| Why has Theseus ordered a revel (festivity)? | he orders it because hes getting married and to celebrate his marriage to Hippolyta. |
| What has he promised Hippolyta? | That their wedding will be a happy time |
| Why does Egeus bring Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius to Theseus? | because he wants to give a complaint about hermia; egeus gave demetrius his blessing to marry hermia but hermia wants to marry lysander; he wants hermia to either marry demetrius or have her be killed |
| Why does Theseus tell Hermia to come to terms with her father’s choice of husband for her? | because if she doesnt she will die or never be able to be |
| What is Hermia’s decision? | she chooses to go into a nunery and live a single life |
| Why does Theseus lead Egeus and Demetrius away? | To talk to them privately and to get the actors off the stage |
| What is Lysander’s plan? | He wants them to take a horse and leave town and go to his widowed aunts house so that they can get married there |
| Why does Helena want to be like Hermia? | Because demetrius loves hermia and helena wants demetrius to love her |
| Why do hermia and Lysander tell Helena the plan? | Because Helena complains that demetrius only wants hermia and to tell them that she won’t be around anymore and be left for helena |
| What does Helena intend to do with this? | She’s going to tell demetrius so that he will be happy and realize that she gave him the info and make him fall in love with her |
| Why do the craftsman meet? | They are going to assign and discuss the roles they will have in the play(the play is for hippolyta and theseus wedding) |
| Why is quince the one assigning the roles? | He wrote the play and he is the director/he has everyone in mind for a specific character. |
| What is bottom’s reaction to his assigned role? | He wants to know who Pyramus is and he is going to act so well everyone in the audience is going to be crying |
| What is flute’s misgiving about his assignment? | He has a beard so he can’t play a women |
| Why does bottom want to play Flute’s role? | He wants to show his acting ability |
| What is snug’s worry? | He is slow at memorizing his lines so he doesn’t think he will be able to remember them |
| Why does Bottom want to play snug’s role? | He wants to roar |
| What do Quince and Bottom caution about the role of the lion? | It would scare the ladies in the audience and if they scared them they would be executed |
| Why does Quince insist Bottom play Pyramus? | He said Pyramus is the most handsome man in all of the world |
| Where are the men to meet next? | They are going to meet in the forest at the duke’s oak |
| How did Puck earn his reputation? | by playing pranks on both humans and animals (example: Pretend to be a stool and when an old lady goes to sit down he will vanish and she will fall; pretend to be an apple in a drink so that when the person goes to drink it all of the drink spills on the person) |
| Why is Oberon angry with Titania? | because she wont give him the indian boy |
| What is her argument with him? | because she told the boys mom that she will raise/look after the kid |
| What is it Oberon sends Puck to find? | the flower (love-in-idleness) |
| How does Oberon intend to punish his wife? | using the flower on her and making her fall in love with something hideous |
| Why does Helena pursue Demetrius? | because she is in love with him |
| Why does Demetrius want Helena to leave him alone? | because he doesnt love her, he loves hermia |
| How is it that Oberon is able to overhear them? | he makes himself invisible |
| What does Oberon decide when Puck returns? | to have him use some of the juice from the flower on demetrius’s eyes to fall in love with helena |
| How does Oberon instruct Puck to recognize ? | by his clothes |
| What is it Oberon hopes Titania sees immediately upon awakening? | the ugliest creature in the woods |
| Why does Lysander want to rest? | because hermia looks tired and he doesnt know were they are |
| Why does Hermia ask him to move further away to sleep? | it is better for them to keep her purity before marriage |
| Why does Robin Goodfellow (Puck) anoint Lysander’s eye? | because he thought it was demetrius |
| What does Robin Goodfellow think Hermia’s reason is for sleeping so far removed from Lysander? | What does Robin Goodfellow think Hermia’s reason is for sleeping so far removed from Lysander? |
| Why does Helena stop chasing Demetrius? | he was too fast and she was out of breath |
| Why does Demetrius leave Helena alone in the woods? | he wants to get away from her |
