Who said to who “You have her father’s love, Demetrius; Let me have Hermia’s: Do you marry him”? | Lysander to Demetrius |
Who said to who “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever here by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smoothly”? | Lysander to Hermia |
Who said to who “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefor is wing’d Cupid painted blind”? | Helena to herself |
Who said to who”…but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gentle as any sucking dove; I will roar you an ‘twerp any nightingale”? | Bottom to Peter Quince |
Who said to who “You can play no part but Pyramus; for Pyramus is a sweet-faced man; a proper man; as one shall see in a summer’s day’ a most lovely gentleman-like man: therefor you must needs play Pyramus.” | Peter Quince to Bottom |
Dote | To love with foolish fondness |
Feign | To pretend |
Idolatry | false worship |
Dissemble | To pretend |
Lamentable | to be regretted or pitied |
Progeny | offspring |
Where is the play set? | In and around Athens. |
What is Theseus planing as the play opens? | His wedding to Hippolyta |
Why has Egeus come to see Theseus? | His daughter won’t marry the man he wants her to marry |
What phrase from scene 1 emphasizes the theme of loves difficulty? | “The course of true love never did run smooth” |
What does Lysander propose to Hermia? | That they run away to the home of Lysander’s aunt. |
Why has a group of laborers gathered at Peter Quinces house? | They are rehearsing a play that the men hope to perform at Theseus’s wedding. |
Why does Quince have trouble conducting the meeting? | Because Bottom keeps interrupting him. |
What is the Name of the play to be performed? | The most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe. |
How does Quince convince Bottom to play Pyramus? | By appealing to Bottoms vanity. |
Why are the laborers worried? | They are worried the lion will upset the ladies in attendance. |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream -Act One Scenes One And Two-
August 29, 2019