A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Quote Revision Flashcards
’How ____ This old _____ wanes!’ -________
’How slow This old moon wanes!’- Theseus
As Theseus is excited to marry Hippolyta, the time is going slow and he cannot wait to marry Hippolyta
‘As ____ is mine, I may ______ of her’- _______
‘As she is mine, I may dispose of her’-Egeus
links to the elizabethan time when women were treated like an object (=patriarchy)
‘so is _______’- _____
‘so is Lysander’-Hermia
Hermia is bold enough to talk back to the duke (Theseus) and contrasts with Hippolyta who cannot resist to marry Theseus
‘You have her father’s ____, Demetrius; Let me have _______’ -________
‘You have her father’s love, Demetrius; Let me have Hermia’s’ -Lysander
‘_____ flies, and Daphne holds the ______’ -_________
‘Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase’ -Helena
It is is Gender reverse. Helena is pursuing Demetrius which goes against gender rules.
Uses allusion to Daphne and Apollo: Apollo chases Daphne because he is in love with her.
Tarry, ____ wanton! Am ___ I thy ___? (___)
Tarry, rash wanton! Am not I thy Lord? (Oberon)
Ill met by ____, ____ Titania (_____)
Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania (Oberon)
I am your ____ (____, Act __ Scene 1)
I am your Spaniel (Helena, Act 2 scene 1)
To you ___ father should be as a ____ (Theseus, Act __ Scene __)
To you your father should be as god (Theseus, Act 1 Scene 1)
The ______ of _____ love _____ did run ______
The course of true love never did run smooth
-Lysander