A+Mid+Summer+Night's+Dream

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Act I, Scene 1 1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? She thinks the days will go by quickly because she tells Theseus that the four days will pass like a dream, and before they know it, they'll be married. 2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus because Egeus doesn't want Lysander to marry his daughter. Egeus excepts Theseus to draw up the old Athenian Law, that would let him kill his daughter. 3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia? According to Egeus and Theseus, women's proper role in the Athenian society is to listen to their man. Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius without an opinion, because Hermia must listen to her father's decision. 4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? Demetrius has already fallen in love with Helena in the past. 5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena? Lysander and Hermia plan to run away and get married at Lysander's aunt's house because the Athenian Law can't reach them there. They tell Helena because she is jealous of Hermia, because she wants Demetrius, and they tell her because if they leave Demetrius will not have to marry Hermia, and Helena could have him for herself. 6. Even though Helena loves Demetrius and is Hermia’s best friend, why does she decide to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander’s plans? Helena hopes that it will make Demetrius fall in love with her, because the woman he wanted ran away with another man. 7. Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest? The choices outlined by her father are, she either marries Demetrius, becomes a nun, or is killed by her father. Ltsander suggests that they run away and go to his aunt's house to get married because the Athenian Law can't reach them there. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? Nick Bottom wants to play all the parts because he thinks he is so good at acting that he could pull it off and do a better job then all of them. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">This scene is funny because <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act 2 scene 1 &2 <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">10. What does the reader find out about the current relationship between Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from Puck and the first fairy? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">They haven't gotten along since the baby was adopted by Titania, and have been fighting over who gets to keep the child. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon and Titania accuse each other of having affairs with Theseus and Hippolyta. They are in the forest to attend Theseus's and Hippolyta's wedding, which is only a few days away. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">When Oberon and Titania argue it has negative affects on nature; Crops don't grow properly, season's get mixed up, river,lakes, and oceans overflow, crops begin to rot from the moisture, and diesase spreads from the crows. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Titania won't give up the changeling boy to Oberon because Titania's servant died and the servant was the child's mother. Also, Titania knows that Oberon only wants the boy for attention, so she knows its not in the boy's best interest. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon sends Puck to find the flowers that were covered with the juice of love from Cupid's arrow;Which if placed on a persons eyelid while they're asleep, will fall in love with the first person, or animal, in which they see when they awake. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon plans to anoint Titania's eyelids with the flower's extract/juice while she is sleeping. Which, will make her fall in love with the first animate thing that she sets her eyes upon. Oberon thinks it will be very amusing to watch. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena is in denial, and she continues to follow him throughout the forest. At the end of the scene she proclaims she will follow him no matter what; "...to die upon the hand that I love so well." <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena twists Demetrius's words to express how much she loves Demetrius. That she would also take physical abuse because even then, its still worth his love. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">ex " DEMETRIUS Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit; For I am sick when I do look on thee." <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">HELENA "And I am sick when I look not on you." <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena's behavior is inappropriate for an Athenian women because she was basically throwing herself at Demetrius, who does not want her, and he is also engaged to one of her best friends, Hermia. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon felt sorry, and maybe even sympathetic to Helena, and he orders Puck to put the juices on a man dressed in Athenian clothing. He also tells Puck to make sure Helena is near by. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act II, Scene 2 <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon does this as a trick for Titania not giving him the changeling boy, or its another way to manipulate her into getting the boy for himself. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Hermia insists that Lysander sleeps a little ways from her because she wants her human modesty to remain intact until they're married. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Puck anoints Lysander's eyes because Puck thinks that Lysander is in fact Demetrius; They were both wearing Athenian Clothes. If Oberon had told him more than "the man dressed in Athenian clothes" Puck probably wouldn't anointed Demetrius. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena believes that Lysander is in fact playing a cruel joke or mocking her because Lysander had never loved Helena before. She is quite upset that he is acting like he is in love with her, because Demetrius refused so. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Hermia's dream is a reflection of reality because she dreams that a serpent ripped out her heart, but if you use that as an analogy and Helena being the serpent. Helena has in fact taken away Lysander from her heart. Lysander's love for Hermia is no more, as now it is focused only on Helena. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act III, Scene 1 <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The actors are going to write a prologue explaining to the ladies that the lion and Pyramus are not real, and that it is only Snug and Bottom.They also think that Snug should be visible under his costume. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">They are going to get an actor to come in with a lantern, which represents the moonshine, and then they will get another person to play the Wall. With plaster and/or foam around is fingers which would be spread just a bit to represent the crack in which Thisbe speaks to Pyramus. