Characterization
The "P" in PAIRS
What is Physical Appearance?
A broad idea that gives the story a subject
What is a topic?
A type of conflict... Hermia in conflict with Thesius
What is man vs. society?
The location of the first part of the play
What is Athens, Greece?
The options given to Hermia if she does not marry Demetrius
What is death or a convent?
The "I" in PAIRS
What is Inner Thoughts?
A narrow idea that gives the develops a topic into a message
What is a theme?
A type of conflict... Lysander in conflict with Demetrius
What is man vs. man?
The location of part three
What is the woods outside of Athens?
"Everywhere men are suffering"
What is the effect of Titania and Oberon's quarrel?
The "R" in PAIRS
What is Reactions?
Marriage is a business
What is a major theme from A Midsummer Night's Dream?
A type of conflict... Hermia in conflict with Helena
What is man vs. man?
The three elements of setting
What is time, place, and mood?
The master of revels
Who is Philostrate?
When the author says what the character is. ("The small, old, cranky lady was mean and bitter.")
What is Direct Characterization?
Love, Death, Time, Law
What are examples of topics from A Midsummer Night's Dream?
How does the conflict with Hermia and Thesius resolve?
Thesius allows her to marry Lysander and does not punish her
The time (date) and environment (atmosphere) of the majority of the play
It is set in ancient times (Ancient Greece). The majority is during the night time.
The reason Pyramis believed that Thisbe had been killed
What is he saw/seeing the torn up cloak on the ground?
When the author reveals details about the character without stating the explicitly. (Everyone in the school thought that Harry Potter was shy and timid, but Hermoine and Ron knew differently.)
What is indirect characterization?
A repeated idea that reinforces a theme
What is a motif?
How does that conflict with Lysander and Demetrius resolve?
Lysander is no longer in love with Helena, and loves Hermia again. Puck uses the magic flower on Demetrius, and makes him fall in love with Helena.
The main way that setting impacts the story
What is mood?
The item the players used to find out what the moon would be like on the night of the play
What is an almanac?