What does the reader find out about the current relationship between Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from Puck and the first fairy? | They are fighting over an Indian boy that they both want as a servant. |
Why have Oberon and Titania come to Athens? | To see the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. |
What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? | Everything starts dying and becoming more wintery |
Why won’t Titania give up the Indian boy to Oberon? | She was close friends with his mother. |
What does Oberon send Puck to find? | A special flower that makes people fall in love with the next living creature they see. |
How does Oberon plan to get the Indian boy from Titania? | He plans to use the flower on her and make her fall in love with a monster. |
How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? | By saying she loves him and will follow him forever. |
What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? | “It would be heavenly to be killed by someone I love so much.” |
In what way is Helena’s behavior inappropriate for Athenian women? | She is alone with a man who is not her husband. |
What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? | Use flower on Demetrius to make him fall for Helena. |
Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? | He is angry with her and wants to make her give him the Indian boy. |
Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? | They aren’t married yet… |
Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? | Oberon told him to anoint the eyes of a man wearing Athenian clothes. |
How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? | She thinks he is making fun of her. |
How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? | She dreams that a snake ate her heart. When she wakes up, her lover breaks her heart. |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 2
August 13, 2019