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 * __ Act I, Scene 1 __**

Hippolyta's reasoning concerning the next four days is that they will go by very quickly as, "Four days will quickly steep themselves in night." Theseus' reasoning is that the next four days will pass by very slowly as, "Four happy days bring in another moon. But O, methinks, how slow this old moon wanes!"
 * __ 1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? __**

Egeus has brought Hermia and the two suitors to Theseus because there is a conflict between the three, as Hermia and Lysander love each other while Egeus wants her daughter to wed Demetrius. Egeus has brought them to Theseus to straighten the rules. Egeus expects Theseus to give Hermia three choices; marry Demetrius, hand her over to her father, which she will then be killed, or become a nun.
 * __ 2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? __**

The proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus is that the women/daughters must obey her father at all times. Thesues' ruling concerning Hermia is that she must follow this proper role in the Athenian society and to obey her father's wishes and marry Demetrius, or she will be taken under by her father, or become a nun.
 * __ 3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia? __**

Lyander's comment complicates thing because it then brings up that Demetrius' love may not be true to Hermia and that he may still love Helena as Lysander's love seems more true to Hermia at that moment. When things turn for the worst, Lysander finally says, " Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, and won her soul," which slightly changes the situation as Theseus has heard much about his love for Helena.
 * __ 4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? __**

Lysander and Hermia decide to run away and out into the forests of Athens to get wed at Lysander's aunt's house where they will then be free from the situation. Lysander explains that, "Tomorrow night when Phoebe doth behold, her silver visage in the watery glass, deking with liquid pearl the bladed grass, a time that lovers' flights doth still conceal, through Athens' gates have we devised to steal."
 * __ 5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena? __**

Helena decides to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander's plans as she thinks that Demetrius' thought's will clear up and decide that he thinks of how much trouble Helena has gone through to win him and that Hermia and Lysander are already deep in love. Another reason she decides to tell him is because she thinks that he will be so angry that he'll give up on them as he will think that they are too deep in love.
 * __ 6. Even though Helena loves Demetrius and is Hermia’s best friend, why does she decide to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander’s plans? __**

Hermia's basic dilemma is that she will either have to wed Demetrius, or be taken under by her father, Egeus. The other choices Lysander suggests is that he marries Hermia and Demetrius marries Helena. Hermia agrees with this idea and they decide to meet up the following night in the forest outside of Athens where they will get wed,
 * __ 7. Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest? __**


 * __ Act I, Scene 2 __**

Nick Bottom wants to play all the parts because he is very confident in his acting skills and always wants to be in the spotlight. He also thinks the other actors are not as competent as he is and wants to play all the parts in the play. This scene is funny because it is very ironic how they are meeting tomorrow night in the forest outside of Athens and Lysander and Hermia are meeting in the exact same place to get married that same night.
 * __ 8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? __**
 * __ 9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? __**

The actors are supposed to meet in the forest outside the city of Athens to rehearse the play together because they do not want to be, "dogged with company." Lysander and Hermia are supposed to meet in the forest outside of Athens as well to get married at Lysander's aunt's house.
 * __ 10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? __**

I would describe Bottom's acting abilities mediocre as he forgets some parts and phrases, but he is overconfident in his acting abilities as he says, "That will ask some tears in the true performing of it. If I do it, let the audience I will move storms; I will condole in some measure." In his opinion, Bottom thinks that he is a great actor and can impress anyone with his acting abilities.
 * __ 11. How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? __**

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 * __ Act 1 Podcast __**
 * __ By Jason Poon and Zane Li __**

__** Act II, Scene 1 **__

__** 10. What does the reader find out about the current relationship between Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from Puck and the first fairy? **__ The reader finds out from Puck and the fairy that Oberon and Titania are always quarreling about everything and that when they argue, many unfortunate events occur. Their current relationship is not a good one because they are arguing over the changeling child and many bad events are starting to occur once again.

