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Where is the play set? Verona Which poetic form does the prologue take? Sonnet Which characters appear in the prologue? The Chorus Which important plot point is mentioned in the prologue? The deaths of Romeo and Juliet Which phrase from…

Instead of returning home, where does Romeo go after the ball? Over the wall into the capulet orchard How does Romeo learn of Juliet’s love for him? He overhears Juliet speaking of her love for him when she thinks she…

Explain sonata form Exposition: presents themes in 2 contrasting groups, Subject 1 and Subject 2, with S2 being more lyrical usually, ends in codettaDevelopment: experiments with themes, often tense and dramaticRecapitulation: repeat of expo but very different, with themes omitted…

why are oberon and titania are arguing titania will not give oberon one of her servant boys puck is proud of his ability to transform himself onto many shapes and sizes what is the love potion oberon uses on titania…

How does Theseus feel about the wedding? He is impatient for desire not love and believes that the wedding is coming up slowly How does Hippolyta feel about the wedding? She shows apprehension and believes that the wedding is coming…

The play opens with the upcoming marriage of which couple? Theseus and Hippolyta What does Puck transform Nick Bottom into? An ass What element in the play do the craftsmen think will frighten the women and perhaps result in the…

parlous uncertain chid scolded casement a window that opens on hinges instead of up and down cue a line or action that prompts an actor to say his or her next line odious hateful, disgusting knavery dishonest or deceitful behavior…

malapropism When the amateur actors agree to meet in the woods the next night to rehearse, Bottom says, “We will meet, and there we may rehearse most obscenely, and courageously” (1.2.97-98). However, he perhaps means “unseen” or obscurely” instead of…

Theseus to Hermia But earthlier happy is the rose distill’d, that that which withering on the virgin thorn grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness. Hermia to Lysander O’hell! To choose love with another’s eye. Lysander to Hermia The course…

Here, Peter Quince. Act 1 Scene 2. Quince: Robin Starveling, you must play Thisbe’s mother. Tom Snout, the tinker. Every mother’s son. Act 1 Scene 2. Starveling: That would hang us. By’r lakin, a parlous fear. Act 3 Scene 1.…