10 points best answer!!! What does the speech in here mean?

Question:If we shadows have offended,
? ? ? Think but this, and all is mended,
? ? ? That you have but slumber'd here,
? ? ? While these visions did appear.
A. The audience should be offended by the poor acting.
B. It the audience thinks it's a bad play, it's not the actors' fault.
C. If there were flaws in the play, the audience should think they were dreaming.
D. The playwright will try to do a better job the next time.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: If we shadows have offended,
? ? ? Think but this, and all is mended,
? ? ? That you have but slumber'd here,
? ? ? While these visions did appear.
A. The audience should be offended by the poor acting.
B. It the audience thinks it's a bad play, it's not the actors' fault.
C. If there were flaws in the play, the audience should think they were dreaming.
D. The playwright will try to do a better job the next time.

"If we shadows have offended":
If we, the actors, have put on a bad play

"Think but this, and all is mended":
Just pretend this to make it better

"That you have but slumbered here
While these visions did appear":
That you were sleeping in your seats instead of actually watching the play, so you didn't see anything but a dream.

C, in other words. Hope this helps!

Let me give you a hint and see if you can figure it out on your own:

"Slumber'd" means "were sleeping."

To slumber is to sleep. Visions and shadows are things that aren't real, but that we might see while we're sleeping.

I'm inclined to say "C" from the context of the word 'slumber'd'. ;)

The viewer was offended by the play
But if they realized this, they will understand
They fell asleep
It was all just a dream

Hope this Helped.
CCM_X3

the best answer would be C.

It is definitely C but ... it could be B .... but no maybe D .... or is it A. NO definitely C .... I think!

I'm gunna go with C.

An actor is a 'shadow' of a real person.
If you are offended by the play, assume you were dreaming because there was no intention to offend.

Of course it's C. You've gotten a ton of answers but you have yet to choose a best...

Marianne