A Midsummer Night’s Dream Flashcards

Living prop played by Snout Wall a _______ among ladies is a most dreadful thing lion Quince leads a band of ______ actors what aspect of Hermia does Helena insult? height Puck’s boss Oberon What is the dispute between Oberon…

Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour/Draws on apace. Four happy days bring in/ Another moon. But, O, methinks how slow/This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires/Like to a step dame or a dowager/Long withering out a young man’s revenue…

Why is Bottom worried about the ladies in the audience? Bottom thinks that the women will be scared by the deaths of Pyramus and Thisbe and of the lion. What solution does Bottom offer to his problem? He will write…

Amiable friendly and agreeable in disposition; good- natured and likable Enamored inspired by love, captivated Mirth gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed in laughter Sprite a specter or ghost; a soul Revenue income, wealth Chink a narrow opening Visage face…

What word is used three times in only the first 20 lines of the play? Based on your knowledge of the times, why is this significant? moonbecause the Elizabethans believed in the power of heavenly bodies, like the moon, to…

Queen of the Amazons Hippolyta Hermia’s Dad Egeus Nedar’s Daughter Helena The Carpentnter Bottom King of the Faires Oberon Faerie Queen Titania Joiner Sung The Duke of Athens and Bellows Mother Theseus Master of the revels Philistrate Tailor Robin Starling…

Who is Hermia? Hermia is Egeus’s daughter. She is in love with Lysander. Her father says that she must marry Demetrius though. Her and Lysander make a plan to run away and get married in secret. In the end, she…

troth faith collied blackened (as with coal dust), darkened. buskined a boot that reaches the knee-worn to represent tragedy livery a clothing that identifies a wearer by occupation or rank condole arouse pity leviathan sea monster or large sea animal…

Who said to who “You have her father’s love, Demetrius; Let me have Hermia’s: Do you marry him”? Lysander to Demetrius Who said to who “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever here by tale or…

Theseus Duke of Athens, to be married to Hippolyta Egeus father to Hermia, subject of Theseus Lysander in love with and loved by Hermia Demetrius betrothed to Hermia, Egeus arranged and approved Philostrate master of the revels to Theseus Quince…