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__1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? __ Hippolyta tells him that four days will pass quickly, as fast as a dream. It's a similile, the way she says 'Four nights will quickly dream away the time' because she's saying that the four days will pass the same way that dreams are only minutes long, though they may at first seem to be a long time. Also, as time passes, your memories of the dream fade, making it seem shorter than it really is, the same way he will view those four days. Hippolyta means to tel him that even though at first it may feel that it will take ages, it will really pass quickly.

__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, and her two suitors, Demetrius and Lysander, to Theseus because he needed Theseus's help. He expected Theseus to be able to confirm the law that said he would be aloud to murder his daughter if she did not marry Demetrious like he wanted her too. He did not get the exact answer he wanted, as Theseus gave a third option besides death or marrying Demetrious, but I believe he was content with the ruling. "I come with complaint against my daughter Hermia... Demetrius hath my consent to marry her. Lysander has bewitched the bosom of my child with rhymes and tokens of his love... As she is mine I bed the ancient privilege of Athans. She is mine, and I may dispose of her, which shall be either to this gentleman or her death"

__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 Egeus and Theseus, is that they should bend to the will of superior men. That we are the weaker sex, and are meant to obey and agree, no matter what they say. If we do not agree, will will be disposed of, which is to say, killed. **"This man hath bewitch'd the bosom of my child;Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes and interchanged love-tokens with my child. Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung,With feigning voice verses of feigning love, and stolen the impression of her fantasy"**. When Egeus says this it inplies that he feels his own daughter is not worthy of love, compassion and respect.

__4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things?__ I think it complicates things because it shames him, making him seem less worthy of Hermia. By having this rumour brought to Egeus' attention he might change his mind about whom he wants his daughter to marry. Although it would most likely not be Lysander, it puts Lysander in a much better light.

__5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena?__ Lysander and Hermia plan on meeting in the wood at a rock that she and Helena used to chill at. After they meet they will run away to his aunt's house where they can get married and the law of Athens won't affect them. **"I have a widow aunt, a dowager, of great revenue, and she hath no child. From Athens is her house so remote, seven leagues, and she respects me as her only son. There, gentle hermia, may I marry thee. And from there the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue us."** Hermia and Lysander tell Helena their plan because Hermia pitties her. She feels bad that she has the love of the one Helena loves, and wishes that Helena is aware her feelings lie elsewhere. By telling her their plan she means to give her friend hope that without her there, Demetrious will have no choice but to run to Helena. "Take comfort he shall no longer see my face," Hermia says to Helena, wishing she takes comfort in the fact that Hermia will no longer be in the competition for the love of Demetrius.

__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?__ Hermia decides to tell Demetrius of their plan because she thinks that if she tells him, he will be so impressed, that he will have no choice but to love her like he did before. She is jealous of Hermia, of her wit and beauty, so she wishes to guide Demetrius to herself. "Through Athens I am thought as fair as she" implies that even though he doesn't like her, many other people might, so really she shouldn't be fretting over one guy. "Then I will tell him of fair Hermia's flight. Then to the wood tomorrow night he shall pursue her And for this intelligence, if I have thanks, it is a dear expense." This shows that she knows he will go try to find Hermia and Lysander, but she prays that when he does, he will realize that he owes Helena a great debt.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__7. Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest? __ <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hermia's basic deliemma is who does she want to obey? If she obeys her father, she will either die or marry Demetrious. If she is to do what the grand duke Theseus suggests, she will join a nunnery and forever live without men or children, singing to the Lord all day. The third suggestion, made by Lysander, is that she runs away with him to get married. While all three choices have their logic, it is obvious to me which would appeal to her most. I don't believe she should take Lysander's choice though, because if they were to get caught there would be a severe punishment, much worse than marrying Demetrius or joining a nunnery. If I could tell her what to do, I would say join a nunnery. By doing that she can avoid Demetrius, still see Lysander about the village, and she would be able to live.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Act I, Scene 2

