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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 thinks that the next four days will take forever but Hermia thinks it wont and it will come faster soon then he realizes.

2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? Because Egeus wants Theseus to give the word/consent that his daughter to marry Demetrius, Egeus expects him to talk some sense into her for him.

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 was apparently to listen to the father's will and marry the man he chooses, to respect the choice of her father.

4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? He talks about how he used to have a thing with Helena, but then left her. Which means he is very unstable and unloyal.

5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena? They plan on running away and getting away from Athens so that they can be together and marry. They tell Helena because she has been a very good friend to Hermia for a really long time.

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? Because she wants him to feel the same pain she felt that made her feel bad when he left her. So she wants him to chase her, therefore making him feel bad.

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 basically has 3 choices, she can either, become a nun and join a nunnery, die, or marry the man her father chooses, which is Demetrius. Lysander basically just says that she should just marry him.

Act I, Scene 2

7. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? because he thinks hes the best actor. that he can do it all.

8. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? Flute has to play a part in the play where he has to act as a woman.

9. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? meet in the place woods, lysander and hermia meet there. 10 How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? bottom over acts his acting, takes it too far. he thinks hes the best actor.

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Act II, Scene 1

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? That puck doesnt like it that titania is spending all this time with the little boy and he demands her to give the boy to him but she refuses. they are all finding out information that brings them to making wrong desisions

11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens? they come to athens to do the play, for thesues and hippolyta

12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? if they get angry the plans go bad, and the weather will go bad.

13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? she promised to the mother of the boy that if she would die she would take care of the boy until she dies. cant give up that promise

14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? the flower that you squeeze into someones eyes and the next thing they see they will fall in love with.

15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? to squeeze the flower into her eyes while she is sleeping and hope that when she awakens she will she a hiddious animal and fall in love with that.

16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? she keeps on making comebacks and tells him she will always love him no matter what

17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? she tells him she loves him

18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? shows she has no pride or dignity, which is kind of pathetic..

19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? wants to put the love posion on demetrius so that he will fall in love with helena

Act II, Scene 2 20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? because she refuses to give him the boy that she has been paying to much attention to

21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? they are not married yet so she wants to wait until then.

22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? he did it to the wrong person, wanted to do it to demetris so that he would love helena and not hermia since helena is in love with him

23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? she thinks that he is just making fun of her since thats what detrimus was doing to her, that what hes saying is a big joke.

24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? she had a dream that someone is ripping out her heart and eating it, and lysander is now inlove with helena and not hermia anymore so her heart is being broken by lysander since he is not in love with her anymore.

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? they will write an prolog to tell the audience that the lion is really an actor and that pyramus is not really killing himself.

26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? they will do it on the night where the moon is out/ full moon, there is an opening on the roof and will let the moon light in.

27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? bottom is an ass, so puck sees how hes an ass and decides to changes his head into an ass ( donkey ).

28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? he thinks its just a joke and their just running away to scare him.

29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? hes shocked because he never knew there was even such thing as fairies.

30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play? because when titania awakened she saw bottom and fell inlove with him. he says this because of her love to him.

Act III, Scene 2 31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? she accuses him of killing her lover lysander

32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? they are going to separate lysander and make sure that hermia is by him so that when he awakens he will fall back in love with hermia and demetrius will be near helena so that they all fall inlove with the right person.

33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? that is what she wanted all along but she thinks its just a prank their all playing on helena. and that none of them all feel that way to her ( making fun of her ).

34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? helena accuses hermia on backstabbing her in such a way that she acted towards demetrius.

35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? they were really close

36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? he's telling her that he loves her and that he doesnt love hermia anymore.

37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? for stealing her lover

38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? because hermia is stronger and helena is a wimp and wouldnt fight her but hermia would.

39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? fight for helena

40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? to separate them in the forest and make sure that when they awake they will see the right person.

41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? try to steal the boy away from her still, but she wont give him up.

42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? he's having a good time watching this mess.

43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? he pretends to be the other person to both lysander and demetrius, they will follow him and then get tired, fall asleep.

====**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
 * lysander falls in love with helena, not hermia anymore
 * hermia accuses helena of stealing her lover
 * demetrius falls in love with helena
 * helena thinks their playing a joke on her.
 * demetius and lysander fight for helena
 * puck takes them into the forest and seperates them
 * puck tries to make demetrius fall in love with helena and lysander back in love with hermia