... the members of the audience in a moment of shared fantasy. It is a moment at which Shakespeare seems to comment on his own profession as an inventor of fantastic stories in the theater. The lovers enter, and everyone discusses what they wish to see as the evening's post-wedding entertainment "to wear away this long age of three hours Between our after-supper and bed time."" They have several options: a song, a masque, a satirical play, and finally what is ... not stand upon points,"" meaning that he doesn't bother about nit-picking politeness - or that he doesn't follow punctuation mark...

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