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[Facts] Re: How would you pronounce Hermia?
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I'm not convinced that Shakespeare would have pronounced it with the stress on the middle syllable. It fits far better into the iambic pentameter rhythm if you say HERmia - same as her old school friend is HELena, not heLEEna.Same with (Titus) anDRONicus, indeed.
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