Theseus | “Hippolyta, I woo’d thee with my sword. And won thy love doing thee injuries.” |
Egeus | “Full of vexation come I with complaintAgainst my child, my daughter Hermia.” |
Lysander | “The course of true love never did run smooth.” |
Helena | “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.” |
Flute | “Nay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming.” |
Bottom | “We will meet, and there may we rehearse most obscenely and courageously.” |
Hippolyta and Theseus | Who is getting married in four days? |
Egeus | Who is Hermia’s father? |
Demetrius | Who does Egeus want his daughter to marry? |
Marry Demetrius, be killed, or become a nun | What are Hermia’s three options for her future? |
the woods to elope | Where are Lysander and Hermia escaping to and why? |
The wedding in four days | By when must Hermia make up her mind concerning her future? |
to comfort Helena by the fact that Demetrius can be hers again | Why do Lysander and Hermia tell Helena their plans? |
She wants to gain his trust and make him love her again | Why does Helena tell Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia’s plans? |
Bottom | Who is the actor who thinks he is the greatest in his troupe and wants to play all the parts? |
the woods | Where are the actors meeting the following night? |
epithet | Makes the definition more important than it is- why is Flute, the bellows-mender? How does it relate to the play and Shakespeare? |
stichomythia | verbal fencing between characters with brief line-for-line parallel structures |
Phoebe | Associated with the moon- symbol of chastity |
malaproprism | (noun)An unconscious and usually ludicrous misuse of a word |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream ~ Act 1
August 12, 2019