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Nick bottom wants to play all the parts because he believes that he can play all so well that he will beable to touch the audience in a way hat the others can't. **"That will as some tears in the true performing of it...I will move storms; I will condole in some measure"** This shows he thinks so highly of himself that he will make the audience cry, and he'll be so good storms will move.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I didn't find the scene all that funny, in a laughing sortof way at all. Perhaps it's because I am of modern times and don't understand their humur. I will presume though, from our class discussions about Shakespeare poking fun at politicians with his plays, that it makes some reference to the way their government works or the opinions of their society.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**"...meet me in the palace wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight; there will we rehearse, for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and our devices known."** They agreed to practice in the same wood as Lysander and Hermia, probaqbly near the same rock but I'm only inferring that so don't hold me to it. They also say they want to do it so others cannot watch, implying that thye are embarrassed of what they are doing or don't have faith in their acting abilities.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__11. How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I would describe Bottom's acting ability as to be over the top. He seems to over act everything, making it seem fake. Maybe they had to exaggerate everything back then, but to me it seems quite pointless. Bottom seems to think he makes an amazing, although the others seem quite fed up with him.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Act II, Scene 1

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__1. 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="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Puck tell the second fairy that whenever Titania and Oberon are around each other they argue. **"Take heed the queen come not within his sight for Oberon is passing fell and wrath"** Puck says to the fairy. He means that he shouldn't let the Queen be around the king because he's in a bad mood and they will definitely fight.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__2. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon and Titania cheated on each other with Theseus and Hippolyta and have come to the forest to see their wedding. This is one of the points brought up in their argument. "**Your buskin'd mistress and your warrior love,To Theseus must be wedded, and you come"** Titainia tells Oberon. She's saying that, although he may not like it, Hippolyta will marry Theseus, and that she knows he cheated on her with Hippolyta.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__3. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Nature reflects the moods of Titania and Oberon, therefore, if they're upset things such as floods and drought will plague humans, causing their crops to spoil. If they are happy humans will thrive, with good crops, health and nice weather. **"...but with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport."** What Titania means is that by being angry and jealous, Oberon has ruined the way they connect with each other.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__4. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Titania refused to give Oberon her changeling child because the mother had been a faithful servant to her. **"...and, in the spiced Indian air, by night, full often hath she gossip'd by my side, and sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands"** she says, telling Oberon that she and the mother of the boys were friends. They had spent time together, and she owed it to the mother to take care of the changeling once she had passed.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__5. What does Oberon send Puck to find?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon sent puck to find flowers that had been hit by Cupid's arrow. He said he had seen the arrow hit them by accident, and, because the arrow is enchanted, the flowers went from white to being **"purple with love's wound"**. Oberon says that, since they have been infected with Cupid's magic, when the juice from the petals is squeezed upon the eyes of someone who is sleeping they will fall deeply in love with the first living creature they lay their eyes upon.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__6. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon plans to embarrass Titania with his plan as revenge since she cares for the changeling more then himself. It is a fit of jealousy, although it seems rather pointless to me. "**What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true-love take, love and languish for his sake: Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, pard, or boar with bristled hair, in thy eye that shall appear when thou wakest, it is thy dear. Wake when some vile thing is near."** Oberon is hoping that she will fall for some vile, disgusting creature so that he will be able to laugh at her.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__7. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Helena manages to twist everything that Demetrius says into something to use against him. **"I am sick when I do look on thee"** he tells her, but Helena replies by saying she is sick when she cannot see him. By doing this she shows that whatever she says doesn't matter, because her love is too strong to be moved..

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__8. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Helena continues to follow him, ignoring the threats and twisting them like those before. **"I'll follow thee and make a heaven of hell, to die upon the hand I love so well."** she means to say that even though he loves her not, she will continue to pursue him, as it makes her life better then it is without him. In the last sentence she tells us that she'd be happy dying, as long as it were by the man that she moves and knows.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__9. In what way is Helena’s behavior inappropriate for Athenian women?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Back then, it was strange for women to be as forthright as she is. Shakespeare shows that women were considered to be as high of intellect as men, so for her to be so insistent it's strange. Especially as she knows that what she want is unattainable, being so forward is strange.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__10. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon tells Puck to find the man dressed as an Athenian and put the juice on his eyelids too. That way he will love Helena thee way she loves him, making for a happily ever after. What he forgets to do is tell puck what the girl looks like and where they should be, making it easy for puck to mistake Lysander and Hermia for Demetrius and Helena.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Act II, Scene 2

