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What city is the setting for the play? Verona, Italy Why are Romeo and Juliet called “star-crossed lovers”? They are lovers whose relationship is doomed by outside forces. What is the format of the prologue? It is in sonnet form.…

William Shakespeare 1593(?)-1595, possibly wrote AMND for a private performance at a wedding in the same decade he wrote Romeo and Juliet Athens Greek city where the conflict is introduced, ruled by Theseus, everything is fixed, associated with daylight and…

Main Ruler/leader Theseus- Duke of Athens Other ruler/leader Hippolyta- Queen of the Amazons Father/protector Egeus Ruler or sinner Oberon- King of the Fairies Mother/nurturer Titania- Queen of the Fairies Trickster or sinner Puck (Robin Goodfellow) The lover Hermia Hero Lysander…

What does parlous mean? terrible What does loam mean? mixture of clay, sand, and straw – used for making bricks What does marry mean? by the Virgin Mary What does knavery mean? trick, prank What does translated mean? transformed What…

she is sleeping with Bottom as a donkey How is Titania humiliated at the beginning of this scene? he pities Titania, he is planning to undo the spells and chaos he created because he has gotten the Indian boy and…

Anaphora the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses Anadiplosis repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause Conduplicatio repetition of a key word over successive phrases or…

linger Definitiontake one’s time; proceed slowlyExample SentenceO, methinks, how slowThis old moon wanes! she lingers my desires mirth Definitiongreat merrimentExample Sentence Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments;Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth; melancholy Definition a humor that…

After Demetrius says: Look, where thy loves; yonder is thy dear Thou art not by mine eye, Lysander found;But why didst though unkindly leave me so? After Lysander says: Why should he stay, whom love doth press go? You speak…

What is Hippolyta queen? Queen of the amazons Were Hermia and Helena friends before the events of the play? Yes, they were bestfriends Who wants to be the Helena’s knight and ends up chasing her through the woods? Lysander Hermia…

Titania, the queen of fairy’s, is enamoured with an Ass/Donkey (Bottom) “Nothing, good monsieur, but to help Cavalery Cobweb to scratch. I must to the barber’s, monsieur, for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face, and I am such…