Who will Theseus(Duke of Athens) Marry in Four days? | Hyppolyta (Queen of Amazon) |
How did Theseus win his bride’s hand in marriage? | He beats her in a fight |
Why is Egeus upset with daughter | He wants her to marry Demetrius, Hermia wants to marry Lysander |
What does Egeus threaten to do to Hermia if she won’t obey him? | Kill her |
What are Hermia’s three option? | Die, Marry Demetrius, Never marry (nun) |
What are two hurdles Lysander says people in love often face? | Difference in blood, Age, war, friend choose your partner |
What does Hermia suggest she and Lysander do? | Be patient |
What is Lysander’s plan to allow them to be together? | To get married at his aunts house in the woods. |
What does Hermia mean when she says ” Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and is therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”? | When your in love it comes from the heart. There is no formula for love. |
What does Helena plan to do to win Demetrius back? | Tell Demetrius that Hermia is running away with Lysander and where they are gonna meet at. |
What is Quince organizing? | He is organizing a play |
What reason does flute give for being unable to play the part of Thisbe? | He is growing a beard. |
What Elizabethan stage conversation is being followed by having Flute play with part of Thisbe? | All men have to play women roles. |
What does Bottom keep trying to do? | He try’s to play all the roles |
What does Quince want to troupe to rehearse in the woods? | He wants to have privacy |
Discussion Question: What do you think Shakespeare sets the action of the play in the woods? (answer in paragraph) | Location changes everything. The woods ate Shakespeare Vegas (Outside of the village in the woods there are no rules, Carless and be free) |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1 Scene 1-2
August 9, 2019