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Prologue Bottom wants one written for the play Dream A Midsummer Night’s ______ Wall What Pyramus and Thisby talk through Quince Writes ‘Pyramus and Thisby’ Demetrius Helena loves, but he is to marry Hermia Theseus Duke of Athens Hermia Arranges…

Born on ___. Died on ____. April 23, 1564…… April 23, 1616 Grew up in ____. Stratford Upon Avon He left school by ____. The age of 15 At the age of ____, he married _____. 18Anne Hathaway Life divided…

How is Hippopotamus’s reasoning concerning the speed with which the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? Note how Shakespeare portrays the patience and calmness of Chipolata in contrast to the impatience and need for action of…

Act 2 Scene 1First line How now, spirit! whither wander you? Act 2 Scene 1After (Fairy)I must go seek some dewdrops hereAnd hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear.Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I’ll be gone:Our queen and all our…

Hecuba -queen of troy/trojans Priam -Hecubas husband, killed by Pyrrhus Pyrrhus -great Greek warrior, kills Priam How does the player react while he describes Hecuba’s behavior after Priam’s murder? -As he is reciting the speech, the player gets so into…

Irony The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs Alliteration The repetition of initial sounds in successve or neighboring words Paradox An apparently contradictory statement that…

To be or not to be that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them. To…

It had been so with us had we been there King to QueenTold her hamlet killed polonius Theme: Poison and corruption killed while spying Compounded it with dust, whereto ‘tips kin Hamlet to RosencrantzWont say where the body is Theme:…

Hamlet Hamlet is a multi-dimensional character, becomes a different character in each scene. He is a paradox. E.g. He can be angry, dejected, depressed + brooding but also be manic, elated, enthusiastic + energetic. He is very good at twisting…

rivals partners apparition a ghostly figure mark take note portentous full of unknown; significance; foreboding harbingers omens; signs green fresh; new filial relating to a son or or a daughter condolement expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering…