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Theseus The heroic duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta. He represents power and order throughout the play. He appears only at the beginning and end of the story, removed from the dreamlike events of the forest. Hippolyta The legendary queen…

Setting Athens in Midsummer Theme Love/Marriage, Order and Disorder Theseus Duke of Athens who defeated the Amazonians and therefore now engaged with Hippolyta and represents power and order Hippolyta Former Queen of Amazons, defeated by Theseus and therefore engaged to…

The following question is based on your reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.What is the ancient law of Athens that Hermia must obey?a.Hermia must marry who her father chooses or die.c.Hermia has one day to convince her…

Filched to steal something Stepdame an old fashioned word for stepmother Dowager a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband. Apace swiftly; quickly Solemnities the state or quality of being serious and dignified Mirth amusement, especially…

when was Shakespeare born? 1564 April 23 how many younger siblings did Shakespeare have? 5 what 2 things did his father do? his father was a leather maker, then a baliff how old was Shakespeare when he stopped going to…

“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,/ Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend/ More than cool reason ever comprehends.” Theseus “If we shadows have offended,/ Think but this and all is mended:/ That you have slumbered here/ While these visions did…

“Ay me, for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. . . .” Lysander to Hermia “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” Puck “I have…

What is the lovers plot?(8) -Theseus is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta. -Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia)-Hermia is in love with Lysander.-Helena who was engaged to Demetrius still loves him though he jilted her after…

Hamlet The prince of Denmark, and a student at the University of Wittenberg. His father dies and his uncle gets the throne and marries his mom. He becomes obsessed with getting revenge over his fathers death Claudius King of Denmark…

Ghost: ‘My hour is almost come,/ When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames,/ Must render up myself.’ The ghost can only stay for the hour of midnight, the witching hour, after which he returns to ‘flames’ which we are to…