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The rest of the actors run off because when Bottom reappears he appears with a donkey's head, thanks to Pucks doing. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">He will change himself into animals to scare the actors. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Bottom doesn't take the fairies seriously, he mocks their names, like when he said he would use Cobweb to wrap his finger if it gets cut. He seems to like the attention he receives from Titania after she had fallen in love with him. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">It is an apt statement at this point in the play because of Puck people are unsuspectingly falling in love with other people, for example Lysander now loves Helena instead of Hermia. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act III, Scene 2 <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Hermia accuses Demetrius of murdering Lysander in his sleep. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Puck and Oberon are going to correct Puck's earlier mistake by putting the juice into Demetrius's eyes so he will fall in love with Helena and then also anointing Lysander's eyes so he is in love with Hermia once again. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena is upset when Demetrius says he loves her because she thinks he is mocking her, like Lysander did before, but she wants him to actually be in love with her, not just it to be a part of some cruel joke. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena accuses Hermia of helping Lysander and Demetrius to mock her. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena and Hermia were very close in the past. ("Two lovely berries moulded on one stem" page 58) <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Since Lysander has now been anointed by Puck he no longer loves Hermia and says cruel things to her about how he doesn`t love her anymore and how he wants nothing to do with her. She can`t believe what he says because she is confused why he would change his affection towards her so differently, and how he constantly turns her down. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Hermia accuses Helena of stealing her love ,Lysander, and mocking her in return. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Helena is afraid of Hermia because she believes that in a fight Hermia would definitely win. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Lysander and Demetrius are going to fight each other for Helena`s love. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon tells Puck to lead the two young men away from each other by pretending he is each of them and taunting them into different directions. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon is going to go beg for the changeling child once more, and then release her from the charm that had made her fall in love with Bottom. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Oberon doesn't fear the coming day because unlike fairies, who only have power at night, he is able to use his powers whenever he wants. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Puck's trickery worked quite well because he actually managed to separate Demetrius and Lysander. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act IV, Scene 1 <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">44. How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Bottom adjusted very well and he seems happy with all the attention is getting. He also takes advantage of the fairies by making them do stuff for him. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">45. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">He feels sorry for Titania because he made her fall in love with Bottom. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">46. What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her? Oberon avoids answering Titania’s question(s) completely and changes the subject. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">47. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning? They are in the woods to celebrate the “May morning”, and they were hunting to prepare for the wedding which was to occur later on. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">48. What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Theseus’s first explanation is that they were also there to celebrate the “May morning” as well. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">49. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness? Demetrius states that he no longer loves Hermia and that he now loves Helena. He compares his feelings for Hermia to illness because his love for her started rapidly, lasted for a little while, and then went away. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">50. What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Thesues’s decides that the six of them are going to have a triple wedding. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">51. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">After all that the magical things that have happened, they probably have no idea what isn’t real and what is. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">52. Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Bottom is going to write a ballad called ‘Bottoms Dream, referring to both meanings. He is going to use that to entertain the Duke by performing it. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act IV, Scene 2 <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">53. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The other artisans have a better opinion of Bottom now that he is gone. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">54. What do them most regret losing by not being able to perform the play? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The thing that they regret the most about not performing the play is the money and fame that they would have received in return for performing, they also regret losing Bottom. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">55. Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The artisans must hurry to the Duke’s palace because they need to get there in time to get ready and perform the play. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Extending the thought process. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">a) The fourth act opens and ends with Bottom at center stage. What is your opinion of Bottom’s character? How might he be the antithesis, or opposite, of Theseus’s character? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">I believe that Bottom doesn't really like his home life and he likes living in the theater in which he can live a good life with a happy ending and love. Bottom might be the antithesis of Theseus because Theseus is respected, payed attention to, he is also quite wealthy, powerful, and most importantly because he is happy with his marriage. While Bottom on the other hand posses the exact opposite of those qualities; He is unhappy with his marriage, not that wealthy, disrespected, powerless, and ignored. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">b) How do most of the dreamers respond to the dream experience upon waking? Which character is changed permanently by the dream experience? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Most of the dreamers were confused about what really happened;Upon waking, they don't know whether what just occurred was real or not. I think that bottom is the one permanently changed by the "Dream", which he now wants to start a ballad for, because he now knows what living really means, people serving him etc. His life is permanently changed because he will want to strive for the same feeling(s) he had when he was in his "Dream", and he will hunt them rigorously. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">c) In this act, several characters look back at prior infatuations with disbelief. What do you think Shakespeare is saying about love and infatuation? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Shakespeare is saying that infatuations are temporary, but love is everlasting.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Act V <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">56. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? Theseus dismisses the stories of the four young people because he thinks it is only a dream. 57. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisbe rather than the other entertainments? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Theseus chose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisbe because he thinks that if someone works hard on preparing something, no matter what his craft is, he thinks it’s worth seeing. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">58. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? Philostrate tries to keep Theseus from seeing the play because he stated that it wasn’t worthwhile or well prepared. He also mentions that the actors were just regular works in Athens, and that it would be a complete waste of his time. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">59. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? Theseus means that nothing can be/go wrong if you work hard for it. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">60. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact? Pretty much nothing is accomplished with the prologue except that the audience knows that no one really died. Quince basically just told them the whole story, to get that measly point across. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching? Shackespeare uses comments from the audience to point out the flaws of the play within a play with all the errors the actors made. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">62. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Hippolyta’s reaction at the beginning of Pyramus and Thisbe was that it was just dreadful, and that it sucked. When coming to the near end of the play she was crying because of the symbolism in the play, with Pryamus, Thisbe, and their love for each other. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">63. In what way is Thisbe’s final speech humorous? Thisbe’s final speech is humorous because when she says, to the dead Pyramus with the huge sword sticking out his side, “Are you sleeping my love”;When quite clearly he is in fact dead. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">64. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">He tells the fairies to bless the newly wed lovers. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">65. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech? <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The purpose behind Puck's final speech is to attract people’s attention to make them come and watch the play. Puck also talks to the audience saying "If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, that you have but slumbered here, while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend." What he is saying is that if you had thought that this whole play was bad, and I believe he is also talking about the movie, then you should only remember and imagine it as a dream. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">FInd at least one example of each of the following that occurs during the play within the play. Write down the quote that illustrates example. <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt;">Find at least one example of each of the following that occurs during the play within the play. Write down the quote that illustrates example. <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt;">excessive alliteration : <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt;"> " With blade, with bloody blameful blade, he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast." <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt;">breaking the play’s illusion of reality <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt;"> " No, in truth, sir, he should not. 'Deceiving me' is Thisbe's cue. She is to enter now, and I am to spy her through the wall. You shall see, it will fall pat as I told you. Yonder she comes." <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt;">using the wrong word or name "Limander.. Helen." they meant Leander and Hero. repeating a word excessively "Die, die, die, die, die." ridiculous metaphor "That is the true beginning of our end."

<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">a) In reading the play-within-a-play, we become the audience for the drama played out by Theseus, Hippolyta, and the others. These performers, in turn, form the audience for the reenactment of Pyramus and Thisbe. How does observing another audience help you understand the relationship between audience and performers?

<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Observing another audience helps us understand the relationship between the audience and performers because it shows us both sides of the story; Of what both parties are feeling, & doing. It also helps to create a much more vivid image, and a sense of actually sitting there observing the play for ourselves.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">b) Modern television shows often create comic effects by having a silly, innocent, or “clueless” character and a sarcastic, knowing, clever character play off of each other. What examples can you think of? Tom and Jerry  Spongebob  Family Guy (Peter Griffin)  Futurama (Fry & Bender)  Mickey Mouse & Goofy <span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">c) Identify ways in which Pyramus and Thisbe might be unsuitable for a wedding celebration. Are there any ways in which the play might be appropriate? In what ways is the play-within-a-play an ironic commentary on what the two pairs of young lovers (Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia) have gone through earlier? Pyramus and Thisbe might be unsuitable for a wedding because it is quite a sad & gloomy story of how a lover dies in another lovers hands. The only reason it would be suitable at a wedding because it very well shows us the concept of love. The play-within-a-play is an ironic commentary on the two pairs of lovers because in some way they can relate to how in one moment they had their lovers heart but in the next it seemed to have died right before them, or in this case, in their hands. Completion 1010 Effort 8/10 Content 8/10

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