From journey to the center of the earth: what type of events provoke the characters’ decision to continue exploring?

In the excerpt of puck’s speech shown here, how many couplets do you see? if we shadows have offended, think but this, and all is mended, that you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear. and this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream,

The dragon wakes is a metaphor for a big event; what is the event how does moonshadows belief about dragons him understand what is happening

How is theme of loneliness developed in chapter 4? thinking about the characters lennie, crooks, candy, and curley's wife