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Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream lines shared for Halloween

Original: "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast Hell can hold. That

People are quoting William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', specifically Theseus's speech from Act 5, Scene 1 about how 'the lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact'. The passage is being shared as Halloween-season reading, pairing classic literature with the spooky theme of seeing 'more devils than vast Hell can hold'. Readers are engaging with the verse as part of a weekly Shakespeare-sharing tradition.

Why now: It is Halloween season and the quote's devils and madness imagery fits the holiday, circulating as part of a recurring Shakespeare-sharing custom.

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• "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast Hell can hold. That is the madman...." - William Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Act 5, Scene 1) # ShakespeareSunday # Halloween # Literature # Fiction # Poetry #… · bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · 2

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