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__11. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon wants Titania to fall in love with something vile because he feels that it will embarrass her afterwards. Other's will see her with this strange creature, making them judge her harshly. Although I find it foolish, for he may become jealous like he did of the changeling, he does not consider how he may react, only that he will be able to hold it against her in the years to come.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__12. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hermia is determined that Lysander sleep further away because she wishes to keep her virginity. Hermia feels that, if he is too close to her, her will try to get lucky, taking her respect and modesty. It makes her nervous, as she wishes to wait until they are wed. **"Lie further off; in human modesty, such separation as may well be said becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, so far be distant; and, good night, sweet friend: thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end!"** She's telling him that,even though he can't bed her yet, their love will still remain.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__13. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Puck sees a man, Lysander, dressed in Athenian clothing such as the man Oberon described. He figures that, since he is laying so far from the maiden will him, that there must be some issues between the two. Although he does get Lysander and Demetrius confused, Oberon did not give clear instructions, so it's not really his fault he got the two confused.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__14. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Helena thinks that Lysander is playing a prank on her, making fun of the fact that nobody really loves her. She thinks that maybe he and Hermia planned it, or he and Demetrius, to embarrass her. **"Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I deserve this scorn?"** Helena desperately asks Lysander, trying to figure out why he would taunt her when she is already feeling down on herself.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__15. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hermia's dream is a metaphor for what for what happened in the play just before the woke up. **"P****luck this crawling serpent from my breast!...Methought a serpent eat my heart away****"** The serpent she though was on top of her is Lysander, and when it 'eats her heart' it represents Lysander breaking her heart by falling for Helena.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Act III, Scene 1

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__1. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The actors plan on writing a prologue to makes sure they know that none of what happens is real. By doing this, and making sure they can see half of Snout's head while he's in the lion suit, they figure the audience won't hang them for scaring the ladies. The actors think that, as long as everything is blatantly obvious, the audience won't get too scared.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__2. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Bottom tells he men that "**Some man or other must present Wall".** By that means means one of the men in their group will dress up like a wall and the two playing Pyramus and Thisbe will speak through a space between the wall's fingers. For the moonlight, they checck a calendar and see if the moon will be out the night they present the play. **"Why, then may you leave a casement of the great chamber window, where we play, open, and the moon may shine in at the casement"** Bottom tells the men after they confirm that the moon will shine. Casement means window, so they will open a window in the room they do the play so that it shines on them.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__3. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The actors run when they see Bottom because they are scared. he returns after puck cast a spell upon him, giving him the head of a donkey. The actors think he is a monster sent to haunt them, and fear for their lives, leaving Bottom alone in the forest.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__4. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**"I'll lead you about a round, through bog, through bush, through brake, through brier"** Puck plans to lead into dangerous situations and continues to say **"Sometime a horse I'll be, sometime a hound,a hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire".** He means to say that he will lead them into dangerous places, and then scare them being wild animals. They won't be rid of him until he gets bored of this little game.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__ 5. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Bottom seems to think he is finally getting the attention he deserves. He becomes demanding, and the fairies doting on him start to become tired of him.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__6. 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-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This is relevent because nobody in this play loves who socieety says they should. According to Egeus Hermia should like Demetrius, not Lysander. Oberon had an affair with Hippolyta, yet he is married to Titania. What he goes through is the same thing as everybody else, just in a different circumstance.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Act III, Scene 2

