Midsummer Night's Dream

Question 1

who is egeus?

Answer 1

Hermia’s father

Question 2

what is the name of the Duke?

Answer 2

Theseus

Question 3

who is Theseus’ wife?

Answer 3

Hippolyta

Question 4

who is Hippolyta

Answer 4

wife of Theseus, queen of Amazons

Question 5

who is philostrate?

Answer 5

master of revels to the Athenian court (lowkey idk when he appears)

Question 6

who is Hermia? who is she in love with?

Answer 6

daughter of egeus, in ove with Lysander

Question 7

who is Lysander? who is he in love with?

Answer 7

in love w hermia

Question 8

who is Demetrius? who is he in love with?

Answer 8

in love w hermia, egeus’ choice as a husband for hermia

Question 9

who is Helena? who is she in love with?

Answer 9

in love with Demetrius

Question 10

who is nick bottom?

Answer 10

a weaver who plays Pyramus

Question 11

who is peter quince?

Answer 11

a caarpenter who speaks the prologue

Question 12

who is Francis Flute?

Answer 12

a bellows-mender (repairs bellows, which are mechanical air pumps that blow air into furnaces) who plays Thisbe

Question 13

who is Tom Snout?

Answer 13

a TInker (to travel around and repair household items, such as pots and pans, using metalworking skills) who plays Wall

Question 14

who is Robin Starveling?

Answer 14

a tailor who plays moonshine

Question 15

who is Snug?

Answer 15

a joiner (creates and installs wooden structures, fittings, and furniture for buildings) who plays Lion

Question 16

what is Puck’s other name?

Answer 16

Robin Goodfellow

Question 17

name all of Titania’s fairies

Answer 17

peaseblossom, cobweb, moth, mustardseed

Question 18

summarise act 1 scene 1

Answer 18

• Theseus and Hippolyta talk about their impending wedding - can’t wait, themes of patriarchy, conflict fo sexes, theme of love established, motif of moon
• introduction of arranged marriage between H and D
• images fo sterility and infertility used by Theseus
• theseus talks to Hermia
• bit of confrontation between D and L
• H and L decide to run away - love is refrenced as a chaotic force and it is temporary, use of stychomythia, anphora to build intensity
• H tells Helena that they are running away - stychomythia about Demetrius
• helena’s soliloquy about jealousy and love for demetrius

Question 19

who is Phoebe?

Answer 19

another name for the goddess Diana (moon)

Question 20

what is stychomythia?

Answer 20

2 characters alternate lines of verse (usually in an argument) to show they are of one mind, close

Question 21

what is anapohora?

Answer 21

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses/ in this case lines?

Question 22

who is the carthage queen? why is this used?

Answer 22

dido - a story of betrayed unrequited love. it is used by Hermia to remind Lysander of the darker side of love and is an implied threat

Question 23

who is venus the goddess of ?

Answer 23

love

Question 24

what did the moon signify in Elizabethan times?

Answer 24

the area betweent the moon and earth (sublunary world) was imperfect, unstable. hence, death, decay can’t eb avoided on earth and love proves to be impermanent and unreliable
- as a symbol of inconsistency and imperfection, the moon is relevant to rapidly changing alliegences of Demetrius and Lysander

Question 25

what does the motif of the moon signify?

Answer 25

night, dreaming, magic, darkness, linking to the rest of the story. Instability of love, associated with hightened emotions, madness

Question 26

give a summary of act 2 scene 1

Answer 26

A group of craftsmen, including quince, bottom, flute, starveling, snout, prepare to perform in the celebration leading up to Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding. Bottom tries to control the meeting and tries to get himself to be assigned more parts e.g., Thisbe, Lion

Question 27

what is the story to pyramus and thisbe about?