__** 11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens? **__ Oberon and Titania have been involved with Theseus and Hippolyta in the past by having previous affairs with them as Oberon stated, "Glance at my credit with Hippolyta, Knowing I know thy love to Theseus?". They have come to Athens to attend the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta.

__** 12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? **__ The effects of the quarrel on nature has been the contagious fog, the dying crops in the field, and the nine men's morris is filled up with mud. The effect on the seasons are the changing weather as, "The spring, the summer, the childing autumn, angry winter change..." which means that the seasons conditions are changing. The effect on humans is that they are arguing over living things, like the changeling child. He is only a child and Oberon wants him because he thinks that he is taking Titania's attention away from himself, he also wants to train him to be a warrior.

__** 13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? **__ Titania won't give him the changeling because the cild once belonged to one of Titania's servants who died. Since she had a closer relationship with this servant, she had decided to raise the boy up herself, and to not give in the Oberon's wishes as she knew he was just jealous that the baby was getting more attention than him.

__** 14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? **__ Oberon sends Puck to find a little western flower that had been hit by Cupid's bow which the maidens had called, "love-in-idleness." The effects of the flower were quite wondrous, whoever applied the flower's juice to the eyelids of a sleeping man or woman, when the human awoke, the first living being the human laid eyes on he or she would immediately fall in love with that being.

__** 15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? **__ Oberon plans on using the flower's effects on Titania where there are many hideous creatures living so that she would instantly fall in love with whatever she sets her eyes on first. This was his idea of sweet revenge for of obeying his orders on not giving the changeling to him because he was jealous of all the attention the child was getting.

__** 16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? **__ Helena reacts to Demetrius' verbal abuse by returning all his verbal threats and abuse by changing all his threats to reaons why she loves him and that she accepts all his verbal abuse and it represents how much she loves Demetrius. An example is when Oberon states that, "For I an sick when when I do look on thee." and Helena responds back with a pleasant remark by saying, "And I am sick when I look not on you."

__** 17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? **__ Her response to Demetrius' threats of physical abuse is that she accepts all his physical threats and says that it represents how much she loves Demetrius. An example of Demetrius' verbal abuse is, "And the ill counsel of a desert place with the rich worth of your virginity." and Helena responds with "Your virtue is my privilege. For that it is not night when I do see your face." Which is an example of how she turns one of his physical threats into a statement of how much she loves Demetrius.

__** 18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? **__ Helena's behaviour is inappropriate for Athenian women as they are supposed to get married to someone their father approves of, but she is deeply in love with Demetrius and steeps to the lowest level and compares herself to a dog that belongs to Demetrius. She also ignores Demetrius' wishes and continues to follow him begging to accept her love for him.

__** 19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? **__ Oberon tells Puck to use the flower's liquid to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena as he had experienced the horrid things Demetrius had said to her. So Oberon decided to order Puck to use the flower's effects on both Demetrius and Titania. What he didn't know was that Lysander and Hermia were also in the forest to get married, which was not according to his plan as Puck mistook Lysander for Demetrius as it was a logical guess since there was a man dressed in Athenian clothes and there was also a women with whom Puck thought was Helena.

__** Act II, Scene 2 **__

__** 20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? **__ Oberon wants Titania to fall in love with some vile being because it was his way of seeking sweet revenge on Titania for disobeying him for not giving him the changeling child, which he wanted since he was directing Titania's attention away from himself and towards the changeling child. Oberon also wanted the child to become a warrior by training the boy himself. So his way of revenge was to make Titania fall in love with a hideous living being by using the flower 's effects on Titania.

__** 21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? **__ Hermia insists that Lysander sleep a little ways away from her to show that he was courteous and modest, she also wanted to wait for the wedding before any drastic changes. What they didn't know was that Puck would mistake them for Demetrius and Helena, and many problems would occur.

