Thus arose the distinction of parts and dialogue; the chief actor was called Archimimus, and the mime was then developed after the example of the Atellanae.
When the mime first came on the stage, it was acted in front of the curtain (Fest.
To these seductive innovations the Mime added some conservative features.
This shows that for a long tune a certain refinement and elaboration was compatible with the style of Mime writing.
There is a rude but unmistakable vigour in these lines which, when compared with the quotation from Laberius given in the text of the work, cause us to think very highly of the mime as patronized by Caesar.
The performance of a Mime commenced with the appearance of the chief actor, who explained its subject in a sort of prologue, in order that the spectators might fully understand what was but imperfectly represented by words or gestures.
MIMES, Arch-mime followed the body of Vespasian at his funeral, iii.
Caesar," cried a mime to him one day, "do you know that it is important for you that the people should be interested in Bathylle and in myself?
Mime tries to frighten Siegfried, and finds it impossible.
Mime is a malignant dwarf, in whose care Sieglinda, dying in childbirth, has left Siegfried.
He wants the Nibelung's ring to rule the world: Siegfried is the only man to get it; and after he has got it, Mime will avert the Wanderer's prophesied disaster by poisoning him.
Mime tries in vain to piece the sherds of the sword together; Siegfried always smashes the new-made weapon at a single blow.
He goes off, while fantastic lights dance without through the forest, until Mime is in an agony of fear.
Mime wagers his head that he will answer three questions put to him by the Wanderer, and having triumphed twice, is posed by the third: "Who will make a useful sword of these bits?
Having accidentally tasted the dragon's blood, Siegfried knows exactly what Mime means when he comes coaxingly to persuade him to drink the cup of poison; so he passes the sword through him.
Need it be added that the training of the body insisted upon by the mime would cause some of our players to move more gracefully on the stage?
Now, to employ to its full extent the art of the mime in conjunction with spoken speech would be absurd.
The intelligent mime fully recognizes the fact that the gestures proper to the members of one class of people are not necessarily suitable to those of another, and that there are individual differences as well.
A study of the great statues and pictures, and such works as those of Sir Charles Bell, Lavater, Duchesne, Gratiolet and Darwin has enabled the mime to collect a series of rules for the expression of emotions.
It is therefore necessary for the actor to mime in a modified and restrained fashion, abandoning, of course, all the still purely conventional and showing much moderation in the rest.
Moreover, the mime teaches grace of movement and pose, and enables the player to employ usefully the limbs which as a rule seem an encumbrance to him.
In his interviews with Mime he questions him about the world outside of the forest, its people and their actions.
Leroux, a famous mime and dancer, took the principal parts; while in its English dress, Braham created one of the greatest successes on record, and established it as the favorite opera of Auber among Englishmen.
Mime had long tried to forge a sword for Siegfried, but they were all too brittle, nor had he the skill to weld together the fragments of Siegmund's sword, Nothung.
Mime takes him to the cave where Fafner, the giant-dragon, guards the gold.
As he sings at his work Mime cogitates how he shall thwart his plans and get possession of the sword.
While Mimequietly mixes his potion, Siegfried fastens the hilt to his blade and polishes the sword.
MIME [Who has been staring at the Wanderer open-mouthed, now shrinks back; aside, dejectedly.
MIME [Jesting merrily, as if describing to him a pleasant state of intoxication which the liquor is to bring about.
Siegfried turns his back on Mime in a bad temper, and sits with his face to the wall.
MIME Well, I will off, And rest there by the spring.
MIME [Who has been hammering with a small hammer, stops working.
MIME Thou wilt not refuse Cooling refreshment When the fierce fight is over?
MIME A smith is put to shame, And learns from the lad he taught; All the master's lore is useless now; He serves the boy as cook.
MIME [Approaching Siegfried with more and more confidence.
To find out what fear is Forth he will guide me; A far-off teacher shall teach me; Even what he does best He cannot do well; In everything Mime must bungle!
The scene between Mime and Alberich, or Alberich and the Wanderer, gives us the old horror of the creeping maleficent things that crawled by night about the brooks and rock-holes.
Schubert had used your Mimetheme in a quartet before you?
Therefore let no priest enter a theatre or have an actor or a chariot-driver for his friend; and let no dancer or mime even approach his door.
The scene of the questions between Wotan and Mime was probably suggested to Wagner by the "Vafthrudnersmal," one of the poems of the Elder Edda, which shows Odin holding a similar conversation with the omniscient giant, Vafthrudner.
