Who, What, Where, When?
Who is getting married in the first act Scene 1?
Theseus and hippolyta
“But earthlier happy is the rose distilled Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.”
Theseus (Meaning a married woman lives happier on this earth than a virgin.)
In the forest in Act 1, Scene 2, a group of craftsmen prepare to perform in the celebration leading up towhose wedding?
Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding.
Theme that encompasses Shakespeare's creation of a fantastical world of fairies and magic.
Supernatural
What rhyming scheme did Hermia and Helena speak in when they spoke about Demetrius in Act 1, Scene 1?
Rhyming couplets
What is the power of the magic juice?
It makes the one to who it is applied to fall in love with the first thing he/she sees when they wake up.
"The course of true love never did run smooth.”
Lysander (meaning the path of love is never easy.)
The name of the craftsman's play.
Pyramus And Thisbe
The name of the theatre that was reconstructed from an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays.
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare uses what dramatic device when comparing serious, well-spoken characters in Act 1, Scene 1 with clumsy, ridiculous characters in Scene 2?
Contrast
In their argument, what do Oberon and Titania accuse each other of?
Adultery.
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind"
Helena (meaning true love should love one for who they are and keep promises rather than loving someone for beauty/attraction.)
The most obvious example of this theme is the laborers' performance of ‘Pyramus and Thisbe’.
Plays within plays
The name of the character who believes he can play all the parts in the laborer's play.
Bottom Weaver
The name of a holiday celebrating the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Midsummer’s Eve
What is the relationship between Tatiana and the boy's mother?
The boy's mother was a worshipper of Titania's, and died giving birth to him.
"you are that shrewd and knavish sprite"
Fairy (meaning you’re that mischievous and naughty spirit named Robin Goodfellow.)
The laborers' play parodies which two characters' love lives?
Lysander and Hermia
What is Puck's full name?
Robin Goodfellow
In addition to revenge against his wife, Oberon has decided to use the love juice to "rewrite" the tragedy developing between who?
Helena and Demetrius
In the context of Shakespearean times, what is the meaning of changeling?
Fairies were thought to swap children in their cradles. The child substituted for the original child was called a "changeling."
"We should be wooed and were not made to woo."
Helena to Demetrius (meaning we should be pursued. Women weren’t made to be the pursuer.)
The name of the group of workers who are part of an amateur acting cast.
‘The Mechanicals’.
In Greek mythology, Theseus was a demigod. What does this term mean?
The offspring of a god and a human
In Act 1, Scene 2, Bottom compares himself to which ancient Greek mythological hero, famous for his twelve tasks?
Hercules