__** 22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? **__ Puck anoint Lysander's eyes because Lysander matched the description that Oberon had given him, he wore Athenian clothes and was with a women who he assumed was Helena, but was actually Hermia. Oberon also did not know that the couple was in the forest as Lysander and Hermia were secretly getting married in the forest.

__** 23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? **__ Helena's reaction to Lysander's sudden love for her was she was flustered and angry because she thought that he was teasing her since she was following Demetrius around the whole forest trying to make him fall in love with her.

__** 24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? **__ Hermia's dream is a reflection of reality because in her dream, she dreamed that a serpent had ate her heart away. Little did she know that her dreams would soon become a reality as Lysander had now fallen in love with Helena because of the flower's liquid and it's effects.


 * __ Act II Podcast __**
 * __ By Zane Li and Jason Poon __**

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 * __ Act III, Scene 1 __**

The actors are going to write a prologue to tell that "...we will do no harm with our swords, and that Pyramus is not killed indeed." This will inform the audience that Pyramus will not actually be killed in the scene. They will write another prologue that will again inform the audience that is not actually a lion, and the mask will only cover half of Snout's face so the audience can clearly see Snout's face.
 * __ 25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? __**

The actor are going to manage setting the moonlight onto the stage by performing the play on the day when the moon is out, and they will then, "...leave a casement if the great chamber window, where we play, open, and the moon may shine in at the casement. For the wall, they will make one of the actors play as the wall and leave a chink in it so that Pyramus and Thisbe can talk through the chink of the wall.
 * __ 26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? __**

All of the actors run off when Bottom reappears because Puck had played a trick on Bottom and casted a spell on him so that he had the head of an ass, or a horse's head. Which was a plan for Titania to fall in love with this newly transformed Bottom, where he was now a vile beast for her to fall in love with, which Puck thought was the perfect revenge as Oberon had ordered him to lead hideous animals to the area Titania was near.
 * __ 27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? __**

When Puck follows after the other actors, he plans to cause mischief by ruining their play as this was what he was known for doing, which he succeeds in by casting a spell on Bottom by transforming his head into an ass'. This was also a perfect chance since Titania was going to wake up soon, so he then planned on leading him to Titania so that she falls in love with the transformed Bottom.
 * __ 28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? __**

Bottom reacts to Titania and the other fairies with a very terrible idea in his mind. He plans to use this opportunity into one where he can grant every one of his wishes with the fairies being his servants since he discovers that Titania is mysteriously deeply in love with him, which he greatly takes advantage of.
 * __ 29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? __**

What Bottom says is an apt statement at this point in the play because it is relating to Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena's relationship with all of each other as they are all in love with different people. This is also relating to how love can be changed by objects such as the flower that Cupid's bow hit and how it was used on Titania to make her fall in love with a vile beast.
 * __ 30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play? __**


 * __ Act III, Scene 2 __**

Hermia accuses Demetrius of killing Lysander in his sleep, as Hermia says, "And hast thou killed him sleeping? O brave touch!" She accuses him of killing Lysander as he was missing when she woke up, so she assumed that he had been killed by Demetrius since he is supposed to get wed to him and not Lysander, but Demetrius had found out that they were secretly going to get wed from being informed by Helena.
 * __ 31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? __**

Puck and Oberon are going to correct Puck's mistake by anointing Lysander's eyes when he is asleep and to lead Hermia near him since both Lysander and Demetrius love Helena. Once they anoint Lysander's eyes with the flower's juice, he will fall back in love with Hermia and Demetrius will be in love with Helena.
 * __ 32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? __**

Helena is upset and furious when Demetrius says that he loves her because she thinks that he is just mocking her and that it's not "true" love. She cannot trust him saying that he loves her because she had been following him through the woods all this time and he had been cursing her and making very harsh threats that he would kill her. This is not exactly what she had wanted all along as she thinks he is just mocking her.
 * __ 33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? __**

