Act IV Random
What does Oberon confess to Puck while watching Titania and Bottom sleep?
That he feels sorry for Titania and what he’s put her through. He thinks it’s time to reverse the love potion. He also asks Puck to change the 4 Athenians
back to the way they should be...Hermia/Lysander, and Demetrius/Helena.
Who wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream?
William Coyne... ok Shakespeare
What reconciliation is reached, and why is Egeus upset?
Theseus decides that since the two couples have declared their love for each other that it no longer makes sense to force Hermia to marry Demetrius. He’s in a loving mood, so instead he decides they should all get married. That day. At his wedding
What theme is reinforced by Hippolyta and Theseus’s exchange at the beginning of Act V?
Mystery/Fantasy
What does Oberus want the lovers to believe when they wake up?
He thinks when they wake up, they should all believe it was all a dream
Name two US Presidents not buried in the United States?
Clinton
Bush
Obama
Trump
Biden
Tell me a joke.
Free 200 points.
What do all the lovers discuss in the beginning of Act V?
They discuss how unlikely it is that the events
actually happened as Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrius say they did...but it also seems highly unlikely that they could all make up something so
wild and stick to their story all together. A dream seems unlikely as well, since they all experienced it together
What is implausible about Theseus’s explanation for the lovers’ being in the woods?
Theseus thinks that they were up early to celebrate May Day. But the timing is all wrong for May Day. The timing is off in this scene because they wake up on
The Wedding Day (Theseus and Hippolyta) but it doesn’t seem like 4 days have passed
What is significant about the return to Athens?
Athens represents reality. They are returning to the real world after their sojourn in fairyland.
How does Bottom remember his experiences?
Bottom thinks it was all a dream.
Why does Theseus agree to see the mechanicals play despite Philostrate’s protests?
He sees that they are average men who are trying to do something out of their comfort zone and he wants to celebrate that. Also....he wants to see just how bad it is.
What reconciliation is reached, and why is Egeus upset?
Theseus decides that since the two couples have declared their love for each other that it no longer makes sense to force Hermia to marry Demetrius. He’s in a loving mood, so instead he decides they should all get married. That day. At his wedding. A little impulsive, no?
What are the sources for humor in the play-within-the-play put on by The Mechanicals?
The actors are horrible. They explain everything to the audience. The audience is commenting, as sometimes happens during a performance, and at times, the actors stop and answer their questions, totally forgetting that they’re on stage to perform a play!
At one point, the actor playing “moonlight” yells at the audience even!
What does Bottom have done with this "dream experience"?
He decides that he should ask Peter Quince
to turn it into a song that he can sing at the end of their performance of Pyramus & Thisbe at the royal wedding, right after Thisbe dies.
What is the purpose of an apology at the end of a comedy?
Shakespeare apologizes at the end of the play through Puck in case anyone was offended by his representation of people in their society. By letting them know that it was all in good fun, and he was just joking, he’s hoping that no one takes his story/play too seriously. Which is interesting because he *just* had a character explain why an apology isn’t necessary at the end of a play.
What is Mr. Breckles Middle Name?
Frederick
What do the fairies say about the three couples at the end of the play?
That since the fairies messed with their lives, they will now be blessed. Their lives will be happy, their marriages full of love, and their children will be healthy
and obedient.
What is the name of Bottom's song and why?
“Bottom’s Dream”.....not because it was literally Bottom’s dream....but “because it hath no bottom”.
What is the only U.S. state that ends with the letter 'K'
New York