| Theseus | The Duke of Athens, Kidnapped Hippolyta to be his wife, tells Hermia she can marry Demetrius, be a nun or die |
| Hippolyta | Queen of the Amazons, female warrior, kidnapped by Theseus to be his wife |
| Egeus | Hermia’s father, approves of Demetrius but not Lysander, demands Hermia leave Lysander for Demetrius |
| Demetrius | Helena loves him, but he hates her and wants Hermia |
| Lysander | Hermia’s BF, plans to take her into the woods to run away |
| Hermia | Lysander’s GF, wants to run away into the woods with Lysander, refuses her father’s order to marry Demetrius, says she’d rather die |
| Helena | Desperate for Demetrius, won’t stop following him, says she wants to be like Hermia |
| Oberon | King of the Fairies, likes to use magic to get his way, wants to get the Indian boy |
| Titania | Queen of the Fairies, has her fairy train, is put under a spell to fall in love with a wild beast (Bottom) |
| Puck | Oberon’s loyal assistant, likes to cause chaos, trickster |
| Nick Bottom | Leader of The Mechanicals, overdramatic and bad actor, is turned into an ass by Puck, plays Pyramus but wants to play all other parts too |
| The Mechanicals | working men who decide to put on Pyramus and Thisbe, their play is ridiculous, they love Bottom, Snout, Quince, Snug, Starveling and Flute |
| Michelangelo | “Renaissance man”, artist, sculptor and poet, wrote to Vittoria Colonna |
| Vittoria Colonna | female poet, wrote back and forth poems to Michelangelo |
| Laura | Petrarch’s only love, he wrote the majority of his poems about her |
| William Shakespeare | Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, extremely famous English playwright and poet, wrote Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and others |
| Humanism | Idea that humans have worth and potential, new Renaissance value |
| Classicism | Renaissance Value about studying Greek and Roman works |
| Renaissance | Generally the rebirth of learning in Europe between 1350 and 1550 |
| Renaissance values | Humanism, Secularism, Classicism, Skepticism, Generalism, Individualism |
| Renaissance man | A well rounded man with skill in many areas, generalism values |
| Petrarchan Sonnet | ABBAABBACDEDCE |
| Shakespearean Sonnet | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
| Iambic Pentameter | 2 syllable feet with the stress on the second syllable, and then 5 feet, so overall 10 syllables |
| Universal Theme | something we can all relate to |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Renaissance
August 15, 2019