Helena accuses Hermia of joining Lysander and Demetrius in mocking her as she cannot get anyone to love her. She is furious when Hermia says that she is a "...goddess, nymph, divine, and rare, precious, celestial..." because she had been admiring Hermia all this time. Helena finally gives up and just wants to return to Athens, but Lysander and Demetrius are both still deeply in love with her and Hermia is still in love with Lysander, so once Hermia fought back, Lysander and Demetrius both took the side of Helena.
 * __ 34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? __**

Hermia and Helena had been very close in the past as Helena said, "Good Hermia, do not be so bitter with me. I evermore did love you, Hermia," which shows that they had been good friends in the past.
 * __ 35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? __**

Lysander is treating Hermia very poorly now since he had been anointed with the flower's liquid, which made him fall in love with Helena as she was the first person he saw. Hermia cannot believe what he is saying as just the night before, he was wanting to get wed with her as soon as possible.
 * __ 36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? __**

Hermia accuses Helena of taking Lysander away from her, as she says, "O me! you juggler! you canker-blossom!" But Helena truly has done nothing to take Lysander away from her, as what they do not know is that Puck has anointed Lysander's eyes and Helena accidentally woke him up and was the first to be seen by Lysander, which made him instantly in love with her.
 * __ 37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? __**

Helena is afraid of Hermia as she thinks that Hermia is stronger than her even if she is smaller than herself, as she says, "Let her not strike me. You perhaps may think, because she is something lower than myself, that I can match her." Another reason she is afraid of Hermia is that she has both Lysander and Demetrius on her side as they both love her from the flower's effects.
 * __ 38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? __**

Lysander and Demetrius are both going off to a clearer ground to fight for Helena as they are both in love with her since they had both been anointed with the Cupid's flower and are both now in love with Helena who thinks that this is all a joke and they all are mocking her.
 * __ 39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? __**

Oberon orders Puck to trick both Lysander and Demetrius by separating them by impersonating their voices to make them follow him in different directions. After doing so, they would be too tired and lost to find the other until morning, so they both decide to go to sleep, which is what Oberon wants as he wants Lysander to fall back in love with Hermia by leading her to where he is asleep, so that they both are in their rightful couples.
 * __ 40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? __**

Oberon is going to beg Titania for the changeling Indian boy, and once he achieves him, he will undo the flower's charm as he says, "I'll to my queen and beg her Indian boy, and then I will her charmed eye release from monster's view, and all things shall be peace."
 * __ 41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? __**

Oberon doesn't fear the coming of day as most fairies do not have their powers in the day, but both Titania and himself are the most powerful of the fairies and are strong enough to keep their powers throughout the whole day, which means that they will always maintain their powers as he says, "But we are spirits of another sort."
 * __ 42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? __**

Puck's trickery works out perfectly as they both fell for his impersonation of them to each other as Lysander and Demetrius both go in different directions to follow Puck's impersonation. After they were both lost, they decided to wait until morning to find the other to fight, which worked perfectly as all Oberon and Puck need was for Lysander to fall asleep to anoint his eyes with Cupid's flower and to lead Hermia back to Lysander so that they are all in their rightful couples.
 * __ 43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? __**

====**__ Review Question: The climax, or turning point, of A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes at the end of Act 3. In point form describe the major plot points of Act Three starting from when Titania falls in love with Bottom leading to the climax or turning point of the play near the end of act three. __**====

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 * __ ﻿Act III Podcast __**
 * __ By Jason Poon and Zane Li __**

**__ Act IV, Scene 1 __**

Bottom has adjusted to the attention from them by thinking that he should have always got this sort of attention and has decided to play along with this so he can continue to be served like a king while allowing Titania to be around him in exchange for ordering the other fairies under Titania.
 * __ 44. How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? __**

