A+Midsummer's+Night+Dream

**Act I, Scene**

**1)How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus?** Hippolyta thinks that the time is passing very quickly and Theseus thinks that their wedding seems very far away.

**2) Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do?** Egues brought his daughter Hermia to Theseus because Egues wants Hermia to marry Demetrius, but she’s in love with Lysander. Egues expects Theseus to force Hermia into marriage with Demetrius, but if she refuses, Egues wants permission to kill Hermia.

**3) What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia?** They have to obey their fathers and you have to marry who your father wants you to marry. Hermia will not listen to her father, she believes that she should be allowed to marry whoever she chooses.

**4) How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things?** Lysander says that Demetrius changes his mind too often. He had told Helena he loved her, but then he just went after Hermia instead of staying with Helena.

**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 together at night in the forest so they can finally be together. They told Helena because she loves Demetrius and they wanted Helena to know that after they leave she can be with Demetrius once again.

**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 told Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander’s plans because she believes that Demetrius will be so grateful that Demetrius will fall in love with her instead.

**7) Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest?** Hermia can either marry Demetrius although she will not be happy, she could marry Lysander but have the possibility of being killed by her own father, she could join a nunnery and be alone for the rest of her life, or Lysander suggested that they run away together so they can get away from everyone and just be together.

**Act I, Scene 2**

**1) Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts?** Nick Bottom thinks that he is better than anyone else and that he will make the show amazing.

**2) In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene?** This scene could be interpreted as a comedy because you could make fun of Thisbe and Pyramus for being so in love, and willing to kill themselves just to be together. Also, their bad luck could made fun of. I think Shakespeare included this scene to give a bit of a change and because it is a reenactment of a story that everybody knows.

**3) Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time?** The actors are supposed to meet in the forrest the following night. Lysander and Hermia are also planning to meet in the forrest to run away together.

**4)How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Tahoma; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Bottom is very confident in himself although he is not as great as he thinks he is. He thinks he is the best actor out of the group and therefore he should take every role so the play can be as good as it can get.

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<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**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: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The reader finds out that they don’t get along with each other.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon slept with Hippolyta and Titania and Theseus slept with each other. They came to Athens to attend the Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">When they fight the season’s get messed up causing floods, storms, things like that. The effect on human’s is that it puts them in danger, and can kill them or ruin their houses or sources of food.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Titania won’t give up the changeling to Oberon because Titania made a promise to take care of him.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What does Oberon send Puck to find?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon sent Puck to find the love flower and the Athenian man.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What are Oberon’s plans for Titania?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon’s plans for Titania are to put the love juice in her eyes.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Helena reacts to Demetrius’ verbal abuse by turning every mean thing he says into something nice.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What is her response to his threats of physical abuse?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Her response to his threats of physical abuse is she tells him to kill or or treat her however he wants. She just wants attention from him even if it is bad attention.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Helena’s behaviour is inappropriate for Athenian women because she should not run after a man who doesn't love her especially in the forest at night because that is dangerous.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon tells Puck to put the love poison in Demetrius’ eyes so that he will fall in love with Helena.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Act II, Scene 2** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon wants Titania to wake up and fall in love with some vile thing because all they do is fight and they never agree with each other.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Hermia insists that Lysander sleep a little ways from her because they are not married yet and she wants to keep her modesty.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes?** <span style="color: #1a1a18; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Puck puts the love juice in Lysander’s eyes because he mistook him for an Athenian man because of the white sheet he was wearing while he slept.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens?** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Helena is very angry with Lysander because she thinks that he is mocking her because she in not loved by anyone.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality?** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Hermia’s dream is a reflection of reality because she had a dream that a serpent ate her heart, and while she was asleep dreaming that Lysander had fallen in love with Helena and forgotten about Hermia.

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<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">﻿ **Act III, Scene I** <span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They plan on writing a prologue for Bottom stating that none of them will harm with their swords and that Pyramus is not killed. For the lion they want his face to be shown through the costume and that his name will be stated.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They looked in an almanac and discovered that that night would have moonshine. If that doesn’t work out well, they plan on using a lantern and come with a bush of thorns to represent moonshine. For the wall they are going to have a person be the wall and cover them self in plaster or some kind of rough cast.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">When Bottom returns, the actors run off because he has the head of an ass.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Puck said that he will turn into different animals and scare the other actors.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Bottom says that she shouldn’t have a reason to love him, and he makes fun of the other fairies names.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**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="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">This is an apt statement because most people in this play have no logical reason for loving who they love, thanks to the love flower. Hermia and Lysander loved each other until Lysander was infected with the love flower, and then laid eyes on upon Helena instantly loving her and forgetting about Helena.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Act III, Scene 2** <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Hermia accused Demetrius of killing Lysander in his sleep.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Puck and Oberon are going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake by putting the love juice into Lysander’s eyes so that he will be in love with Hermia once again.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Helena was upset when Demetrius told her that he loved her because she thought that he was mocking her.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Helena accuses Hermia of mocking her and being involved in Demetrius’ and Lysander’s current love for her, which she thinks they are saying to be mean to her.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Hermia and Helena have been best friends forever, they went to school together and have been close their whole lives.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Lysander treats Hermia rudely and tries to get her to go away. She doesn’t believe what he says because she cannot believe that he can love her by night, but also leave her at night.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Hermia accused Helena of stealing Lysander from her.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Helena is afraid of Hermia because she thinks that Hermia is going to hurt her.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Lysander and Demetrius are going off to duel for Helena’s love.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon tells Puck to keep them separated from each other until they fall asleep.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**What is Oberon going to do about Titania?**

Oberon is feels bad about putting the love juice in her eyes, he is going to try to ask for the changeling boy one more time.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?** Oberon doesn't fear the coming of the day because he knows his magical powers and Puck's power's last during the day unlike other sprites.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**How well does Puck’s trickery work?** Puck's trickery works well because Lysander believes his voice is Demetrius' and goes in the direction of his voice, and Demetrius thought that it was Lysander's voice. Causing them both to look for each other, but going the wrong way. They both decide to sleep which is when Puck puts the love juice in Lysander's eyes.