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__7. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?__ Hermia accuses Demetrius of killing Lysander while she slept just so he would no longer have the competition for her love.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__8. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon tells Puck to fix the mistake by putting a remedy on the eyes of Lysander while he sleeps. This way, Demetrius will still love Helena while Lysander loves Hermia once again.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__9. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**"I see you all are bent to set against me for your merriment...None of noble sort would so offend a virgin, and extort a poor soul's patience, all to make you sport."** Here she says that Demetrius too is bent on making a fool of her. She says a true nobleman wouldn't make fun of an innocent girl just for a game. Helena think they are trying to make a fool out of her by saying they love her when before they didn't.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__10.Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**"Have you not set Lysander, as in scorn, to follow me and praise my eyes and face?...Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.Wink each at other; hold the sweet jest up"** Helena is accusing Hermia of using the power she had over Demetrius and Lysander to make them pretend to love her. She thinks that this whole practical joke is Hermia's idea, and that she's doing it to get back at her for something. She accuses them of laughing at her while she's not looking, enjoying her pain and confusion. Helena fails to see the Hermia is shocked by the boys' behavior and wants Lysander back.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__11. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Helena an Hermia used to be the best of friends. "**All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, have with our needles created both one flower...Both warbling of one song, both in one key. As if our hands, our sides, voices and minds, had been incorporate. So we grow together, like to a double cherry, seeming parted, but yet an union in partition. Two lovely berries molded on one stem. So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart"** In that little speech Helena compares herself and Hermia to cherries. She says that, although they are two separate fruit (peopple) they shared one root (friendship). They are both beautiful, like the ripe, shiny fruit and, although they are in two bodies, they share one heart. Meaning that they can do different things and have different talents, but their intentions are the same. Helena reminds Hermia of the days they spent together sewing and singing, milling about and generally wasting time like every other teenager.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__12. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Lysander ends up treating Hermia the same way Demetrius was treating Helena. unlike Demetrius though, he says he will not physically harm Hermia. **"What, should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead? Although I hate her, I'll not harm her so."** Meaning that even though he now despises her, he will not drop so low as to hurt her. I think, because Demetrius was willing to harm Helena, that maybe a remnant of his previous feelings for Hermia remain. Maybe they were so strong that even the juice from the flower could not completely transform them. Hermia replies by saying '**'Can you do me greater harm then hate?"** by which she means that even though he may think it would be worst to hit her, she can feel the pain of her own heart breaking, and that is much worse then anything visible.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">13. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">14. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">15. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">16. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">17. What is Oberon going to do about Titania?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">18. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">19. How well does Puck’s trickery work?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Act IV, Scene 1

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__ 1. How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Bottom has become somewhat demanding of them, asking for them to scratch his head and fetch him honey. Even though at first he seemed slightly tentative to ask for anything, he now seems quite comfortable with the treatment, even expects that they will do whatever he wants. Bottom manages to twist his own words to make himself seem grateful and caring though. **"** **have a care the honey-bag break not, I would be loath to have you overflown with a honey-bag"** he tells Cobweb. His first statement before that had seemed selfish, demanding that Cobweb get him honey, but he followed up by saying this, making it seem like he actually cared.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__2. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon is now pitying Titania. He sees that she is infatuated with the ass, and seeks "**sweet favors from this hateful fool",** which I assume means sex. He states that, even though they had a falling out, he has had his fun and has gotten the changeling child, so embarrassing her no longer holds his attention and he will reverse the spell.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__3. What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Oberon doesn't seem to make up any excuse or explain what happens to her. He just changes the subject to the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta the next day, and tells some pixies to strike up some music. He does though, acknowledge Bottom. When she first wakes up she tells him of strange visions, and he points to Bottom laying beside her. I guess in a way he confirms what happened by pointing him out, but chooses not to embellish on it, because she might then get mad at him again.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__4. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Theseus, Egeus, Hippolyta and some servants are in the woods that morning to go hunting before the wedding. Their sport is interrupted though when they find Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius asleep on the ground in the woods.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__5. What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Theseus states that they are in the woods to "**observe The rite of May**", which was a celebration in which they drank, danced and played games. It was to ask Pagan Gods for a good growing season.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__6. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness?__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Demetrius tells them the truth, how Helena told him of Lysander and Hermia fleeing, how he followed them in a rage, but somehow along the way he fell in love with the fair Helena as she intended. He compared his love to Hermia like a sickness because when people are sick their taste gets messed up. Some things we usually like we end up hating, all because of a little flu bug. Hermia is this bug, preventing him from enjoying the company of Helena. Now that is has become healthy once more he can truly admire Helena and her awesomeness.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people? __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> "**I will overbear your will, for in the temple by and by with us these couples shall eternally be knit"** Theseus tells Egeus. in modern language, he said that he doesn't care what Egeus says, he'll do whatever he wants, and that is to have the two couples marry at the same time as himself and Hippolyta.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming? __ The two coulples can't decided because, while it all seemed so magical, it is highly improbably that they would all have the same dream. Yet Demetrius says "**It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream"** by which he means that everything is so perfect, him being with Helena, Lysander with hermia and all the while the two girls remain friends, that it must be a dream, because life rarely turns out the way we want it.

