1.1 | Theseus prepares his wedding to Hippolyta.Egeus comes to Theseus complaining that his daughter doesn’t want to marry Demetrius.Hermia and her lover plan escape to the woods and theytell Helena. |
1.2 | Workmen meet to discuss their play, Pyramus and Thisbe. They plan to meet in woods |
2.1 | Titania and Oberon argue about a baby boy. Oberon tells Puck to get a magic flower. He sees Helena and tells Puck to put the flower on Demetrius’s eyes. |
2.2 | Puck puts the flower on Lysander by mistake. Lysander now loves Helena. Meanwhile, Oberon has put Titania under the flower’s spell. |
3.1 | Workmen meet in woods. They practice. When Bottom goes into a bush, Puck turns his head into a donkey’s head. Titania wakes up and sees Bottom. She falls in love. |
3.2 | Oberon finds Puck and tells him to put the flower on Demetrius’ eyes. Both men now love Helena, who thinks they are mocking her. They fight and Oberon puts them to sleep. When they wake up, the marriages will be ‘correct’. |
4.1 | Bottom and Titania go to sleep. Oberon lifts the spell from Titania and puts the lovers to sleep. Theseus and Hippolyta wake the lovers who think it was all a dream. Theseus tells Egeus that the lovers will marry who they love |
4.2 | Workmen can’t find Bottom who then appears and tells the men to get ready for a performance at the weddings. |
5 | Everyone is married at the same time. The play was so bad it was funny. Afterwards, Puck comes to bless the marriages and asks audience to forgive the workers. |
The play takes place in this city. | Athens |
Name the flower Puck uses. | Love in idleness |
What color is the flower Puck uses? | purple |
Name the play the actors perform. | Pyramus and Thisbe |
At what event is the play by the mechanicals performed? | The Duke’s wedding |
If Hermia disobeys her father, she must join a nunnery or … | be put to death |
Who is excited about the wedding when the play begins? | Theseus |
Who is not excited about the wedding when the play begins? | Hippolyta |
We know Lysander and Demetrius are both in the woods. Puck doesn’t know this. What is this an example of? | dramatic irony |
Lysander suggests Demetrius marry Egeus. What is this an example of? | verbal irony |
What is the first living thing Titania sees when waking up after having the potion? | Nick Bottom |
What does Oberon want from Titania? | An Indian boy |
Where does Lysander suggest he and Hermia go? | His aunt’s house |
How far from Athens does Lysander’s aunt live? | Seven leagues |
Whom do Hermia and Lysander confide in? | Helena |
How does Helena betray the trust of Hermia and Lysander? | She tells Demetrius of their plan. |
Where does disorder take place in the play? | The woods |
Compare Oberon to Theseus. | Neither has a good relationship with his lady at the beginning of the play. |
Puck | Also known as Robin GoodfellowOberon’s JesterA fairy who likes playing tricks on the humans |
Hermia | Loves Lysander, but forced by her Father to marry Demetrius. If she doesn’t, she will be put to death |
Helena | Cruelly abused lover of Demetrius, Was abandoned for HermiaHermia’s best friend |
Lysander | Hermia’s belovedEgeus doesn’t approve of him, although we don’t know why |
Demetrius | In Love with Hermia Fickle about who he loves |
Oberon | The king of the fairiesIs initially at odds with his wife, Titania, because she has a young Indian prince who he wants to make a knight, but she doesn’t want. |
Titania | Queen of the FairiesResists her husband’s attempts to make a knight of her young Indian prince. |
Theseus | The heroic Duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta.Represents power and order throughout the play |
Hippolyta | Legendary queen of the Amazons, engaged to Theseus.Symbolizes order |
Egeus | Hermia’s FatherWants Hermia to marry DemetriusTakes complaint to Theseus |
Peter Quince | CarpenterLeader of the craftsmen’s attempt to put on a play for Theseus’ Marriage. Often shoved aside by the confident Bottom |
Nick Bottom | Overconfident WeaverChosen to play Pyramus in the playFull of advice and self-confidence but makes mistakes and misuses language |
Francis Flute | The bellows-menderChosen to play Thisbe in the play |
Tom Snout | TinkerChosen to play Pyramus’s father in the playEnds up playing the part of the wall, dividing the 2 lovers |
Snug | Plays the part of the lion.Worries that if he roars, he will frighten the ladies. |
Robin Starveling | TailorChosen to play Thisbe’s motherEnds up playing the part of Moonshine |
Philostrate | Theseus’s master of the Revels.Responsible for organizing the entertainment for the duke |
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed | The fairies ordered by Titania to attend to bottom after she falls in love with him |
Midsummer Night’s Dream – Plot and Characters
August 27, 2019