"

It's "'scape" [escape], not "scrape". The context seems fairly clear that Puck and company 
will make amends to critics (serpent's tongue) who are not pleased by the "dream" (play).


T.F. Mills (Colorado, USA)
temporary email: phasco at earthlink.net
(pending resurrection of regiments.org mail)