Answer 27

it tells the story of two lovers, separated by their parents’ feud, who speak to each other at night through a hole in a wall. In the play, a lion surprises Thisbe one night and tatters her mantle before she escapes. When Pyramus finds the shredded garment, he assumes that the lion has killed Thisbe; stricken with grief, he commits suicide. When Thisbe finds Pyramus’s bloody corpse, she too commits suicide.

Question 28

where does the comedy come from with the carpenters?

Answer 28

there is a dijunc between how good they think they are vs what they actually are. there is an expectation they will be good as they’re playing for the Duke and Duchess, however Bottom’s bad execution proves otherwise, making it comedic

Question 29

what is malapropism?

Answer 29

accidentaly using the wrong word when trying to sound more educated, in turn sounding ridiculous

Question 30

who uses malapropism? what is its effect?

Answer 30

the mechanicals. it is comedic e.g., saying Ercles instead of Hercules, Phibbus instead of Phoebus (the sun god), saying condole, lamentable comedy (oxymoron), wedding day at night, call them generally, man by man etc..
(failed attempts at classical references)

Question 31

who uses prose? what does this show?

Answer 31

the mechanicals - no consistent rhythm or rhyme, hints they are less educated. it is mainly used to share narratives and convey information

Question 32

who uses verse? what deos this show?

Answer 32

the Athenians, there is a consistent rhythm, creating aesthetic beauty and evokes more emotion, hinting that they are more educated, higher class (and discuss loftier subjects)

Question 33

summarise act 2 scene 1

Answer 33

In the forest, two fairies, one a servant of Titania, the other a servant of Oberon, meet by chance. Oberon’s servant tells Titania’s to be sure to keep Titania out of Oberon’s sight, for the two are very angry with each other. Titania, he says, has taken a little Indian prince as her attendant, and the boy is so beautiful that Oberon wishes to make him his knight. Titania, however, refuses to give the boy up.
this sets up tension

Titania’s servant is delighted to recognize Oberon’s servant as Robin Goodfellow, better known as Puck, a mischievous sprite notorious for his pranks and jests. Puck admits his identity and describes some of the tricks he plays on mortals.
Oberon and Titania argue over an Indian boy. Oberon, enlisting the help of Puck, decides to use a magical juice which causes a person to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking up.
demetrius and helena fight

Question 34

who are puck and Titania’s fairy characterised?

Answer 34

puck - immature, tricksy, prrankster, rebellious, anarchic, mischieveious, boardy, arrogant
fairy- loyal, obedient, meticulous, precise, innocent, busy, tired, disapproves of puck , apprectiation for beauty, association to nature, dedication to titania

Question 35

what does Titania reveal about the power of the faries in Act 2 scene 1?

Answer 35

they can destroy/make human relationships, showing their meddling nature, forshadowing what happens next.
all the workers of farmers have been ruined as it rot, wind is upset, moon is putting disease into air - showing their destructive love and the effect they are having on humans

Question 36

who is Antiopa? why is she referenced?

Answer 36

Hippolyta’s sister. Oberon accuses Titania of cheating on him with Theseus, having led his away from Perigenia, Aegles, Ariadnem and Antiopa

Question 37

what does the personification of nature in Titania’s long speech in A2Sc1 do?

Answer 37

gives a sense of supernatural intimacy with the fairy world. she also uses apocolyptic imagery

Question 38

who is the fair vestal referencing?

Answer 38

elizabeth the first

Question 39

summarise act 2 scene 2

Answer 39

Titania falls asleep. Oberon squeezes the love juice into her eyes.
Lysander and Hermia are getting ready to go to sleep - Lysander tries to sleep with her. Then Puck enters and thinks that this is Helena and Demetrius and squeezes the love juice. Then Helena and Demetrius enter running. Demetrius runs away, Hermia is dramatic and uses hyperbolic language, calling herself ugle etc. etc.. Lysander wakes up, falls in love with her, Helena doesn’t believe him, Lysander continues. They bothe leave and Hermia wakes up alone fro a nightmare.