A+Midsummer+Night's+Dream

Act I, Scene 1 1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? Hippolyta thought that the time was passing by fast and four nights will come quickly but Theseus thinks that four nights is taking way too long.

2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? He brought them to tell his story so that Theseus would grant him permission to kill Hermia if she chooses not to marry Demetrius.

3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia? The proper role was that they had to obey their fathers and marry who their father wishes them to marry or else they have the right to kill their daughters. This concerns Hermia because she does not wish to marry Demetrius who her father demands her to marry. Instead, Hermia wants to marry Lysander.

4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? Lysander wants Egeus to consider making Hermia marry Demetrius by saying that Demetries changes his mind easily about who to love. It complicates things because now the readers know there is another character who is likely to get mixed in the story.

5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena? They plan to run away to Lysander's aunt's house to get married since her house is outside Athens. They tell Helena because Hermia wants to assure Helena that Demetrius can't have her so Helena won't worry.

6. Even though Helena loves Demetrius and is Hermia’s best friend, why does she decide to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander’s plans? She feels that if she tells Demetrius their plans Demetrius would be grateful and appreciate what she has done and maybe fall in love with her again.

7. Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest? The choices given were she either marries Demetrius, be killed by her father Egeus, or become a nun for the rest of her life. The other choice Lysander suggested was to run away with him and get marry outside of Athens.

Act I, Scene 2 8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? Because he is so full of himself and wants to show it off by playing all the parts of the play.

9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? Nick Bottom was the funny part of this scene because he acts like a know-it-all when in fact he knows nothing about the play and thought that it was a comedy not a tragedy. Shakespeare might have included this scene because it changes the mood a little bit making the play a comedy and since everyone knows the play about Thisbe and Pyramus they would get the jokes.

10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? They were suppose to meet in the forest. Hermia and Lysander are also meeting there at the same time to escape from Hermia's father.

11. How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? He is most likely a very bad actor because he knows nothing about his play. But in his own opinion he thinks that he is so great and thinks highly of himself. media type="file" key="MSND Act 1 Night.mp3" width="240" height="20" 10. What does the reader find out about the current relationship between Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from Puck and the first fairy? That even though they are king and queen they are not together and they always quarrel with each other.

11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens? They have came to Athens to attend Theseus' marriage and it was said that Oberon slept with Hippolyta before and Titania slept with Theseus before.

12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? When they fight nature and the seasons get all messed up and humans have died as a result of their fight.

13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? Because Titania had promised the changeling's mother to take care of the child and also Titania knows that the changeling is getting alot of attention so she is using that advantage too.

14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? The love flower that was shot by Cupid's arrow

15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? To put some of the juices from the love flower onto her eyes so she will fall in love with some vile beast when she awakes.

16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? She puts a twist on the words and interprets it into stuff she wants to hear.

17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? She likes it because she thinks that any attention from Demetrius is okay even when its bad attention.

18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? She is pushing herself onto the guy she likes and pursuing him instead of what is suppose to be the other way around.

19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? To take some of the love juices from the flower and squeeze it on Demetrius' eyes while making sure Helena is the first living thing he sees.

Act II, Scene 2 20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? To get revenge on Titania for shaming himself

21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? Because they are alone and they are not married so Hermia wants to keep her modesty. 22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? Puck mistook Lysander for Demetrius since they were both Athenian men wearing Athenian clothing. 23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? She thinks Lysander is mocking her and she was very upset that he would do so. 24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? She dream that a serpent ate her heart and that sort of represented having Lysander taken away from her like what happened in reality. media type="file" key="Act II Scene II.mp3" width="240" height="20" by shelby and julia

**Act III, Scene I** **How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars?**

They plan on writing a prologue for Bottom stating that none of them will harm with their swords and that Pyramus is not killed. For the lion they want his face to be shown through the costume and that his name will be stated.

**How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?**

They looked in an almanac and discovered that that night would have moonshine. If that doesn’t work out well, they plan on using a lantern and come with a bush of thorns to represent moonshine. For the wall they are going to have a person be the wall and cover them self in plaster or some kind of rough cast.

 **Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?**

When Bottom returns, the actors run off because he has the head of an ass.

**What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?**

Puck said that he will turn into different animals and scare the other actors.

**How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies?**

Bottom says that she shouldn’t have a reason to love him, and he makes fun of the other fairies names.

**Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play?**

This is an apt statement because most people in this play have no logical reason for loving who they love, thanks to the love flower. Hermia and Lysander loved each other until Lysander was infected with the love flower, and then laid eyes on upon Helena instantly loving her and forgetting about Helena.

