A+Midsummer+Night's+Dream

media type="file" key="RAWROMBN-OMNOMN.mp3" width="240" height="20"media type="file" key="MEGANKASSIDYPC.m4a" width="300" height="50"Act I, Scene 1 1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? Theseus just can't wait to get married, but Hippolyta is more patient. She says "Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; Four nights will quickly dream away the time" meaning 4 days will turn into nights which will go quickly because you'll be dreaming/sleeping. Theseus says "how slow This old moon wanes! she lingers my desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager Long withering out a young man revenue." meaning 'this is taking too long. Like a widow using up all of a young man's inheritance before she dies'.

2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? Egeus expects Theseus to convince Hermia to marry Demetrius, otherwise Egeus will kill her. Egeus tells her to rethink her choice.

3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia? The proper role for women according to Theseus and Egeus was to do what men said. Hermia is supposed to marry Demetrius as her father said to. Theseus tells her to marry Demetrius or become a nun.

4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? Lysander's comment makes it so the chosen for Hermia isn't so obvious. Demetrius was the perfect, chosen one, but now he's not even any good. Just chosen. They were trying to convince Hermia Demetrius loved her more than Lysander, but that fell through.

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 to Lysander's Aunt's outside of Athens were they can get married. They will meet in the woods tomorrow night.

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 decides to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander's plan because then she thinks Demetrius will love her as he used to, instead of Hermia.

====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's problem is she is supposed to marry Demetrius, and doing otherwise will either get her killed, or she'll be a nun. She is offered the choice of running away from all she knows with Lysander (who she really wants to marry) and eloping.

Act I, Scene 2 8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? Bottom wants to play every part because he thinks he could do them all perfectly. He thinks he fits all the roles better than everyone else.

9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? This scene is funny because Bottom tries to get all the roles even though he isn't that great of an actor. The scene is included to introduce the characters, their personalities, and their background a bit, and to add some foreshadowing (the actors are meeting in the same spot as Hermia and Lysander are).

10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? The actors are meeting in the same woods as Lysander and Hermia...

11. How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? Bottom's ability is below what he thinks he can do. Bottom thinks too highly of his acting.

Act III, Scene 1 25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? The actors will write a prologue for each, saying that the lion and Pyramus are only actors not really a lion and Pyramus, so they don't need to be scared.
 * Act II, Scene 110. 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?Oberon is mad at Titania because she has a little changeling boy who Oberon thinks is getting all his attention, 11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens?Oberon has come to see Hippolyta's wedding, and Titania has come to see Theseus's wedding. 12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?The fights cause natural disasters like floods and makes the seasons to go out of order. This makes it hard for humans to farm and survive. 13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon?She won't give up the boy because she promised it's mother she would look after him. 14. What does Oberon send Puck to find?Oberon sends Robin Goodfellow to find a purple flower, that can make whoever's eyelids it's juice is placed on to fall in love with the first thing they see when they wake up. 15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania?Oberon will put the flower's juice on Titania to make her fall in love with the first thing she sees when she wakes up. This is his revenge. 16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse?Helena reverses everything Demetrius says to show him how much she loves him no matter what he says/does. 17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse?Helena18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women?Athenian women are supposed to be obedient to men, but Helena is ignoring what Demetrius says and following him. She is making a decision he is supposed to say. 19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena?Oberon tells Puck to put the love juice on Demetrius's eyes so he will fall in love with Helena. Act II, Scene 220. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? Oberon wants to have Titania fall in love with a beast as his revenge for her not giving him the changeling. 21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her?Because they aren't married yet... 22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes?Puck anoints Lysander's eyes instead of Demetrius because he had been told to find a man in Athenian garb. Lysander fit that description, and Puck did not see Demetrius. 23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Helena thinks Lysander's new love for her is a mean joke, and leaves. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? In her dream, Hermia's heart is torn out by a snake. In reality, Lysander (her heart) has been affected by magic so he loves Helena now, not Hermia. Hermia's heart (Lysander) has been torn out by a snake (magical fairy meddling). ||

26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? The actors will manage the setting of the play by having a window open to let in moonlight, and an actor will play the wall.