Oberon's reaction to Titania's infatuation with Bottom is that he has become jealous of how much attention Bottom is getting from Titania, like how she gave so much attention to the changeling boy. Another reaction from Oberon is that he also feels bad for Titania since this was all his doing from the beginning, and decides to undo the spell.
 * __ 45. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom? __**

Oberon will explain to Titania that she actually did love an ass and that was where her love lied. But she then said that, "O, how mine eyes do loathe his visage now!" After, Oberon says to Titania that music shall be played and to dance to music until she is charmed to sleep.
 * __ 46. What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her? __**

They are all out in the woods early in the morning searching for Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia and Helena since they had all gone missing and Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding is nearing.
 * __ 47. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning? __**

Theseus's first explanation of why they are asleep int he woods is that they came to the woods, from hearing their intent, to escape and came to the forest in "...grace of our solemnity." But they still decide to wake them up to discuss what shall be done to Hermia.
 * __ 48. What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods? __**

Demetrius explains that, "...my love to Hermia, melted as the snow," and that it was not true love and it melted away. He compares his love for Hermia to an illness as he explains that, "But, like a sickness, did I loathe this food. But, as in health, come to my natural taste, now I do wish it, love it, long for it." Which means that his love for Hermia has turned into loathing her.
 * __ 49. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness? __**

Theseus's decision is that he will allow the two couples to marry whoever they want to marry and to not let Egeus get in the way of how he wants Hermia to marry Demetrius. His original decision was to find the 4 young people and give Hermia over to Egeus to decide what is to be done with her.
 * __ 50. What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people? __**

The young people can't be sure if they are awake or dreaming because they, "...I see these things with parted eye, when everything seems double." and they also got what they wished for which was to marry the one that Egeus and Theseus don't approve of.
 * __ 51. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming? __**

Bottom also believes hat he has had a dream because he has woken up in the woods with nothing around him. He dreamed that he was an ass, and all of what had happened was just a dream. He was going to use this experience and create a new play called "Bottom's Dream," because it had no bottom, and to sing it before the Duke.
 * __ 52. Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke? __**


 * __ Act IV, Scene 2 __**

The opinion of Bottom that the artisans now have on him since they think he is now lost is that he was a good actor and deserves at least sixpence a day for playing Pyramus in the play. They missed many things; they lost becoming men, earning money from acting out the play, but most importantly, Bottom.
 * __ 53. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost? __**

The thing they most regret losing by not being able to perform is Bottom, as he became one of their closest friends and realized that he played an important role in the play, which means that since they lost him, they lost all the things they could have gained, like money and fame.
 * __ 54. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play? __**

The artisans must hurry to the Duke's palace because the Duke is starting to make his way over to where they are going to perform, another reason is that others are starting to arrive like the two or three lords and ladies that are married. But they must hurry because Bottom had just arrived from waking up from what he thought was a dream from his experience.
 * __ 55. Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace? __**


 * __ Extending the Thought Process __**

**__ a) The fourth act opens and ends with Bottom at center stage. What is your opinion of Bottom’s character? How might he be the antithesis, or opposite, of Theseus’s character? __**
My opinion of Bottom's character is that my first impression of him was that he was over confident of his abilities of acting and that he thought that he could take all the parts which was very greedy of him. He also seems to be very egocentric as when he first met Titania, he took advantage of the situation and used Titania's love for him and her power over the fairies to treat himself like a king. Later in the story, my opinion of him changed quite a lot. Throughout the story, he changed from being over confident and egocentric, to being more considerate of others and more unselfish. An example from the story is when he arrived to the meeting place of where his fellow actors were, he accepted them and I thought that Bottom became more considerate of them and looked to them as an equal. He is the opposite of Theseus because he wields a lot of power in their time while Bottom was just a normal citizen, Theseus is also courageous and intelligent, while Bottom does not seem to be one that is the most courageous or intelligent from what I have read in the story.

