Who said that?
"While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, / And stick musk-roses in thy sleek smooth head, / And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy"
Titania
Why are the workmen so worried about Bottom’s absence in Act IV?
They think no one else can be a good Pyramus, and they can't perform without him. They also wouldn't be able to make any money without a full cast putting on the show.
Why does Titania give Oberon the page/servant?
Because she was under the love-in-idleness potion.
And like Limander am I trusty still
malapropism
What play are the Rude Mechanicals putting on?
Pyramus and Thisbe
"Truly, a peck of provender, I could munch your good dry oats. Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay."
Bottom
Director of the play in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the Prologue
Peter Quince
Who is in love with Hermia by the end of the act?
Lysander
He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast
alliteration
Why was Theseus intrigued by the Rude Mechanicals' play?
The title was oxymoronic; how can a play be both tragic and comedic?
"You young couples will join Hippolyta and me in our wedding ceremony."
Theseus
How do the men react to Bottom's late arrival to rehearsal?
They are relieved.
What does Theseus tell the two couples they can do?
Get married alongside him in a triple wedding.
Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt
Allusion
What does Puck ask the audience to do in terms of the play and how to think of it?
Think of it as if it was a dream you saw while sleeping.
"I then did ask of her her changeling child, / Which straight she gave me"
Oberon
When Bottom wakes up, what does he want to do?
Write a ballad (song) about his dream.
What does Demetrius admit to Hermia's father?
He knew of Lysander and Hermia's plan and followed them OR that he now loves Helena, not Hermia
"die, die, die, die, die"
"No die, but an ace for him"
Pun
What does Bottom keep doing as he is performing that is not typical of actors to do?
Breaking character and breaking the fourth wall to address the audience as they talk.
"My lord, I shall reply amazedly, / Half sleep, half waking; but as yet, I swear, / I cannot truly say how I came here"
Lysander
What did the nobility end up thinking about the Rude Mechanicals' play by the end?
It was so offensively bad that they were charmed by it.
How do the four Athenians explain why they slept in the woods?
They cannot explain how they got to the woods.
"most tragical mirth"
Oxymoron
What do Titania and Oberon (and the other fairies) do for the newlywed couples?
Bless their homes, loves, and future children.