| Why has thesus ordered a revel | He is getting married; prove love to her |
| What does Theseus promise Hipployta | A huge party to proclaim love in a grand way; huge public festival |
| Why does Egeus bring Hermia, Lysander, and Demetrius to Theseus | Upset with Hermia; wants her to marry Demetrius |
| Why does Theseus tell Hermia to come to terms with her father’s choice of husband | Nun or die |
| What is Hermias decision | To be a nun right off the bat; rather wither away |
| Why does Theseus lead Egeus and Demetrius away? | Needed everyone to get off stage |
| What is lysanders plan | Flee to aunts outside of Athens and get married |
| Why does Helena want to be like Hermia | So Demetrius would be in love with her |
| Why do Hermia and Lysander tell Helena the plan | To give Helena a little bit of hope with Demetrius |
| What does Helena intend to do with this information | She tells Demetrius |
| Why do the craftsmen meet | To assign/discuss roles of play at dukes wedding |
| Why is quince the one assigning the roles | He wrote the play |
| What is bottoms reaction to his assigned role | He feels like he will be the best actor and when he cries everyone will cry |
| What is flutes misgiving about his assignment | He doesn’t want to be a women because he has a beard |
| Why does bottom want to play flutes role | He wants to wear a mask and use a high pitched voice and he will do a great job |
| What is snug’s worry | If he is able to memorize his lines |
| Why does bottom want to play snug’s role | He wants to roar and it’ll be so good the duke will stand up and asked him to roar again |
| What do quince and bottom caution about the role of the lion | Can’t roar too loud or else it’ll scare the women and they will be killed |
| Why does quince insist bottom play Pyramus | He is handsome and best looking so he can only play Pyramus |
| Where are the men to meet next | The Dukes oak in the woods |
| How did puck earn his reputation | He pulled pranks on people |
| Why is Oberon angry with Titania | Titania has little Indian boy and won’t give him up |
| What is her argument with him | She can’t do the fairy dance to control the wind and now the seasons are messed up |
| What is it Oberon sends puck to find | Love in idleness flower |
| How does Oberon intend to punish his wife | He will put the flower in her eyes and have her fall in love with a hideous creature |
| Why does Helena pursue Demetrius | She’s in love with him |
| Why does Demetrius want Helena to leave him alone | Demetrius doesn’t love her in any way, shape or for, |
| How is that Oberon is able to overhear them | He made himself invisible |
| What does Oberon decide when puck returns | Make Demetrius fall in love with Helena |
| How does Oberon instruct puck to recognize Demetrius | Athenian clothes |
| What is it Oberon hopes Titania sees immediately upon wakening | An ugly creature |
| Why does Lysander want to rest | It was dark out and he couldn’t find his way around so it would be better to wait |
| Why does Hermia ask him to move further away to sleep | Not supposed to sleep next to each other until marriage |
| Why does robin goodfellow anoint lysanders eye | He mistakes him for Demetrius |
| What does robin goodfellow think Hermia’s reason is for sleeping so far removed from Lysander | They are not together or in love |
| Why does Helena stop chasing Demetrius | She is out of breath |
| Why does Demetrius leave Helena alone in the wods | He is trying to get away from her |
| Why does Lysander profess his love for Helena | He was given the love in idleness nectar |
| What is helenas reaction to lysander protestations of love | She is mad and feels link it is a joke |
| Why does Hermia awake | She had a nightmare a snake ate her heart |
| Why does quince feel their rehearsal spot is ideal | The flat area is a stage and the bushes will be their changing room |
| Why does bottom feel they need two prologues to the play | We are just actors and this isn’t real; lion isn’t real |
| How do they solve the problems of representing the moonlight and the wall in their play | People will play moonlight and wall |
| Why is bottom alone when luck changes his head to that of an ass | Wanted everyone off stage; adds element of surprise and comedy |
| How is it that bottom is alone when Titania awakes | All of them are afriad |
| Why hasn’t bottom followed his friends from the woods | Thinks they are playing a trick on him |
| Why does Titania awake | Bottom is singing |
| What does Titania offer bottom | Immorality |
| What is his reaction to this offer | Doesn’t acknowledge it |
| What part are the caries to play in this | Bottoms servants |
| What is it puck reports to Oberon | Titania fell in love with puck |
| Why is Hermia following Demetrius | She wants to know where Lysander is; if he killed him |
| Why is it Oberon realizes when he sees them together | Puck put the nectar in the wrong person |
| How is this mistake to be rectified | Puck gets Helena and anoints Demetrius’s eyes |
| Why won’t Helena accept lysanders advances | Believes he is mocking her |
| Why does she doubt the veracity of Demetrius protestations on love | He said he hated her with a passion now he is madly in love with her |
| Why do Hermia and Helena argue | Convinced hermia is in on the joke |
| Why do each of the young people leave | To fight; Hermia is needed off; Helena to get away from Hermia; |
| How does puck manage to make Lysander and Demetrius sleep | He Tuckers them out; impersonated voices and makes them chase |
| Why do Helena and Hermia fall asleep | Exhausted |
Midsummer nights dream
August 3, 2019