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? He says the next four day will gone fast, but Theseus don't think so, he think it is long to go in the next for days. 2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? Egeus brought his daughter to Theseus because he want his daughter to marry Demetrius, but his daughter wants to marry Lysander, so Egeus want to use his power to 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? The proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus is that they muse listen to what the father, men in their family ask them to do, if you don't listen their command, the men will have the power to kill them. 4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? It is complicate thing because it seems Demetrius less fit to marry Hermia. 5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena? Lysander and Hermia plan to go to Lysander's aunt's house during the mid-night, the reason they want to tell Helena because Helena is Hermia's best friend, and they turst her, they think Helena won't tell anyone about it. 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? She tell Dermetrius about the Hermia and Lysander's plans because she want to break the two couple, because she likes Lysander, if she told Dermetrius, then she can get the trust for him. 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 are marry the man that her dad wants to marry, being a nunnery, that need to live in her own or give the power to her dad and kill her. Act I, Scene 2 8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? Nick Bottom want to play all the parts because he thinks he is the best actor, he think he can do all the parts. 9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? This scene is funny because in that time, the women can't get onto the stage, but the real play has women in love with a man, but they can't use any female in the play, so they use man instead of women, so they change this play to comedy but just change women into man. 10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? All the actors are meeting in the forest in the following night, because they don't want other people to see their rehearsal. Hermia and Lysander are meeting there at the same time. 11. How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? He is a very proud person, his acting ability can be very high, because he can act very well in the scene. His own opinion of his acting ability is he think he is very smart, and he think he can act all the parts in the play all by himself. media type="file" key="Act 1.m4a" width="300" height="50" Act 2 questions

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? A couple things like, Puck totally hates Oberon，and Titania really does love Oberon. Puck was engaged to a fairy named Moth who is kind of evil and she tried to kill sabrina. 11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens? Oberon and Titania have been in love of each other involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta. 12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? If they are making a quarrel, the wind will blow harder, animals will be getting angry, losing their mind, they plants are being dead. 13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? She won't give up the changeling Oberon because the changeling is the baby of the Titania's friend that is already been died. 14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? He send puck to find a flower than can let people in love with someone as the first person they saw after the plant's juice drop onto someone's eyes. 15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? Oberon's plans for Titania is to let her to in love with the ugly creature, he puts the juice onto her eyes which she sleeping. 16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? Helena is so in love with Demetrius, but Demetrius doesn't like her, Helena was keeping following Demetrius, and as Demetrius say a bad thing about her, she answer it back, or twist the question from bad to good. She keep talking to herself, she is in love with Demetrius as a getting a mental problem. 17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? She response to his threats of physical abuse by telling him there will be no one like him if he acts like this. 18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? Helena is a kind of women that not gathering men that she don't like, she only follow the man she only love with, this kind of behaviour is the symbol of women at that time. 19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? He told puck to put the rest of the juice on Demetrius's eyes to make him full in love with Helena. Act II, Scene 2 20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? He want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing because he doesn't like Titania, or he hate Titania. 21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? Because they still not get marry yet, Hermia still want to have a distance from Sylander, and not doing something that is inappropriate before the wedding, so Hermia ask Sylander to sleep at the other side. 22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? Puck anoint Lysander's eyes because he thought he is the man that Oberon send him to find, so he make a mistake, and put the flower juice on his eyes. 23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? At first, she didn't know what is Sylander talking about, but after a while, she begin to getting mad, and start to blaming to Sylander, because she think Sylander is a good person to be friend, but she know it is wrong. 24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? Hermia's dream was reflecting the same happening in real life on Sylander, because Sylander's heart was token by Helena, it is reflecting the same idea as the dream. media type="file" key="Act 2.m4a" width="300" height="50" 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 are going to tell the audience before they play the parts. 26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? They are going to choose a night that has the full moon up to do their play, all they do is open the window and letting the moonlight to get in. And the wall, they choose a person instead of bringing a real wall to act as a wall that separate the two lovers in the play. 27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? Because Puck change Bottom's head to a donkey's head, so as the actors see bottom, they thought bottom is a monster and run away. 28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? He was going to watch the things he did to them, he was like following them for watching a comedy play. 29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? He was very confused, because he don't know what is going on, he was like running in a circle of questions. Act III, Scene 2 31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? Hermia is accusing that Demetrius has killed Lysander in his sleep, because she think Demetrius wants to kill Lysander then he can marry Hermia. 32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? They are trying to get Helena, Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius back, and put the juice on their eyes while they are sleeping. So they can change the love from four of them back, and the mistake will be corrected. 33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? Because Demetrius was hating her last few hours ago, so she think Demetrius and Lysander was making fun jokes on her. 34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? Helena accuse that Hermia is violating the close friendship between both of them. 35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? They are enjoyed the friendship since childhood, they both are the symbol of friendship in the past. 36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? Lysander treated Hermia by telling he like Helena, not Hermia. But Hermia can believe what he says, because she don't think Lysander will fall in love with Helena in a fast passing night, so she think Lysander was just making some silly jokes on Helena. 37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? Hermia was accuse Helena about how she steeling her man, and calling Lysander is a Love thief. 38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? Because she think Hermia is stronger, and afraid she will fight on her, and she knows she is not stronger enough, so she said her leg is longer, and then she run away for Hermia. 39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? Lysander and Demetrius are going to the wood, and trying to use fight to solve this problem. They both are saying the winner of this fight is the one that can be in love with Helena, but the smoke was making them blind, so it let Puck to easily separated them both. 40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? Oberon tell Puck to separate the two young men, Demetrius and Lysander, and put the juice on their eyes once again, and Oberon tell Puck make sure this time doesn't went wrong. 41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? He is going to watch what kind of creature does Titania in love with. 42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? Because he set all this up, it is all his plan, and he believe Puck can handle this. 43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? So far so good, he separated all of them, put them together and also putting the magic flower juice on their eyes again, and this time puck will make sure he will do nothing wrong this time.

