Vocabulary
What is the meaning of peril?
risk
What is dialogue?
when two or more characters talk to each other
In Act 1 Scene 1, both Demetrius and Lysander love who?
Hermia
Bottom's head was transformed into a ________.
donkey
William Shakespeare wrote plays and ________.
poems
Name a synonym for radiant.
glowing, shining, brilliant
A long speech made by one character is called a ____.
What is the name of Hermia's father?
Egeus
Titania and Oberon were arguing over what?
The custody of an Indian boy.
Shakespeare's plays were performed at the ______ Theater.
Globe
translated
A special type of monologue where the actor is alone on stage talking to themselves is called a ________.
soliloquy
What other name does Puck go by?
Robin Goodfellow
Name a trick that Puck has played for his own amusement(other than transforming Bottom).
Pretending to be a stool and moving out of the way so someone falls over, making travelers lose their way, messing with butter, bewitching a horse,
Shakespeare often wrote his plays in this rhythm, to make it easier to remember lines and to mimic the rhythm of the human heart.
iambic pentameter
Which vocabulary word means clever?
shrewd
What is the name of a word that represents a sound?
onomatopeia
What role is Bottom assigned in the play?
Pyramus
What plan does Lysander develop for him and Hermia, after they meet with Theseus?
To run away to where his aunt lives, where the laws of Athens do not apply, so they can get married there.
What two categories can Shakespeare's plays be divided into?
Tradegies and comedies
Which vocabulary word means stops or blocks?
hinders
What two purposes do stage directions play?
To describe movement on stage and describe emotions the characters may be feeling.
What role is Flute assigned in the play? And why doesn't he want to play that role?
Thisbe because he has a beard coming in
What is the name of the play that Bottom, Quince, and the other workmen are planning to perform for Theseus and Hypolyta's wedding?
The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramis and Thisbe. Or, Pryamis and Thisbe.
Why did Shakespeare often switch the order of the verb and subject? For example: Happy is Hermia.
to emphasize emotions