| Also known as Robin Goodfellow | Puck |
| Egeus’s Daughter, in love with Lysander | Hermia |
| Once betrothed to Demetrius | Hermia |
| The Duke of Athens | Theseus |
| Loved Helena, then Hermia, then Helena again | Demetrius |
| King of the fairies | Oberon |
| Egeus’ choice to marry Hermia | Demetrius |
| Loved by Hermia | Lysander |
| Overconfident weaver, who plays Pyramus | Bottom |
| A joiner who plays the part of a Lion | Snug |
| Fell in love with an ass | Titania |
| A carpenter who directs “Pyramus and Thisbe” | Peter Quince |
| Engaged to Theseus | Hippolyta |
| A mischievous fairy who loves “preposterous things best” | Puck |
| Was the first to be given the love juice | Titania |
| Remained under the love juice’s effect until the end of the play | Demetrius |
| Mistook Lysander for Demetrius | Puck |
| Disobeyed her father and planned to elope | Hermia |
| Tall light-complexioned female | Helena |
| Short dark-complexioned female | Hermia |
| Wants his wife’s Indian changeling boy to be his knight | Oberon |
| Thinks Demetrius and Lysander mock her | Helena |
| Betrayed her friend hoping to win Demetrius’ favour | Helena |
| Unwillingly plays part of Thisbe | Flute |
| The total number of plays Shakespeare wrote | 37 |
| The fraction of Shakespeare’s plays that were comedies | one-third |
| The year Shakespeare was born | 1564 |
| The year Shakespeare died | 1616 |
| A list of characters organized by families or by loyalty affiliations | dramatis personae |
| The play takes it’s title from this day | June 23rd |
| The play occurs around this date | May Day |
| The play was written as early as | 1592 |
| The number of lines in the play | 2150 |
| A book that is produced by folding a large sheet into four and then binding the sheets to produce a book | Quarto |
| Poetic form Shakespeare uses | Blank verse |
| The rhythm pattern found in Shakespeare’s plays | iambic pentameter |
| A book produced by folding large printed sheets in half and then binding the sheets | folio |
| These are used to cue actors and readers where to pause and what words to emphasize | colons/commas |
| The number of lines in the play that are written in prose | 400 |
| The play within the play performed at a wedding | Pyramus and Thisbe |
| The poem takes place at these scenes | Athens and in nearby woods |
| The term for a substitution of a “grotesque fairy offspring” for a “human child” | changeling |
| Shakespeare used a number of these in creating the play | sources |
| The place where Shakespeare was born | Stratford |
| A carpenter, speaks the prologue | Peter Quince |
| Master of the revels to Theseus | Philostrate |
| In love with Hermia, but not loved by her | Demetrius |
| King of the fairies | Oberon |
| A joiner, plays Lion | Snug |
| Duke of Athens, betrothed to Hippolyta | Theseus |
| A tinker, plays Wall | Tom Snout |
| In love with Demetrius, but not loved by him | Helena |
| Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus | Hippolyta |
| A tailor, plays Moonshine | Robin Starveling |
| Queen of the fairies | Titania |
| Fairies attending Titania | Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed |
| A bellows-mender, plays Thisbe | Flute |
| A weaver, plays Pyramus | Bottom |
| Robin Goodfellow and servant to Oberon | Puck |
| In love with and loved by Hermia | Lysander |
| The actors leave the stage | exeunt |
| The actors remain | manent |
| All | Omnes |
| A speech or scene played in the balcony above the stage level or from higher up in the loft | above, aloft |
| Horns are sounding offstage | winding of horns |
| The actor leaves the stage | exit |
| Words spoken off-stage in what the audience would assume is an unseen room, corridor or the outdoors | within |
| A loud shout, signal call to arms. | alarum |
| A trumpet call announcing the entrance of a royal procession | sennet |
| A fanfare of trumpets, usually announcing the entrance of royalty | flourish |
| Spoken directly to the audience or to a specified character and not heard by the others on the stage. | aside |
| The actors enter from, or exit in, different directions | severally |
| The actor is wounded and falls | Falls |
| A speech or scene played from below the surface of the stage using a trap door | Below, beneath |
| Musicians enter playing wind instruments | hautboys |
| A speech given by a character when she/he is talking to him/herself. | soliloquy |
| A poem written in iambic pentameter but having no rhyme | blank verse |
| a form of extended metaphor | Allegory |
| occurs when the reader or audience is aware of something that the character doesn’t know | dramatic irony |
| occurs when the outcome of an event is the opposite of what is expected or when the real situation is the opposite of what it seems to be | situational irony |
| occurs when something is said by the opposite of what is true or is meant | verbal irony |
| a word that is used incorrectly by confusing it with a similar sounding word | malapropism |
| comic characters used for humour or comic relief | fool/clown |
| ad lib or improvise | extempore |
| a person who weaves fabric | weaver |
| a person who reapers an object of device with sides that allow it to expand and contract | bellows-mender |
| a person who makes clothes to fit individual costumers | tailor |
| a mender of pots, kettles, etc. | tinker |
| a person who constructs the wooden components of a building | joiner |
| evil creatures that were to be feared | fairies |
| loud, confused noise | clamorous |
| regret | repent |
| near | nigh |
| 1. Preparation and celebration of Theseus and Hippolyta | plot |
| 2. Story of the four lovers | plot |
| 3. The comedy involving the rude mechanics | plot |
| 4. The play within the play | plot |
| 5. The fairyland sequences | plot |
| Play that ends happily, usually with a marriage | Comedy |
| Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans | source for Theseus |
| “The Knight’s Tale” from the Canterbury Tales | source for Theseus |
| Ovid’s Metamorphoses | source for Pyramus and Thisbe |
| John a Kent and John a Cumber | source for fairies |
| Discoverie of Withcraft | source for Puck |
| number of plays in quarto | 18 |
| Quince | carpenter |
| Bottom | weaver |
| Flute | bellows-mender |
| Snug | joiner |
| Tom Snout | tinker |
| Robin Starveling | tailor |
| What is the name of a comic character? | Fool |
| Of whom is Hippolyta the queen? | The Amazons |
| What does “pentameter” mean? | Five feet |
| Who is the director of the Mechanicals’ play? | Peter Quince |
| Where are Hermia and Lysander attempting to flee? | Lysander’s aunt |
| When was shakespeare born? | April 23rd 1564 |
| How many sources did Shakespeare use? | 5 |
| What is the name of the Mechanicals’ play? | The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe |
| Who plays the part of a woman in the play? | Flute |
| What does the word “con” mean? | memorize the lines |
| Hermia’s punishment for refusing to marry Demetrius is death or what? | Banishment to a nunnery |
| Why does Egeus want Hermia to marry Demetrius? | because he is a worthy gentleman |
| How can the law of Athens best be explained? | a disobedient child can be put to death |
| In Act I Scene I, who does Egeus complain to Theseus about? | Hermia |
| What are the five plots of the play? | 1. The story of the four lovers 2. The fairyland sequences3. The comedy involving the rude mechanicals 4. The play within the play5. The planning of the wedding |
| What heading does “hautboys” and “omnes” belong under? | People |
| Why do Lysander and Hermia meet in the woods? | To sneak away to be married |
| Who thinks they can play any part in the play? | Bottom |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
August 16, 2019