The Plot Thickens
This magical mistake causes the lovers to fall for the wrong people.
What is Robin putting the love potion on the wrong eyes?
Translate: "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
What is "Love isn't about physical appearance; it's about how we think."?
This celestial body stands for change, love, and the passage of time.
What does the moon symbolize?
In love with Demetrius, though he does not return her feelings—at first.
Who is Helena?
This is the genre the play belongs to.
What is comedy?
This setting shift introduces a magical space of freedom, different from the order of the city.
How does the setting change from Athens to the forest?
Translate: "I am not an angel, but a woman."
What is "I am a woman, not an angel."?
This natural setting symbolizes freedom, transformation, and magic.
What does the forest symbolize?
Young man deeply in love with Hermia.
Who is Lysander?
He is the author of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Who is William Shakespeare?
These characters create chaos using magic and ultimately help resolve the lovers’ confusion.
What role do the fairies play in the development of the plot?
Translate: "All the world's a stage."
What is "Life is like a play."?
These blur the line between reality and illusion and mirror the chaos of love.
What is the significance of dreams in the play?
This character is humorously transformed into a donkey.
Who is Nick Bottom?
The theater "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was performed in.
What is "The Globe"?
This conflict involves a power struggle over a changeling boy, leading to jealousy between two magical beings.
What is the conflict between Oberon and Titania?
Translate: "The course of true love never did run smooth."
What is "True love is never easy."?
This group represents the common man and explores the theme of art and performance.
What do the mechanicals represent in the play?
Hermia’s arranged husband.
Who is Lysander?
These actors were cast to play Hermia, Helena, Titania, and Hippolyta.
What are young male actors?
This part of the play includes the reconciliation of the lovers, the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta, and the fairies' blessing.
What are the main events leading to the resolution of the play?
Translate: "Though she be but little, she is fierce."
What is "Even though she is small, she is powerful."?
This flower represents the unpredictable nature of love.
What does the flower “love-in-idleness” symbolize?
He is the King of the Fairies.
Who is Oberon?
This is when A Midsummer Night’s Dream was written.
What is approximately 1595–1596?