Characters Galore
This character is hopelessly in love with Demetrius at the beginning of the play.
Who is Helena?
Known as PUCK in the play, give the full name of this jester fairy that takes pleasure in tricking village women, spoiling beer, and playing pranks on mortal humans.
Who is (ROBIN) GOODFELLOW?
“What, jealous Oberon! Fairies, skip hence.”
Who is Titania?
Name the literary device that best represents this line" “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows…” (Oberon, Act II).
What is imagery?
This character believes he is the GREATEST ACTOR OF ALL TIME.
Who is (Nick) Bottom?
Assigned by Oberon to apply magic potion to an Athenian man's eyes, Puck mistakenly applies it to this young lover because he was wearing Athenian clothes.
Who is LYSANDER?
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
Who is Lysander?
The line “So we grew together, like to a double cherry…” (Hermia, Act III) demonstrates this literary device.
What is simile?
DOUBLE! These two characters are married. 300 points per correct answer.
Who are Oberon and Titania (fairy king and queen)?
Puck knows something about Lysander's enchantment that Lysander himself does not, creating this dramatic technique.
What is dramatic irony?
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.”
Who is Helena?
“The moon, methinks, looks with a watery eye.” (Chorus, Act I) is an example of this literary device.
What is personification?
In Act III Titania wakes under the influence of the love potion and immediately falls in love with this specific quality of Bottom.
What is his beautiful (angelic) singing voice?
DOUBLE! Puck's actions repeatedly blur the boundary between these two things.
What are illusion and reality?
“I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove.”
Who is (Nick) Bottom?
The contrast between Athens and the magical forest represents Shakespeare's use of this literary device.
What is juxtaposition?
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This character wants Hermia to marry Demetrius.
Who is Egeus?
This is what Shakespeare intended to show about love by making Puck responsible for so many problems instead of having human characters do it themselves.
What is that love is irrational / unpredictable / chaotic?
“This falls out better than I could devise.”
Who is Puck?
This poetic device best describes the line "The pale companion is not for our pomp.” (Theseus, Act I)
What is alliteration (pale / pomp)?
This English monarch was on the throne when Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream. I need the name of the monarch OR the historical era.
What is Queen Elizabeth I / The Elizabethan era?