A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Quote Revision Flashcards

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’How ____ This old _____ wanes!’ -________

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’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

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‘As ____ is mine, I may ______ of her’- _______

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‘As she is mine, I may dispose of her’-Egeus

links to the elizabethan time when women were treated like an object (=patriarchy)

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‘so is _______’- _____

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‘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

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‘You have her father’s ____, Demetrius; Let me have _______’ -________

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‘You have her father’s love, Demetrius; Let me have Hermia’s’ -Lysander

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‘_____ flies, and Daphne holds the ______’ -_________

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‘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.

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Tarry, ____ wanton! Am ___ I thy ___? (___)

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Tarry, rash wanton! Am not I thy Lord? (Oberon)

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Ill met by ____, ____ Titania (_____)

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Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania (Oberon)

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I am your ____ (____, Act __ Scene 1)

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I am your Spaniel (Helena, Act 2 scene 1)

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To you ___ father should be as a ____ (Theseus, Act __ Scene __)

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To you your father should be as god (Theseus, Act 1 Scene 1)

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The ______ of _____ love _____ did run ______

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The course of true love never did run smooth
-Lysander

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