| Why does Lysander profess his love for Helena? | because he got the juice on his eyes and helena was the first thing he saw |
| What is Helena’s reaction to Lysander’s protestations of love? | she thinks hes joking and being a jerk |
| Why does Hermia awake? | she had a bad dream |
| What is it Puck reports to Oberon? | That the craftsman were rehearsing and turned bottom into a donkey and titania fell in love with him and that he put it on the athenian |
| Why is Hermia following Demetrius? | she thinks he killed lysander |
| What is it Oberon realizes when he sees them together? | that puck put the juice on the wrong persons eyes |
| How is this mistake to be rectified? | with the healing potion |
| Why won’t Helena accept Lysander’s advances? | because she thinks its just a joke |
| Why does she doubt the veracity of Demetrius’s protestations of love? | because he hates her for a long time |
| Why do Hermia and Helena argue? | she thinks hermia is mocking her too |
| Why do each of the young people leave? | d and l go to fight and hel leaves because she doesnt want to fight herm |
| How does Puck manage to make Lysander and Demetrius sleep? | he mimicks the voices of the other and makes them run around the forest until they are tired |
| Why do Helena and Hermia also fall asleep? | because they are really tired |
| What is it Bottom asks Peaseblossom, Mustardseed and Cobweb to do? | Asks peaseblossom to scratch his head, cobweb to bring him some honey, and mustardseed to help peaseblossom |
| What news does Oberon tell Puck? | That he has the india boy, to remove the spell from titania, and change bottom back |
| Why is Titania in love with her husband again? | because the spell was removed |
| Why are Theseus, Hippolyta and Egeus in the wood? | hunting |
| Why does Theseus think the five sleeping people came to the wood? | they came early to celebrate may day |
| What does Lysander answer when questioned by Theseus? | he doesnt know how he got their but he tells his plan about eloping with hermia |
| Why is Egeus so angry? | because he wants hermia to marry demetrius and he heard she was planning to elope |
| Why won’t Demetrius marry Hermia as he had promised? | because he is now in love with helena |
| What is Theseus’ decision? | he tells them he is over ruling egeus and that they can all get married together |
| Why does Bottom want Quince to write a ballad? | about his dream, “Bottom’s Dream” |
| How do the actors know Bottom has not yet returned? | they went to his house and he is not there |
| Why cant they perform the play? | they dont have bottom |
| What do his friends say are Bottom’s best qualities? | hes funny |
| What mistake does Quince make when referring to Bottoms voice? | he refers to his voice as a paramore not a paragon |
| What is Snug’s news? | that more people are getting married |
| What is especially disappointing about not being able to present the play? | they wouldve made more money |
| What would Flute have demanded for Bottom? | that he would make a lot of money |
| What is Bottom’s reaction upon finding his friends? | he asks them why they are sad |
| Why wont he tell them what has happened to him | because it would take to long too tell and they had to present their play |
| What is his advice to his fellow actors? | to get their costumes ready, the lion not to cut his finger |
| Why does Theseus doubt the reality of the story the lovers tell him? | He thinks its all made up he said it was more strange than true |
| What are the choices for the revel? | Battle song sang by athenia unic,old play theseus has already seen,a play he demes to serious for the wedding,mechanicals |
| Why does Theseus choose the craftsman play? | He didn’t care for all the other ones;he honored that the simple people would try and put a play on for him |
| What is the consensus of opinion about the prologue? | … |
| Why does Theseus command Demetrius to be silent? | Because pyramus is coming near the wall,its his turn to speak |
| What is Hippolyta’s astute comment about the play? | She said it was the silliest thing shes ever seen |
| How does Robin Starveling defend the use of the lanthorn(lantern) representing the moon? | he doesn’t offer an explantation the lantern is the moon |
| How does Pyramus die in the play-within-the play? | He stabs himself he seen the scarf on the ground so he thinks his lover is dead |
| What does Oberon tell the fairies to do before they sing and dance all night? | They bless the house |
| there are two things that puck asks the audience what are the two things puck asks the audience? | If they didn’t like it pretend it was all a dreamIf they liked it to applaud them |
A midsummer nights dream
July 17, 2019