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 * Lysander and Demetrius' both loved Helena and fought over her
 * Hermia and Helena got into a fight with each other and they fight that they were both being betrayed
 * Bottom's head got turned into an ass

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Act IV, Scene 1**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Bottom thinks there should be no logic to it, he thinks that he is a wonderful person whom everyone should love. He bosses the fairies around like they are his slaves.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**45. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon felt bad about making her fall in love with Bottom so he decides to undo the love spell.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon told Titania that she was just having a dream.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They were in the woods searching for Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Theseus thought they woke up early to enjoy a May morning.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**49. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Demetrius’ explanation was that he know loves Helena and will forever love her and that Hermia was like an illness, she came fast and went away fast.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Theseus decided that he would allow the couples to get married at his wedding as well.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**51. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They cannot be sure because they have no reasons for loving the people that they are loving or any explanation of the events that are occurring.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Bottom decides to turn his dream into a song called, ‘Bottom’s Dream’ and singing it later at a party.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Act IV, Scene 2**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They thought that they had lost their best actor and they wouldn’t be able to perform without him.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**54. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They regret losing Bottom in the forrest because he won’t be able to be in the play.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">They must hurry so they can arrive on time to perform at the wedding.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;">**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="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;">I think that Bottom has become a better person over the course of this play. In the beginning he was very cocky and rude to others, thinking he was better than everyone. After his “dream” I think it will help him snap back into reality.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;">**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="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;">I think that Demetrius has changed the most because he know loves a women that he hated before and isn’t slightly interested in Hermia. He was so attracted to Hermia and wanted her to be his wife, the love flower made him love Helena.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;">**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="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;">I think that Shakespeare is trying to express that love is very complex, and it has not right or wrong. Love is hard to find, but it can be anywhere. True love never did run smooth, is a quote from this story which I think is very clever because it is very true.

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<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**Act V**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Theseus dismissed it because Hippolyta said it was impossible for four people to have the same dream.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Theseus chose to see the play because he said that nothing can be amiss.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Philostrate tries to keep Theseus from seeing the play because he said it won’t be anything worth going to.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">He means that nothing can be that bad if it is easy to do.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The actors think that their ‘great’ acting will scare the audience members so they are ensuring them that they are just playing the parts and are not actually the characters.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">**61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">He has characters talking while a play is being acted which enhances the humour because the people reading or watching the actual play in a play can relate to them and they know that they are acting badly on purpose.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Hippolyta thought the play was silly, but she was into the play.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**In what way is Thisbe’s final speech humorous?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Thisbe’s final speech is humorous because she kills herself because Pyramus was dead, even though the only reason why Pyramus killed himself was because he thought Thisbe was dead first. Thisbe’s lines have corny rhymes. She also asked if Pyramus was asleep when he had a sword sticking out of him.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What does Oberon tell the fairies to do?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">Oberon tells the fairies to keep their couples and their children safe and make sure if they have children they are born without any deformities.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px;">**What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">The point of his last line is to clear all the conflict and make sure that any other kind of conflict is resolved.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** 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="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** excessive alliteration ** "Whereat, with blade, with the bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast."

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** breaking the play’s illusion of reality ** "Thisbe took off her wig." <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** using the wrong word or name ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">"I //see// a voice. Now will I to the chink, to spy and I can //hear// my Thisbe's face. Thisbe!" <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** repeating a word excessively ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** "O grim-look'd night! O night with hue so black! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** O night, which ever art when day is not! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** O night, O night! alack, alack, alack, ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** I fear my Thisby's promise is forgot! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** That stand'st between her father's ground and mine! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall," ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">** ridiculous metaphor ** "These yellow cowslip cheeks."

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**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?** ===

You can see the reactions of the people watching the play, and what they think about the actors. It also helps the people watching the 'play-within-a-play' to know when the play is supposed to be funny and when it is supposed to be serious. You can see the emotions of people change when the play changes.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**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?** === The TV show Suite life of Zack and Cody and Suite Life on Deck shows characters that are clueless and clever characters. For example, Zac is sort of silly and clueless and his twin Cody always outsmarts him. Also, London Tipton, who is too obsessed with money to care about anything is, is quite stupid and clueless. Her best friend Maddie Fitzpatrick is very smart and often pokes fun at London for being so clueless.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**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?** === It is inappropriate because the lovers die, and obviously there love did not work out which is a bad thing to show at a wedding. The play might be appropriate because it about love and sometimes you have to go through struggles to be with the person you love. The play is ironic because Demetrius, Helena, Lysander, and Hermia encountered problems with each other and had a love mix-up. It makes them think about if they would have had the bravery to kill themself if their lover died. It is also ironic because they planned to meet at a place to run away, like Pyramus and Thisbe did, and everything got mixed up just like in the play.

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> COMPLETION 10/10 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> EFFORT 8/10 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> CONTENT 8/10

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> TOTAL 26/30