ACT I
Theseus reminds Hermia that she must gain her father’s ______ if she wishes to marry Lysander.
What is consent?
Oberon and Titania’s ______ over the changeling boy disrupts the natural world and sets the conflict in motion.
What is quarrel?
In Act III, Helena accuses Hermia of ______, believing she has joined the others in winning Lysander’s affection and turning him against her.
What is envy?
Upon discovering the chaos caused by Puck’s mistake, Oberon seeks to ______ the situation by restoring the lovers to their proper affections.
What is amend?
In Act V, Theseus offers his own ______ of the lovers’ story, suggesting their experiences may be nothing more than imagination.
What is interpretation?
At the start of the play, Helena is filled with ______ as she laments Demetrius’s rejection and her unreturned love.
What is melancholy?
Oberon takes ______ on Helena after witnessing Demetrius reject her, prompting him to intervene with magic.
What is pity?
Convinced she is the target of a cruel joke, Helena interprets the sudden declarations of love from both men as deliberate ______.
What is mockery?
With the enchantments reversed, Theseus returns to Athens determined to reestablish ______ among the couples through lawful marriage.
What is order?
The performance of Pyramus and Thisbe invites ______ on the nature of love and the contrast between illusion and reality.
What is reflection?
Throughout the play, Helena shows steadfast ___________ for winning the heart of Demetrius as her love never wains for him.
Oberon instructs Puck to use a magical flower to ______ Titania so that she falls in love with the first creature she sees.
What is bewitch?
By the end of Act III, any hope for ______ among the four lovers has dissolved as accusations and confusion escalate.
What is reconciliation?
Moved by Titania’s humiliation and her release from the spell, Oberon demonstrates ______ by lifting the enchantment placed upon her.
What is compassion?
The nobles’ running commentary during the play serves as a form of ______, as they evaluate and react to the actors’ performance.
What is critique?
Egeus expects Hermia to use more ______ by obeying his wishes rather than following her own desires.
What is discretion?
Puck’s mistake in Act II causes him to ______ Lysander, leading him to fall in love with Helena instead of Hermia.
What is deceive?
After his transformation, Bottom becomes an object of ______, though he remains blissfully unaware of his altered appearance.
What is ridicule?
For the lovers, waking in the forest brings a moment of ______, as they struggle to understand what has truly occurred during the night.
What is revelation?
Through exaggerated acting and absurd dialogue, the mechanicals’ play functions as a ______ of tragic love stories.
What is satire?
The lovers experience confusion and ______ as Puck’s magic causes their affections to shift unpredictably.
What is vexation?
Puck’s decision to ______ in the affairs of the Athenian lovers only deepens the confusion in the forest.
What is meddle?
Under the influence of the love potion, Lysander’s sudden ______ for Helena highlights the irrational and fleeting nature of enchanted love.
What is infatuation?
By the end of Act IV, the resolution of conflict between the lovers and the fairies restores a sense of ______ to both the natural and human worlds.
What is harmony?
Puck’s final speech reminds the audience that the events of the play are ______, like a dream that fades upon waking.
What is ephemeral?