John MiltonFreely we serve Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not; in this we stand or fall.
About This Quote
In the quote, ‘servant’ is a general term for people who serve other people. In other words, the word ‘servant’ is a synonym for being a servant or being a slave. This quote is a line from a book called “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare. In this play, there are many servants and slaves in a house called ‘Rosseter Manor’.
The main character of the play, Pyramus, is both a slave and servant. Both of these jobs are quite hard to deal with. He is both a slave and a servant to his old master, Thisbe.
He is also a slave to the other characters in the play such as Athens, Egeus and Theseus. All of these characters keep their servants busy all day long making sure they do not do anything wrong or make any mistakes.
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