It's All Greek
This Duke of Athens is preparing for his wedding at the start of the play.
Who is Thesues?
The playful fairy who causes love mix-ups with a magical flower.
Who is Puck?
This play opens as Theseus and this woman prepare for their wedding.
Who is Hippolyta?
The group of craftsmen performs their play for this occasion.
What is Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding?
Bottom's occupation before becoming an actor.
What is a weaver?
This character must choose between obeying her father or following her heart.
Who is Hermia?
The Queen of Fairies.
Who is Titania?
Hermia loves Lysander, but her father wants her to marry someone else.
Who is Demetrius?
This overconfident actor plays Pyramus.
Who is Bottom?
What is a donkey?
This character represents the strict authority of Athenian law and is Hermia's father.
Who is Egeus?
The magical flower used by Puck & Oberon.
What is love-in-idleness?
This woman desperately chases Demetrius through the forest.
Who is Helena?
The play they perform is called this.
What is Pyramus and Thisbe?
Titania falls in love with Bottom because of this.
What is the magic flower's juice?
The story's theme of arranged marriage and love triangles reflects values from this ancient culture.
What is ancient Greek culture?
Oberon & Titania's fight causes chaos in a part of the natural world.
What is weather?
The love potion is meant to fix this couple's relationship, but instead causes confusion.
Who are Demetrius and Helena?
This character plays the role of the Wall in this performance.
Who is Snout?
Bottom believes his experience in the forest was this.
What is a dream?
Hermia and Lysander plan to flee Athens and marry here, away from Athenian law.
What is Forest?
Titania is attended by four fairies who care for Bottom while she is under a spell.
Who are Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed?
By the end of the play, how many weddings are celebrated?
Who is three?
The "play-within-a-play" serves as this type of literary device that mirrors what.
What is parody or dramatic reflection?
Oberon and Puck's interference and tricking humans in the forest show what about power and control.
What is misuse of power?