**__ b) How do most of the dreamers respond to the dream experience upon waking? Which character is changed permanently by the dream experience? __**
Most of the dreamers respond to their dream experience by thinking that it was strange that they all had the same dream and that they all don't remember how they got to where they were. They also said that Methinks I see these things with parted eye, when everything seems doubled." This means that they cannot believe that any of this is real and are wondering how all of them have the same experience in their dream.

**__ c) In this act, several characters look back at prior infatuations with disbelief. What do you think Shakespeare is saying about love and infatuation? __**
Shakespeare's message from the story is that he is trying to say that love and infatuation sometimes mean nothing as it can be changed in an instant by a mere object, which in this case, is the Cupid's flower. Although it can also be changed in reality as some people's decisions can be changed by objects too. Shakespeare is also saying that people love many things in different ways, like Helena's love for Hermia which is saying that they are very close friends.

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 * __ Act IV __**
 * __ By Zane Li and Jason Poon __**

**__ Act V __**

Theseus dismiss' the stories of the four young people by saying that it is all a story and that it was all a strange tale, but he finds it odd how all of them have fallen in love with the person that also loves them. He finally concludes that it is an unknown phenomenon and that they must have been tricked by their own minds as he says, "Such tricks hath strong imagination, that if it would but apprehend some joy, it comprehends some bringer of joy."
 * __ 56. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? __**

Theseus chose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisbe performed by Bottom and the others because he had reasons not to see the other ones like saying it was too old, or not the kind of mood that he wants to watch. This one was also the one that caught his eye as he had seen all the other ones before or similar to it, but this one was the perfect kind of storyline for the time.
 * __ 57. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisbe rather than the other entertainments? __**

Philostrate tried to keep Theseus from seeing the play since he said that he saw them out in the woods practicing and experienced what he thought was a terrible play, as he said, "A play there is, my lord, some ten words long, which is as brief as I have known a play. But by ten words, my lord, it is too long." Which means that he is saying that there should never have been a play to begin with, which is what Philostrate implied.
 * __ 58. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? __**

Theseus meant that nothing can go wrong, when something simple and their duty support it. What he is trying to say is that nothing colossal can go wrong when something so simple, while doing their "duty" of entertaining him. I think that Theseus also is sympathetic towards the actors since they are only middle class and are amateur actors trying to earn money as well as respect by performing a play.
 * __ 59. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? __**

The thing that is accomplished by having a prologue tell the whole story since they are amateur actors and people may not know the meaning of what they are going to enact.
 * __ 60. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact? __**

Shakespeare uses comrnents from the audience to enhance the humour of the play by making the audience comment on how poorly acted the play was, as all of the married couples are criticizing them on what they are doing wrong and what they should have done.
 * __ 61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching? __**

Hippolyta's reaction to the play is that she thinks that the whole play was silly as she says, "This is the silliest stuff that I have ever heard." In the end, she still thinks that it was not a good play and that it was silly of them to perform as she became very impatient saying, "Methinks, she should not use a long one for such a Pyramus. I hope she will be brief."
 * __ 62. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play? __**

Thisbe's final speech is humorous because she already saw his stab himself as Lysander says, "She hath spied him already, with those sweet eyes." Another way that it is humorous is that he did not get stabbed fatally if he were to actually stab himself, which means that he could have been saved, but Thisbe decides to stab herself as well. Theseus mocks how Pyramus stabs himself by saying, "With the help of a surgeon, he might yet recover, and prove an ass."
 * __ 63. In what way is Thisbe’s final speech humorous? __**

Oberon orders the fairies to go, "To the best bride-bed will we, which by us shall blessed be;" which means that they want all of the couples to be blessed by all the fairies. He also wants them to have "true" love for the one they are with so they do not have another wild experience again, as he says, "So shall all the couples three ever true in loving be."
 * __ 64. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do? __**

The purpose of Puck's final speech was to say that they tried to send a theme and a message out to the audience, and if they did not approve or like it, that people should pardon them of their mistake of not informing them well enough. Puck's final speech informing the audience about the purpose was, "And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream, gentles, do not reprehend, if you pardon, we will mend."
 * __ 65. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech? __**


