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| Concludes the play by apologizing if anyone has been offended...suggests the play be viewed as a dream |
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| Creates the plan for his "lady friend" and him to elope |
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| Director of the play within the play |
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| Falls in love with an "ass" |
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| Has the juice of the flower placed on her eyes so that she falls in love with a "vile" creature |
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| Helena "stalks" this person |
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| Hermia wishes to marry this person |
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| Person who symbolizes justice/law |
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| Plays the part of the lion |
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| Puck is also known by this name |
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| Puck mistakenly anoints this person's eyes the first time |
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| Thinks that Demetrius and Lysander are playing a cruel trick on her by both declaring their love for her |
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| Wants to play all the roles in PYRAMUS AND THISBY |
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| Wants to take the changeling boy away from Titania |
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| Demands obedience from daughter |
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| This person claimed that Lysander tricked his daughter into falling in love |
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| The Duke of Athens weds whom? |
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| Queen of the Amazons: Hippolyta |
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| This person's occupation is a weaver |
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| Also known as a carpenter |
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| Known as the joiner or cabinet maker |
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| This person commits many malapropisms, showing his lack of intelligence |
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| Names of a few of the fairies |
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| Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, Mustardseed |
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| So that the Lion and the suicide of Pyramus do not scare the audience, the actors create what? |
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| The "country bumpkin" actors speak in this b/c they are not the "sharpest tools in the shed." |
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| This person's clothes are smeared with plaster so that he represents a wall |
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| Why does Lysander confess his love for Helena? |
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| His romantic metamorphosis is the result of Puck's mistakenly anointing his eyes. |
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| What is one trick Puck plays on people? |
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1)spoils the buttermaking process
2)keeps beer from foaming
3)neighs like a filly to torment stallions
4) makes old ladies spill cider on their withered throats
5) assumes the shape of a footstool and then when the person goes to sit down, he escapes & the person falls on his "bum" |
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| What is an example of a malapropism from the play? |
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| says "generally" for "individually; says "aggravate" for "moderate"; says "deflowered" for "devoured" |
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| Who is the speaker and to whom is he speaking in the quote,"...I wooed thee with my sword..." |
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| Theseus is speaking to Hippolyta...their courting days were most unusual...LOL |
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| Who said, "I would my father looked but with my eyes"? |
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| Hermia, when she is telling Theseus that she wishes her father would see in Lysander what she sees |
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| Who says, "The course of true love never did run smooth"? |
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| Lysander when he tries to comfort Hermia after her father demands that she marry Demetrius. |
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| What are Hermia's choices if she does not wed Demetrius? |
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| What is the humor in Snug's line, "Have your the lion's part written? Pray you, it if be, give it to me, for I am slow to study"? |
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| The lion ROARS, so there really are no formal lines to memorize...shows just how slow Snug truly is... |
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| Oberon accuses Titania of loving whom? |
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| Titania accuses Oberson of loving whom? |
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| Why does the changeling boy mean so much to Titania? |
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| She promised his mother she would care for him. |
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| Feels she is "as ugly as a bear" although all of Athens thinks she is pretty |
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| What is Shakespeare saying through Titania's falling in love with Bottom who has an "ass head"? |
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| He says that sometimes people fall in love with people for the most ridiculous of reasons. He says that love is blind b/c a person can fall in love with anyone--even an a**--at any time. |
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| use of exaggeration for effect |
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| Why do we find Bottom's "ass head" so hysterical? |
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| because Bottom acts like an a**, a know-it-all |
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| How do the other actors in the play regard Bottom? |
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| They look up to him and deem him a superior actor! |
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| Why is the play PRYAMUS AND THISBY so funny? |
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1) B/c the acting is horrid
2) B/c Snout plays the wall and has plaster on him to signify he's the wall
3)B/c Bottom stabs himself and continues to talk...
4)Pyramus's line that the "lion hath here deflow'rd my dear" |
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| Why does Pyramus kill himself? |
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| B/c he thinks that the lion killed Thisby |
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| Wht is the significance of the title of this play, MND? |
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| The idea that the play is a fantasy...the title suggests it is all a dream. Dreams are linked to some weird--even bizarre events--thereby creating a sense of illusion. |
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| What are some themes of this play? |
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1) Love is unpredictable.
2) Love can be blind and unreasonable.
3) Love is often short-lived; people in love usually have obstacles to overcome. |
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| Author of the quote, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" |
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