27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? The actors run off in fright because Bottom's head has been changed by Puck into an ass.

28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? Puk will chase them around as different things.

29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? Bottom is a little bit surprised, but he doesn't mind Titania's attention. He pokes fun at the fairies, such as saying to Cobweb if he cuts his finger, she can help (as a cobweb).

30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play? The play is about how people can be so devoted to someone for no apparent reason, like Hermia's choice of love (Lysander) or reason (Demetrius).

Act III, Scene 2 31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? Demetrius is accused of murdering Lysander.

32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? They will bring all four together, and apply antidotes to the love juice as needed to correct their mix up. Lysander will love Hermia again, and Demetrius will still be infatuated with Helena.

33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? Helena thinks Demetrius is playing a mean joke with Lysander because they don't like her.

34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? Helena accuses Hermia of being in on the joke of Demetrius and Lysander pretending to love her.

35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? Hermia and Helena were very close. They were Best Friends Forever. They were "Both warbling of one song, both in one key", They were " a double cherry".

36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? Lysander now hates Hermia and even insults her. She finds this hard to belive, because just yesterday they were going to get married.

37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? Hermia accuses Helena of seducing Lysander.

38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? Helena is afraid Hermia will hurt her. Hermia is mad enough to fight.

39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? They go off to fight over over Helena.

40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? Puck is to have them run around until they are so tired the fall asleep.

41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? Oberon will get her changeling, then reverse the love juice's e ffect. 42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? He doesn't because it is Theseus and (especially) Hippolyta's wedding day. Also, "We the globe can compass soon, Swifter than the wandering moon." meaning they can fly to the other side of the world where it is night still.

43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? It is very effective. It serves it's purpose of tiring out the lovers and pointing them in the right direction. ==== **Review Question: The climax, or turning point, of //A Midsummer Night’s Dream// comes at the end of Act 3. In point form describe the major plot points of Act Three starting from when Titania falls in love with Bottom leading to the climax or turning point of the play near the end of act three.** ==== -Titania falls in love with Bottom

-Puck tells Oberon that he did his task

-Hermia accuses Demetrius of murdering Lysander

-Puck and Oberon see Demetrius and Helena and realize thier (puck's) mistake

-Puck brings Helena and Lysander to where Demetrius and Hermia are

-Helena accuses D and L of __pretending__ to love her as to mock her

-Hermia finds Lysander in love with Helena instead of her, and gets //mad//

//-//Elizabethan insults fly (they basically calll each other squirrel food)

-To avoid being attacked by Hermia, Helena runs off towards Athens

-L and D go off to fight over Helena

-Oberon tells Puck to fix it all by confusing everybody

-The mortals get confused, then fall asleep

-Puck sets antidote for Lysander

-Everything is set to be fixed when everybody wakes up

-THE END!!!!!!!

44. How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? Bottom just absorbs the attention of Titania and her train. He doesn't particularly mind that she has no reason to be so in love with him. He's comfortable enough to joke around with the train about their (unfortunate) names, and send them on errnads like for Cobweb to"kill me a red-hipped humble-bee on the top of a thistle; and ... bring me the honey-bag".
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<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">45. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom? Oberon starts to feel slightly bad about what he did to Titania. He had the changeling already, and there wasn't really a point in keeping her enchanted any longer. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">__46. What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her?__ <span style="color: #1a1a18; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">__Not a very complete or useful one.He tries to avoid the subject.__ <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">__(?__) <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">47. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning? They are there for a hunt in the woods. They have well-bred dogs to hunt with. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">48. What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods? Theseus think that the four Athenians were out there in the woods to see the wedding celebrations and the hunt. He says <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"No doubt they rose up early to observeThe rite of May" <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">49. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness? An illness is brief and oer whelming, and you have no control over it, 50. What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people? <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In a nutshell, Thesues says " I know! Forget this (futuristic) hunt! Why don't you young lovers come and join my wedding with Hippolyta to make a triple wedding! Oh, too bad Egeus.".

51. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming? They can't believe after everything they've been through, Theseus just agrees to a wedding. Everything works out fine. It's a dream like happy ending. 52. Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke? Bottom plans on writing a ballad about his experience to entertain the Duke (yet without appearing insane.)

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Act IV, Scene 2 53. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost? <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Once Bottom is missing, the actors start saying that he isn't that bad after all. "He hath simply the best wit of any handicraftman in Athens." <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">54. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play? <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The company most resgrets not being able to perform because the wedding was now a triple wedding (triple pay). <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> __<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">55. Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace? The artisans hurry because they need to prepare and rehearse before the wedding. Bottom has just returned after his 'translation' in the woods.(?)__ ==== He's pointing out, that someday, you'll look back upon your prior infatuations and, having seen them differently, will see how you've changed. ||

Bottom's Dream BalladPodcast 2 by Megan and Kassidy Act V 56. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? He thinks they were dreaming. 57. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? For he has either seen the plays already (centaur song with harp and the play about the bacchanals battle), or he thinks they aren't appropriate for a wedding (muses mourning the death of learning)

58. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? Philostrate says the play is 'tedious and brief'. He says its a terrible, boring and short play.

59. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? Nothing can be wrong when

60. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact? The prologues make the story even more dull and pointless by repeating itself.

61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching? The audience comments on the terrible play, and some of their points are clever, giving the reader/viewer of the play more ways to laugh at it. The audience is another timelss connection of the play, in that everybody throughout history has commented on a play to the prson beside them. 62. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play? Hippolyta says she thinks it is terrible, but she does pity Pyramus.

63. In what way is Thisby’s final speech humorous? She makes him sound like food (leek green eyes, milk white hands), and there is much rhyming. She also says goodbye with 'fare well friends adieu adieu adieu'. Also, it completely rhymes.

'64. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do? He tells them to bless the house and the people in it, until the break of day. None of the house's inhabitants will have birthmarked,freckled, scarred kids. 65. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech? To tell the audience to either like the play or pretend it was a dream... Extending the thought process:

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: Times,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">excessive alliteration 'with bloody blameful blade' <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Times,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">breaking the play’s illusion of reality when Pyramus tells Theseus No, in truth, sir, he should not. 'Deceiving me'

is Thisby'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.' Bottom as Pyramus should stay in role!

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Times,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">using the wrong word or name 'wilt thou at **ninny's** tomb meet me..' (ninus's tomb) <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Times,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">repeating a word excessively 'alack alack alack' <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Times,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">ridiculous metaphor 'yellow cowslip cheeks' ? ===‍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?=== When another audience is observing and reacting to the play, it helps to show what someone else's reaction is, making it even funnier. It lets you know you aren't alone in thinking it is ridiculus. It gives you a connection with the play in thinking how bad the play is.

===‍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?=== Bottom ,to me, is very clueless, and Quince seems like the sarcastic characte. When Quince tels Bottom he has to play Pyramus becuase he would do it the best, even though Bottom is actually not that good of an actor at all.

===‍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?=== In Pyramus and Thisbe, the lovers die, and before that were continually sepatrated, That might not be happy thoughts for someone who just got married. However, it shows the devotion of the two lover, which is a good theme for a wedding. The 'young lovers' had their own sort of Pyramus and Thisbe play, when Hermia and Lysander were in love, but then separated, then together. In the play within a play, the lovers die, but are together again (in death). Which was better? The separation to another (hermia and Lysander), or death (Pyramus and Thisbe)||

Completion 25/25 Effort 21/25 Content 20/25 Revised Total 66/75 Podcast 1 - 20/20 Podcast 2 - NHI REvised = 18/20