Mime is an infinitely more picturesque character than the Regin of the saga, and the cavern a far more romantic home for the nurture of a forest hero than the Court of the Danish King.
But weld that particular sword, the sword which Wotan struck into the tree Branstock, is just what Mime cannot do.
Wotan, in his wanderer's guise, comes to prophesy to Mime that only one who never knew fear shall accomplish the task.
Heareth Siegfried but sharply The shifty hypocrite's words, What at heart he means Shall by Mime be shown.
Mime has made for him the Tarnhelm, which is to be the instrument of much evil.
These shall Mime weld, declares Siegfried, and then the free youth will make his home in the wide world.
To him is forfeit the head which Mime has staked on answering Wotan's questions.
Anon Mime conducts Siegfried to the spot and leaves him.
Mime approaches, knowing that Siegfried has slain the dragon and obtained the helm and the ring.
Footnote 43: Wagner obtained the name of Mime from the Thidrek Saga, in which Mimir is a cunning smith, the brother of Regin.
The bird sends Siegfried to get the helm and the ring and warns the youth to be wary, for Mime is treacherous.
When Siegfried returns, Mime vainly endeavours to teach him the meaning of fear, for he would save his head.
But when the paint and powder come off, the religious mimeis often as ill-looking as the stage one!
At a banquet when a Dengaku mime was acted, the regent and his guests vied with one another in pulling off their robes and throwing them into a heap, to be redeemed afterwards for heavy sums which were given to the actors.
It is that of a Mime called Maccus by the Romans; the name indicates a simpleton.
There was no Mimein Liszt, nothing small nor hateful, although he could at times play the benevolent, ironic Mephisto.
He understood and forgave the Mime nature in Wagner for the sake of his Siegfried side.
The mime and the Atellan farce afforded too free an opportunity for improvisation against the emperor.
The New Comedy of Athens, as transferred to the Roman stage, had given ground before the advance of the mime and the fabula Atellana.
The mime was of a very similar character, but freer in point of form.
Both Atellan and mimeabounded in topical allusions and spared not even the emperors.
The dwarf-mime was before me with all his devilish tricks and gestures.
Although his mental capacity was as stunted as his body, he possessed so extraordinary a talent for translating and caricaturing humanity, that he was looked upon as a domestic mime of unrivaled powers.
The young hero now begins to set to work to forge the sword, and Mime chuckles with delight when he thinks that after Siegfried has forged the sword and killed the dragon he will poison him.
Mime and Siegfried approach, Mime showing the way to the cave.
As the curtain rises, Mime is seen hammering the sword, but the result does not seem to be satisfactory.
Siegfried forces Mime to tell him the story of his parentage.
After Siegfried and Mime have indulged in a dialogue, the former jumps up and goes towards the sword; grasping it, he tries it with his hand, and finally strikes it upon the anvil, whereupon it is broken.
Mime then brings out the pieces of the broken sword which the dying Sieglinde had left as a legacy to the child.
The mime originated out of the dances in character to the flute, which had long been usual, and which were performed sometimes on other occasions, e.
Cicero testifies that the mime in his time had taken the place of the Atellana (Ad Fam.
Fearful lest any one should wrest the precious ring from him, he next directs Mime to make a helmet of gold, the magic tarn-helm, which will render the wearer invisible.
Thus forewarned against the dragon's various modes of attack, Siegfried advances boldly, while Mime prudently retires to a place of safety.
The malicious dwarf misuses this power to torture Mime with his whip, and rushes off to lash the dwarfs in the rear of the cave as Wotan and Loge suddenly appear.
Left alone once more, Mime wistfully gazes after him, thinking how he may detain the youth until the dragon has been slain.
In spite of repeated disappointments, however, Mime the Nibelung works on.
Then Mime questions him concerning the gods, but only to be told that Wotan, the most powerful of them all, holds an invincible spear upon whose shaft are engraved powerful runes.
Mime then cringingly approaches him with servile offers of food and drink, continually vaunting his love and devotion.
While the dwarf Mime is abandoning himself to moody despair, Wotan has been walking through the forest.
Mime then reveals to him that none but a fearless man can ever accomplish the task.
As Mime finishes the sword he has been fashioning, Siegfried, singing his merry hunting song, dashes into the cave, holding a bear in leash.
Mime reluctantly assents, and begins by asking a question concerning the dwarfs and their treasures.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mime" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