__9. Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke?__ Bottom decides that he will ask Peter Quince to write a balled about what happened to him, making it seem entertaining. This ballad will explain all of the events that happened to him from when they players ran away until the moment he decides this,

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Act IV, Scene 2

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">10. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">11. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">12. Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Extending the thought process.
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> __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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">i think Bottom is obnoxious, and frankly, an ass. He seems full of himself and doesn't care what others think. Theseus on the other hand, is thoughtful and cares about what Hippolyta thinks.

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__ 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="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I think Shakespeare is saying that, although people may get distracted, true love will forever remains. If you look back and how Demetrius was willling to kill Helena when she chased aafter him, you can see how string that hatred was. Yet Lysander, when under the influence of the flower's juice, wouldn't even hit Hermia. I think this is because even after he was magically forced to love Helena, his true feelings peeked from underneath. Shakespeare meant to say that love is difficult, ruthless and can be a burden, yet it is perfect, forgiving and beautiful.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Act V

<span style="color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people?
 * "More strange than true"** Theseus calls the stories that the two couples told. he called them this because they were so strange that unless you believed in fairies, magic and other absurdities the stories could never really be true.

<span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__2. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments?__ <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Theseus has already seen the other forms of entertainment. He also feels that it would lighten the mood, especially if it were don by bad actors,

<span style="color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__ 4. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? __ <span style="color: #1a1a18; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Theseus means that even if something is done badly, it is the work that is put into it that matters. Although their play wasn't very good until the end, they stuck through it, showing their duty to it and Theseus. Also, it was a very simple play, so it would be difficult for the audience to get confused even when the actors messed up.

<span style="color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">5. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact?

<span style="color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching?

<span style="color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">7. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play?

<span style="color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">8. In what way is Thisby’s final speech humorous?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__9. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do?__ Oberon tells the fairies to scatter all througuh the palace, making sure each couple stays happy, and that they stay healthy for a long time.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">__ 10. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech? __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">In Puck's last speech he tells us that, if we took anything personally, we should just pretend the play itself was a dream. I think he did that because in this play Shakespeare poked fun at a lot of things, such as how women were treated. Things like that may offend certain people or get him in trouble for actually voicing his opinions like that, so by putting an apology in he was sort of bailing himself out. I also think it was significant that it was Puck that gave the speech. He didn't do it because he was the only one that wasn't busy, but because he was the least likely character to apologize. I think Shakespeare meant it to be ironic, and since he had the most offending character, to be the most meaningful.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Extending the thought process:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">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: 110%;"> Excessive alliteration: In the prologue Quince says **"** **bloody blameful blade"** and **"dagger drew, and died"**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Breaking the play’s illusion of reality: Bottom (to crowd) says that Thisbe had a cue, and they weren't in fact messing up " **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."**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Using the wrong word or name:" **I see a voice now will I to the chink,to spy an I can hear my Thisby's face"** Bottom, as pyramus, meant to say "I can //hear// her voice" and "I can //see// my Thisbe's face"

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Repeating a word excessively: **"** **O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, that stand'st between her father's ground and mine!Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall"** i think he could have said "wall" fewer times. Maybe he could've said something like "O sweet, lovely wall, why must you keep me from my love?"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #948924; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ridiculous metaphor

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Completion 15/25 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Effort 18/25 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Content 20/25 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Total 53/75 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Podcast 1 17/20 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Podcast 2 16/20