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Our assignment was to review page 3 which is act 1, scene 1 and is a conversation between Theseus and Hippolyta . We were asked to answer question 1 on page2. The book states that Hippolyta and Theseus are engaged to be married as the book states that Theseus is the duke of Athens and, fought a battle with Amazons of which Hyppolyta was the queen and won her love with or as he stated “I wood thee with my sword and won thy love doing thee injuries” this states that it could be that she fell in love with him because she was an Amazon warrior and him been a worrier as well or it cold be that at one point they both fought and he once injured her ( won thy love doing thee injuries). On page3 Theseus starts out talking about their 'nuptial hour' or wedding day getting close. He also states that 'She lingers my desires, Like to a step-dame (stepmom) or a dowager (widow w/ money) long withering out a young mans revenue he could be saying that he wants her so much that the wedding seems like its taking forever as well as she could be older than him. Hippolyta then answers by saying “four nights will quickly dream away the time” when she says this it sound as if she wasn’t as exited as Theseus or maybe she is jus willing to wait. Theseus then tells Philostrate get everyone up, and to celebrate. He then speaks to Hippolyta and talks about how he won her love by his sword and injuring others, but soon there will be a celebration, triumph and "merry Making" which is having sex. I believe he is more excited to be having sex, since that’s what he starts out talking about and wanting in the first stanza.