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. - All the actors are meeting in the wood during the night where Hermia and Lysander suppose to meet there for practicing the play" Pyramus and Thisbe".

- Bottom left alone in the wood and Puck changed his head to a donkey's head, as the other actors saw him, they all ran away immediately. - Bottom's song wakes Titania up, as Titania saw him, she fall in love with Bottom. - Oberon happy about his plan, but he also knows that Puck put the juice onto a wrong man's eyes. - The four character join together in the wood. - Hermia and Helena is fighting and accusing each other, and Demetrius and Lysander are fighting for their love. - Puck separated them, and put the juice onto their eyes and wait for their awake. media type="file" key="MDSN.mp3" width="240" height="20" Act IV, Scene 1 44. How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? He was saying this is his dream life, because the fairies and Titania's attentions are centering Bottom. 45. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom? His jealousy, and he was talking to Titania about she in love with an ass, and trying to telling all the bad things about it. 46. What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her? The explanation of Oberon make to Titania's question about what happened to her is going to tell Titania that he don't even know what is going on, and Titania ask about more, he will changing the fact and making something up. 47. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning? Because there are a festival or ceremony for hunting some wild animals, that is why they are in the wood in the early morning. 48. What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods? Theseus's first explanation of the four young people are asleep in the woods is that he think they are also celebrating the marriage. 49. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness? His explanation is that he is fall in love with Helena. He compare his love for Hermia to an illness,because he don't like Hermia anymore. 50. What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people? His decision is making this four young people's wedding in the same time, then there will be 3 couples in the wedding. 51. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming? Because they still don't figure out that why they are in love with someone that they never love before. 52. Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke? He is going to entertain by writing a poem, that is called " Bottom's dream", and the poem will talk about the fairies and magics around him that night. Act IV, Scene 2 53. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost? They are now thinking Bottom is a great actor, and starting to upset about losing a great actor in their play, and starting to freak out. 54. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play? The most regret is losing the six pence by not being able to perform the play, because at that time, six pence for one day is a very rich day. 55. Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace? Because the play was almost open, if they don't hurry to the Duke's palace, then they lose six pence.

