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List the four levels of low comedy. Physical mishapsplot deviceobscenelyverbal wit List the two levels of high comedy. Inconsistencies of character and comedy of satire(parody) List the three characteristics of Shakespeare’s tragedies. The tragic flawsupernatural flawdeath List the five characteristics…

Orsino 1.1-3 If music be the food of love, play on,Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. Orsino, 1.1.14-5 So full shapes is fancyThat it alone is high fantastical Sir Andrew Aguecheek, 1.3.79-80…

Ay, sir; I have them at my fingers’ ends: marry, now I let go of your hand, I am barren -Act 1 scene 3-to Sir Andrew-end of a section with sexual banter and bawdy humour-double entendree with ‘barren’; reference to…

How does Duke Orsino characterize love? Duke Orsino says “If music be the food of love, play on.” Love is painful to bear, vivid, and fantastical. Why does Olivia veil herself and avoid society? Olivia veils herself for 7 years…

Alliteration More matter for a May morning. Allusion There, like Arion in the Greek myth, who escaped from murder on the back of a dolphin, I saw him ride the waves as long as I could keep him in sight.…

What is the greatest conflict that Oberon faces? In the play a midsummer night’s dream by William Shakespeare, it may seem as though Oberon(king of the fairies)’s bigger conflict is the indian prince his wife refuses to give him to…

What job does titania send her friends off to do? Kill wormsFight batsKeep the loud owl awaySing her to sleep Why do the fairies sing charms for titania? To send her to sleep Why does Oberon pronounce a spell over…

How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? enjoys it and doesn’t question it What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom? upset and pitied her for being in love with a donkey What sort…

What does Theseus say about the lovers’ story of the night before? What is their story? But Hippolyta points out what to Theseus about their stories? The four lovers’ stories are so strange it has to be made up. Lovers…

(Act 1) What are Theseus and Hippolyta discussing at the play’s start? Theseus and Hippolyta are discussing their upcoming wedding. (Act 1) How does Hippolyta come to be betrothed to Theseus? Theseus bests Hippolyta in a sword fight and wins…