Re: How would you pronounce Hermia?
by Anneza (guest)
10/27/2005, 12:54 AM
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.