**Act III, Scene 2**  **What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?**

 Hermia accused Demetrius of killing Lysander in his sleep.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Puck and Oberon are going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake by putting the love juice into Lysander’s eyes so that he will be in love with Hermia once again.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Helena was upset when Demetrius told her that he loved her because she thought that he was mocking her.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Helena accuses Hermia of mocking her and being involved in Demetrius’ and Lysander’s current love for her, which she thinks they are saying to be mean to her.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Hermia and Helena have been best friends forever, they went to school together and have been close their whole lives.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Lysander treats Hermia rudely and tries to get her to go away. She doesn’t believe what he says because she cannot believe that he can love her by night, but also leave her at night.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Hermia accused Helena of stealing Lysander from her.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Helena is afraid of Hermia because she thinks that Hermia is going to hurt her.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Lysander and Demetrius are going off to duel for Helena’s love.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> Oberon tells Puck to keep them separated from each other until they fall asleep.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **What is Oberon going to do about Titania?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> He is going

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?** Because since he is the king he does not lose his magical powers during the day like other fairies.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;"> **How well does Puck’s trickery work?**

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">media type="file" key="Act III.mp3" width="240" height="20"

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">media type="file" key="Act III 2.mp3" width="240" height="20"

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Act V**
 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Theseus dismissed it because Hippolyta said it was impossible for four people to have the same dream.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Theseus chose to see the play because he said that nothing can be amiss.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Philostrate tries to keep Theseus from seeing the play because he said it won’t be anything worth going to.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">He means that nothing can be that bad if it is easy to do.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The actors think that their ‘great’ acting will scare the audience members so they are ensuring them that they are just playing the parts and are not actually the characters.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">He has characters talking while a play is being acted which enhances the humour because the people reading or watching the actual play in a play can relate to them and they know that they are acting badly on purpose.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hippolyta thought the play was silly, but she was into the play.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**In what way is Thisbe’s final speech humorous?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thisbe’s final speech is humorous because she kills herself because Pyramus was dead, even though the only reason why Pyramus killed himself was because he thought Thisbe was dead first. Thisbe’s lines have corny rhymes. She also asked if Pyramus was asleep when he had a sword sticking out of him.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What does Oberon tell the fairies to do?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Oberon tells the fairies to keep their couples and their children safe and make sure if they have children they are born without any deformities.


 * 1) <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech?**

<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The point of his last line is to clear all the conflict and make sure that any other kind of conflict is resolved.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** FInd at least one example of each of the following that occurs during the play within the play. Write down the quote that illustrates example. ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** excessive alliteration ** "Whereat, with blade, with the bloody blameful blade, He bravely broached his boiling bloody breast." <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** breaking the play’s illusion of reality ** "Thisbe took off her wig." <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** using the wrong word or name ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"I //see// a voice. Now will I to the chink, to spy and I can //hear// my Thisbe's face. Thisbe!" <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** repeating a word excessively ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** "O grim-look'd night! O night with hue so black! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** O night, which ever art when day is not! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** O night, O night! alack, alack, alack, ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** I fear my Thisby's promise is forgot! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** And thou, O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall, ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** That stand'st between her father's ground and mine! ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall," ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** ridiculous metaphor ** "These yellow cowslip cheeks."

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**a) In reading the play-within-a-play, we become the audience for the drama played out by Theseus, Hippolyta, and the others. These performers, in turn, form the audience for the reenactment of Pyramus and Thisbe. How does observing another audience help you understand the relationship between audience and performers?** ===

You can see the reactions of the people watching the play, and what they think about the actors. It also helps the people watching the 'play-within-a-play' to know when the play is supposed to be funny and when it is supposed to be serious. You can see the emotions of people change when the play changes.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**b) Modern television shows often create comic effects by having a silly, innocent, or “clueless” character and a sarcastic, knowing, clever character play off of each other. What examples can you think of?** === The TV show Suite life of Zack and Cody and Suite Life on Deck shows characters that are clueless and clever characters. For example, Zac is sort of silly and clueless and his twin Cody always outsmarts him. Also, London Tipton, who is too obsessed with money to care about anything is, is quite stupid and clueless. Her best friend Maddie Fitzpatrick is very smart and often pokes fun at London for being so clueless.

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**c) Identify ways in which Pyramus and Thisbe might be unsuitable for a wedding celebration. Are there any ways in which the play might be appropriate? In what ways is the play-within-a-play an ironic commentary on what the two pairs of young lovers (Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia) have gone through earlier?** === It is inappropriate because the lovers die, and obviously there love did not work out which is a bad thing to show at a wedding. The play might be appropriate because it about love and sometimes you have to go through struggles to be with the person you love. The play is ironic because Demetrius, Helena, Lysander, and Hermia encountered problems with each other and had a love mix-up. It makes them think about if they would have had the bravery to kill themself if their lover died. It is also ironic because they planned to meet at a place to run away, like Pyramus and Thisbe did, and everything got mixed up just like in the play.

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> COMPLETION 10/10 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> EFFORT 8/10 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> CONTENT 8/10

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> TOTAL 26/30