A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Summary

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1

Answer 1

• Duke Theseus is looking toward marrying Hippolyta (Queen of Amazons)
• Egeus wants Hermia to marry Demetrius by Hermia loves Lysander
• Lysander persuades Hermia to run away with him
• They share their plan with Helena but Helena decides to tell Demetrius about it

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 2

Answer 2

• Six mechanicals from Athens have decided to stage a play (to celebrate the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta)- Peter Quince takes charge
• Bottom is full of confidence thinking that he can take any roles from the play
• the mechanicals agree to meet for a secret rehearsal at night

Question 3

Act 2 Scene 1

Answer 3

• Fairy Queen meets Puck (servant of the Fairy king)
• Fairy king and Queen accuse eachother for their unfaithfulness
• Oberon demands Titania to hand him the changling boy: Titania refuses
• Oberon instructs Puck to find a magic flower for revenge

Question 4

Act 2 scene 2

Answer 4

• Demetrius comes to the woods to find Hermia
• Oberon sees Demetrius and Helena and have pitty on Helena
• Decides to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena
• Puck mistakenly puts the juice on Lysander’s eyes (thinking he is Demetrius) and he falls in love with Helena
• Helena thinks that he is mocking her
• Hermia wakes up from the nightmare and is shocked to find Lysander missing

Question 5

Act 3 scene 1

Answer 5

• Puck transforms Nick Bottom’s head into an ass
• Bottom’s friends flee in terror
• Titania sees Bottom and falls in love with him because of the love juice

Question 6

Act 3 Scene 2

Answer 6

• Puck and Oberon put the potion on Demetrius (the right person now) and now he falls in love with Helena
• Helena believes that the men are mocking her
• Hermia threatens Helena for stealing Lysander away from her
• Demetrius and Lysander fights over Helena

Question 7

Act 3 Scene 3

Answer 7

• eventually falls asleep
• Puck squeezes the love posion onto Lysander’s eyelids (so he can love Hermia again)

Question 8

Act 4 Scene 1

Answer 8

• Oberon removes the spell from Titania
• Theseus and Hippolyta arrives and wake the young Athenians
• They can’t remember the previous night
• Demetrius loves Helena and Lysander loves Hermia

Question 9

Act 4 scene 2

Answer 9

• The mechanicals gather in Athens
• Bottom returns and shares his story
• The mechanicals has to perform the play

Question 10

Act 5 scene 1

Answer 10

• Theseus and Hippolyta discuss the mertis of the story that the young Athenians lovers have told
• They together watch the poorly performed play by the mechanicals

Question 11

Act 5 Scene 2

Answer 11

• Puck enters and says that as the night has fallen, the fairies will come to the castle
• Oberon and Titinia enter and bless the palace and the lovers

Question 12

Epilogue

Answer 12

• Puck makes a final address to the audience that if the play was offending, remember it simply as a dream

Question 13

Why is this play a Comedy?

Answer 13

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