 * __ Extending the thought process: __**


 * __ FInd at least one example of each of the following that occurs during the play within the play. Write down the quote that illustrates example. __**

"For, by the gracious, golden, glittering gleams." "...he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast."
 * __ Excessive Alliteration: __**

This is excessive alliteration because you excessively used the letter "g" by saying, "...gracious, golden, glittering gleams," and also used the letter "b" by saying, "...bravely, broached his boiling bloody breast."

"No, in truth, sir, he should not. "Deceiving me" is Thisbe's cue. She is to enter now, and I am to spy her through the wall. You shall see, it will fall pat as I told you. Yonder she comes."
 * __ Breaking the Play’s Illusion of Reality: __**

This quote is an example of breaking the play's illusion of reality as Pyramus/Bottom is not supposed to interact with the audience since he is reenacting the play "Pyramus and Thisbe". But he had explained to Theseus, who was in the audience, that this was the way it was supposed to be, which is breaking the play's illusion of reality.

"And, like Limander, am I trusty still." "And I like Helen, till the Fates kill me." "Not Shafalus to Procrus, I to you."
 * __ Using the Wrong Word or Name: __**

This is an example of using the wrong word or name as they used the wrong name for Limander and Helen, as they were supposed to be referring to Leander and Hero. For Shafalus and and Procrus, it was a mistaken reference for Cephalus and Procrus.

"O night, O night! Alack, alack, alack!" "O wall, O sweet and lovely wall," "Quail, crush, conclude, and quell!"
 * __ Repeating a Word Excessively: __**

This is an example of repeating a word excessively as they overused the word "O", "Alack".

"Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade, he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast."
 * __ Ridiculous Metaphor: __**

This is a ridiculous metaphor because he is comparing these things to others that are completely ridiculous and are unnecessary to have in the play.

===**__ a) In reading the play-within-a-play, we become the audience for the drama played out by Theseus, Hippolyta, and the others. These performers, in turn, form the audience for the reenactment of Pyramus and Thisbe. How does observing another audience help you understand the relationship between audience and performers? __**===

Observing another audience helped me understand the relationship between the audience and the performers by observing the actions and dialog said by Theseus, Hippolyta, and the others. By observing the audience for the reenactment of Pyramus and Thisbe, I can now understand that the audience will always study and critique the performers and play, as we do today.

===**__ b) Modern television shows often create comic effects by having a silly, innocent, or “clueless” character and a sarcastic, knowing, clever character play off of each other. What examples can you think of? __**=== There are many modern television shows often creating comic effects by having a silly character and a clever one. SOme examples are Family Guy, as Peter is the clueless character while all the others like Lois and Brian are the intelligent ones who are sometimes very sarcastic. Another example is The Big Bang Theory as all of the character except one are extremely intelligent while one is the outcast who's intelligent is "average".

===**__ c) Identify ways in which Pyramus and Thisbe might be unsuitable for a wedding celebration. Are there any ways in which the play might be appropriate? In what ways is the play-within-a-play an ironic commentary on what the two pairs of young lovers (Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia) have gone through earlier? __**=== Pyramus and Thisbe might not be unsuitable for a wedding celebration because in the end of the play, Thisbe decides to commit suicide as Pyramus killed himself thinking that Thisbe had killed herself, which make them unsuitable for a wedding celebration as they are easily persuaded by one another from what I can tell from what the actors performed. Pyramus and Thisbe may be suitable for a wedding celebration as they are also a pair of lovers who died together in the end, which shows their love for each other. The irony in this is that the two pairs of lovers have gone through an unimaginable experience of finding their "true" lover while being separated many times by their true lover, while Pyramus and Thisbe are a pair of young lovers who were separated in the very end by thinking that the other was killed.

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