| What is the difference between Athens and the Woods or what happens in each? What do each represent? | -Athens contains mainly humans while the Woods contains mostly fairies -Athens represents a modest, traditional world with rules and regulations but the Woods is represents more of a free, magic world |
| What is the difference between day and night or what happens in each? What do each represent? | -Day= Athens is calm-Night= The Woods is full of drama and chaos |
| List examples of where we see Order | -Theseus and Hippolyta never fighting; in order-Athens |
| List examples of where we see Disorder | -Oberon and Titania fighting caused massive disorder -potion making the lovers love wrong people-fog -Mens love for the Women |
| List examples of where we see Love’s irrationality | -Titania and Bottom(magic)-Lysander and Helena(magic)-Helena’s love for Demetrius (natural)-Demetrius’ love for Hermia (natural, not returned) |
| List examples of where we see Love’s difficulty | -Hermia and Lysander -Helena and Demetrius -Titania and Oberon (chaos) |
| Dreams | The lovers think their night was a dream(real)Bottom dreamed he was a donkey(real)Titania thought she loved a donkey(real)Hermia dreams that a snake ate her heart an lysander didn’t help her(dream) |
| What does Theseus believe about dreams? | He thinks they’re not real and believes they are imaginations |
| Magic | -Potions-Fog-Robin can change forms and mimic voices |
| What are Theseus and Hippolyta symbolic for? | rules |
| What is The Love Potion symbolic for? | -supernatural |
| What are The Mechanicals Play symbolic for? | A play within a play; entertainment; comedy |
| How do Helena and Hermia contrast each other? | -Helena- is blonde/irrational/insecure-Hermia-dark/short/small/rational/secure |
| How do Puck and Bottom contrast each other? | -Puck is humorous knowing it vs Bottom is humorous without knowing-Puck is intelligent -Bottom isn’t intelligent |
| How do Titania and Bottom contrast each other? | -Titania is a beautiful fairy Queen, Bottom is grotesque |
| How do Fairies, craftsmen and lovers contrast each other? | -Socio-economic status |
| How do Marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta vs. Oberon and Titania contrast each other? | -Theseus and Hippolyta- rules and order -Oberon and Titania- chaos and disorder |
| When the audience knows something the characters dont | Dramatic Irony |
| Hints that suggest what’s to come | Foreshadowing |
| Comparing without using like or as | Metaphor |
| Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things | Personification |
| Comparison of two things using like or as | Simile |
| Repetition of consonant sounds | Alliteration |
| the Duke of Athens and engaged to Hippolyta | Theseus |
| Engaged to the Duke; Queen of the Amazon | Hippolyta |
| Father of Hermia who wants her to marry Demetrius | Egeus |
| In love with Hermia and runs away with her | Lysander |
| In love with Lysander and best friends with Helena | Hermia |
| Supposed to marry Hermia, but later loves Helena | Demetrius |
| Best friends with Hermia, and loves Demetrius | Helena |
| Group of players who comically remake the play ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’ | Mechanicals |
| Ambitious, not so intelligent actor part of the mechanicals | Nick Bottom |
| The play director of the Mechanicals | Peter Quince |
| The fairy queen married to Oberon | Titania |
| Fairy King married to Titania | Oberon |
| A humorous servant to Oberon | Puck |
| Live in the woods under Titania and Oberon’s power | Fairies |
| the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried | Vexation |
| pretend to be affected by | Feigning |
| capture the fascinated attention of | Enthralled |
| showing, feeling, or relating to desire | Amorous |
| showing contempt or lack of respect | Disdainful |
| be filled with a feeling of love for | Enamored |
| rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition, typically giving a sense of cathartic release | Purge |
| divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly | Sever |
| plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought | Devise |
| deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously | Contrived |
| failure to take proper care in doing something | Negligence |
| dislike intensely | Detest |
| present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail | Expound |
| think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand | Premeditated |
| showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks | Audacious |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Themes and Symbols
July 15, 2019