Character
The King of the fairies.
Who is Oberon?
The characters that have the least variation in voice/tone, come across as flat. (2x points for example)
Who are Helena and Hermia?
Double Points: Both are swooning desparately over men. Makes their characters seem flat.
OE - Summarize Act II in 15 words.
Open-ended.
Important symbol.
Eyes
OE - Why open with the fairies singing Titania to sleep.
Open-ended.
Who said "...leave you your power to draw, and I shall have no power to follow you"?
Who is Helena?
Which line means - I'll circle the earth in a few minutes.
What is "I'll put the girdle round about the earth in forty minutes"?
The one thing Oberon requests to stop their quarrel.
What is the "changling boy?"
Makes the afflicted fall in love with the first person they see.
What is the juice of the purple flower?
Helena in Scene II - talk about it.
She chases someone that doesn't want her - says he can treat her like his dog - and thinks the man that expresses love for her is mocking her.
The spirit of the random frustrations of life.
Who is Puck?
OE - An example of exposition used to tell us what will happen next. (Double points for exact line.)
Open-ended.
Example - when Oberon tells us his plan.
Having once this juice, I'll watch Titania when she is asleep, And drop the liquor of it in her eyes. The next thing then she waking looks upon, Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, On meddling monkey, or on busy ape, She shall pursue it with the soul of love:
Oberon's plan to get the flower turned "purple with love's wound" is an example of. (DOUBLE POINTS)
What is an example of foreshadowing.
Double points: Characteristics of Elizabethan comedy.
Happy ending.
Young couples struggling against outside forces.
Mistaken identity, plot twists, use of puns, and usually a mix of tragedy and humor which make sit difficult at times for modern readers to see it as comedy.
Think of the characteristics of Elizabethan comdey. Give an example from Scene II.
Puck mistaking Lysander for the Athenian Oberon referred to.
Members of the royal guard.
Who are the Pensioners?
(Also, acceptable - Who are the cowslips?)
OE - Craft a line of analysis regarding Voice/Diction (2x points)
Open-ended.
One of the effects of Titania and Oberon's quarrel.
What is__________?
The meaning of "rheumatic diseases do abound."
What is colds, flu, and all diseases thought to be the result of excessive moisture are happening more often?
(Or, at least something close to this.)
Character: The point of having Lysander tell Hermia she is growing weak with their travels, that they should rest, and admits to being lost.
What is to present him as an honest character that is also a gentlemen? What is to show him as a kind character?
OE - Craft a prompt about character.
Open-ended.
3X points - Example of using diction in lieu of special effects.
Oberon tells us he is invisible, and we have to just believe it even though we can see him on stage.
This character said, "Swifter than the moon's sphere."
Double points: what does this mean?
Who is Fairy? (Act II, Scene I)
Regarding the thought that the moon and other planets revolved around the earth.
The word used as a compliment to Queen Elizabeth, celebrating her status as a Virgin Queen.
What is vestal?
2x Points - Example of Shakespeare building tension in Scene II.
Having Oberon pour juice on Titania's eyes, then having Lysander and Hermia come in, only to then have Puck pour the juice on Lysander's eye, then have Demetrius and Helena run in.