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Maria Comes up with idea to play a trick on Malvolio;serving lady for Olivia. Orsino The Duke of Illyria; threatens to kill Olivia when he discovers her secret marriage to “Cesario.” Viola Shipwrecks on the coast of Illyria and believes…

Read the passage.excerpt from Act I, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareTheseusHippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword,And won thy love doing thee injuries;But I will wed thee in another key,With pomp, with triumph, and with…

How does Theseus describe the lunatic? One who sees devils. “That is the madman” How does Theseus describe the lover? Frantic, seeing the “Helen’s beauty in a brow of Egypt.” How does Theseus describe the poet? The poet’s eye glances…

Dramatic irony When the you know something that the other characters don’t Example 1 Oberon and Puck are invisible in a scean Example 2 Lysander and hermia are about to run away Example 3 Bottom is not aware he is…

By what other names is Puck known? Hobgoblin, Robin, Robin Goodfellow, Sweet Puck What does the fairy tell Puck in the beginning of scene one? That she serves the fairy queen and that Titania and Oberon are fighting. What warning…

How did Theseus and Hippolyta meet? Theseus took her as his prisoner how should Hermia view her father? as a god What are all the problems that get in the way of love? sickness, age, different classes, disease, etc. what…

A.C.Bradley – Shakespearean Tragedy, 1904 – on his attitude to the people he is very unjust to them, and his ideal, though high, is also narrow. But he is magnificently true to it, and even when he most repels us…

1 Was Gertrude aware of the fact that Claudius killed king Hamlet when she married him? 2 How is the theme of equality in death in Hamlet represented? What are the major events that hold this theme? 3 How does…

After witnessing Hamlet’s behavior during the play what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern say about his condition? He’s crazy After the play, Claudius meets with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to discuss Hamlet’s condition. Are they more sympathetic to Claudius, Hamlet or someone…

1. Bernardo and Marcellus say they have seen the ghost of King Hamlet (A) two times (B) three times (C) four times D) “times too innumerable to measure” (A) two times 2. The watchman in Act I, scene i who…