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MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM review
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10th Grade
05/19/2011

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Claims she would be his dog if he let her
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Helena
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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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Puck
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Creates the plan for his "lady friend" and him to elope
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Lysander
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Director of the play within the play
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Peter Quince
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Duke of Athens
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Theseus
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Falls in love with an "ass"
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Titania
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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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Titania
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Helena "stalks" this person
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Demetrius
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Hermia wishes to marry this person
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Lysander
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Hermia's father
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Egeus
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King of the Fairies
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Oberon
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Loves and marries Hermia
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Lysander
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Person who symbolizes justice/law
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Theseus
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Plays a woman's role despite his beard
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Flute
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Plays the part of the lion
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Snug
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Puck is also known by this name
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Robin Goodfellow
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Puck mistakenly anoints this person's eyes the first time
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Lysander
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Queen of the Amazons
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Hippolyta
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Queen of the Fairies
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Titania
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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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Helena
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Wants to play all the roles in PYRAMUS AND THISBY
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Bottom
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Wants to take the changeling boy away from Titania
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Oberon
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Demands obedience from daughter
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Egeus
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This person claimed that Lysander tricked his daughter into falling in love
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Egeus
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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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Bottom
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Also known as a carpenter
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Quince
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Known as the joiner or cabinet maker
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Snug
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This person commits many malapropisms, showing his lack of intelligence
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Bottom
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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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a prologue
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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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prose
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This person's clothes are smeared with plaster so that he represents a wall
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Snout
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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 a malapropism?
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misuse of words
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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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To die or become a nun
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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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Theseus
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Titania accuses Oberson of loving whom?
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Hippolyta
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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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Helena
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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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What is a hyperbole?
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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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Puck
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