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How were fairies different in Shakespeare’s time than they are in our time? What powers did they have? They could be a man or a women and they weren’t very nice. They thought they could take a different shapes. What…

Theseus -Duke of Athens-Friends with Hercules-Warrior Egeus -Father to Hermia-Grown man with temper of a 2 year old-Can’t control his daughter Lysander -Hermia’s choice of a husband-Loves Hermia-Juiced by Puck accidentally and loves Helena-Now he loves Hermia again and they…

a lion amoung ladies is a most dreadful thing Bottom (3.1.26-27)Bottom’s comment on the problem posed by the appearance of a lion in thier play. Bottom is unintelligent for believing the women will truely be afraid of the lion. What…

filched snitched; stole abjure to give up; abstain from persuasion a strongly held opinion, a conviction revenue income; wealth visage face; appearance base the lowest or bottom part perjured testified falsely under oath; falsified; untrue lamentable worthy of grief, mourning,…

what poet favored Coriolanis to other Shakespeare plays T.S. Eliot Where does this play take place Rome, Italy what character type is missing from this play Clown Which virtue is of greatest importance to Coriolanus Valor Where does the play…

Horatio “In what particular thought to work I know not,/ But in the gross and scope of mine opinion/ This bodes some strange eruption to our state” (lines 67-69) Claudius “Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death/ The memory…

What is the setting at the beginning of the play? at night on a platform What does the Ghost look like when it appears? dead King Hamlet Explain the situation between Norway and Denmark. What was the outcome of the…

Ophelia- passive character ‘I shall obey my lord’ Ophelia- death theme ‘do not as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven’ Ophelia- about Hamlet ‘doublet all unbraced, no hat upon his head, his stockings…

what is the description of Hamlet’s behavior bu Ophelia? What is the dramatic value of having Hamlet tell us he may “put on an antic disposition” and doing os come close together? Frighten Ophelia with his appearance. He was acting…

Does Gertrude ever see the ghost? No. Name of the dead court jester. Yorick How does Claudius kill the King? He puts poison in his ear when he is sleeping. Where is the ghost “living?” He is condemned to wondering…