Extending the thought process. 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? To my opinion, Bottom is a guy that is very proud, and a kind of person that thinks he could done everything better without anyone helping. I think he might be the opposite of Theseus's character,because the most important thing in the play in cooperate, if he do all the parts, the play will become more not interested, and he is not kind of person that can be Theseus, Theseus is a calm. quite character, and Bottom may not can show the love spirit in the play.

b) How do most of the dreamers respond to the dream experience upon waking? Which character is changed permanently by the dream experience? Most of the dreamers respond to the dream experience upon waking as thinking is it real or is it a dream, even they can't figure out what happening to them. I think Lysander and Demetrius is changed permanently by the dream experience, because now both of them know who is the one that they suppose to love with, and which one is not, so they both changed after this dream experience. But the dreamer that changed permanently by the dream experience most likely is Titania, because she now is in love with Oberon, and Oberon and Puck are the only people that knows what is going on, so Titania may changed permanently by knowing she in love with a donkey and not a handsome looking guy.

c) In this act, several characters look back at prior infatuations with disbelief. What do you think Shakespeare is saying about love and infatuation? I think shakespeare is saying that love can changed easily, love can't see by eyes, the only thing that can controlling the love is the two couple that really love each other.

Ballad Poem Bottom's Dream

Rehearsal in the wood for the day of ceremony Standing on a spot where someone changed his head to a donkey A fairy queen loves him as a lovely pony The moment of blink bring promises, and get away from the road of snaky

The place with fairies and magics A place that gives respects and loyalty Heart shaped fairy queen put bottom into the mazes The quality of power bring him into the place of reality

The night was long and short Hanging in the air and get some sleeps But the new day swung him out from heaven Until bottom realized it is a dream

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Act V 56. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? Because he thinks this story is hilarious,because he knew there are not such thing that happened on Hermia, Lysander, Helena,and Demetrius will be that suspicious and magical. 57. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? Because Theseus wants to see how the people act a play from tragedy to comedy. 58. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play because he saw it already, and he thinks someone pretending to die in the play is not good for the wedding. He say those actors's acting ability are not good and keep forgetting all the lines. 59. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? He means everything can be not properly happen or done, just make it as the mark of simpleness and duty for doing it. 60. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact? The reason why they tell the Prologue first because they want the audience to stay in line, so they don't get confused during the play. Like telling them about the lion, the moonlight, and the wall, if they don't tell the audience, they will get confused what is going on with those human wall, a person wearing a lion head, and a old man holding a lantern. 61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching? The audience are laughing for at a tragedy, how does this even make sense. That is how Shakespeare use this comments of the humour to enhance the humor of the play that they are watching. 62. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play? Hippolyta's reaction to the play is sad, upset about what happen in the play, she thought that is very tragedy, so she begins to cry. 63. In what way is Thisby’s final speech humorous? He is humorous by dying too long, he is like die die die and then wake up, and talk, and then use the sword ,and pretend to die. 64. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do? Oberon tell the fairies to go to the three couples room, and bless for them. 65. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech? His purpose of the speech is want the audience to understand the theme of the whole play" A Midsummer Nights Dream", and using his bloom, which it is symbolic, and sweep the floor, by meaning cleaning his mess that he had been made. 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. excessive alliteration " For, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams" "when walls are so wilful to hear without warning". And finds his trusty Thisby's mantle slain: "Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade, He bravely broach'd is boiling bloody breast";

breaking the play’s illusion of reality

using the wrong word or name "Think what thou wilt, I am thy lover's grace;And, like Limander, am I trusty still" "And I like Helen, till the Fates me kill". repeating a word excessively " Now die, die, die, die, die." " Thus Thisby ends: Adieu, adieu, adieu" "O night, O night! alack, alack, alack" ridiculous metaphor

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? Observing the relationship between audience and performers can helps us to see how does the audience reacts, and why they reacts in that way. And then there will be comments pop up, and then it will be more interesting. To observing other audience can't also understand the play, when you don't know what is the play is about, you can look at the audience reaction, their reaction will tells what happened in the play.

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? 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? The part where Pyramus and Thisbe is the appropriate part for the wedding .Because to me, it seems representing something very important, it wants to tell us that the wall even separating Pyramus and Thisbe, but they both still can in love each other, it is telling that the love can't separated by anything other than a couple. The wall part is familiar to the two pairs of young couples. The walls separated Pyramus and Thisbe, and the two pairs of young people also separated once, but it is not by a wall, it is the juice and Egeus, so the wall part in the play within a play have gone through by the four young people earlier.
 * Don't know any TV shows that create comic effects.

 COMPLETION 10/10  EFFORT 10/10  CONTENT 6/10  TOTAL 26/30