Definitions Part I
The written words of the play that the actors follow.
Script
A long speech where a character shares their inner thoughts while alone on the stage.
Soililoquy
In Scene 2, Bottom, Quince, and Snug are all assigned a specific ________ to play in "Pyramus and Thisbe."
Role
In the script, when you see the words (Enter PUCK), these are ________ and should not be spoken by the actor. (
Stage Directions
Theseus gives Hermia three choices: marry Demetrius, face execution, or live the rest of her life as a ________.
Nun
A conversation between two or more characters on stage
Dialogue
A long speech delivered when a character is speaking to other characters.
Monologue
In Scene 1, Egeus, Theseus, and Hermia are all talking together about who Hermia should marry. This is an example of ________.
Dialogue
If Puck were to turn away from Oberon and whisper a funny comment to the audience that Oberon couldn't hear, it would be a(n) ________.
Aside
This is the character who "tells on" Hermia and Lysander by informing Demetrius of their secret plan to run away.
Helena
A part of a drama that takes place at a singular place and time; it is a smaller part of an Act.
Scene
A drama that doesn’t involve a lot of death and usually has a happy ending.
Comedy
When Helena is left alone at the very end of Scene 1 and tells the audience her plan to betray Hermia, she is delivering a(n) ________.
Soliloquy
Scene 3 takes place in the woods. Because the location doesn't change for the duration of this section, it is considered one ________.
Scene
This character wants to play every single part in the play "Pyramus and Thisbe," including the Lion and the Lady.
Bottom
This is the specific part or character played by an actor.
Role
A play that essentially ends in death.
Tragedy
Because this play is about mismatched lovers and funny mistakes (and doesn't end in a funeral!), it is classified as a(n) ________.
Comedy
If an audience member knows that Puck has put the juice on the wrong person's eyes, but the characters on stage don't realize the mistake yet, it's called ________.
Dramatic Irony
Oberon and Titania are fighting because they both want custody of a "changeling" boy from this country.
India
Instructions in parentheses or italics that tell an actor what to do; these are NOT read aloud.
Stage Directions
An exaggerated portrayal of a type of person.
Stereotype
Peter Quince has to be very careful about his [Diction], which means the specific ________ he chooses and how clearly he speaks them.
Diction
Some of the characters, like the "Bumbling Actor" or the "Stern Father," might be seen as a(n) ________, or an exaggerated version of a type of person.
Stereotype
Oberon sends Puck to find a specific flower that was hit by Cupid’s arrow; what is the special power of this flower's juice?
It makes you fall in love with the first thing that you see.