All 3 Uses of
repose
in
The Tempest
- This is a strange repose, to be asleep
With eyes wide open; standing, speaking, moving,
And yet so fast asleep.Scene 2.1 *repose = rest or sleep
- Whiles we stood here securing your repose, Even now, we heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like bulls, or rather lions; did't not wake you?†
Scene 2.1
- If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell And there repose: a turn or two I'll walk, To still my beating mind.†
Scene 4.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(repose as in: repose on the sofa) to rest or lie
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Repose can also mean to put something (e.g., trust) in someone or something.