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Midsummer Night’s Dream
9 ELA
Act I Vocabulary
• Austerity- condition of lacking pleasure
• Beguile- to trick
• Cloister- place where members of a religious
community live
• Dote- to give love excessively
• Extenuate- to lessen the seriousness of
something
• Feign- to pretend
• Idolatry- false worship
• Reveling- enjoying festivities; partying
Personal Response to Act 1
Hermia said:
• “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing’d
Cupid painted blind: Nor hath Love’s mind of any judgment taste;
Wings, and no eyes, figure unheedy haste: And therefore is Love said
to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.”
– Explain this quote in detail, specifically regarding the metaphor of love as a child.
• Choose one of the seven main characters introduced in Act I Scene i
and explain why you relate to them and how, or choose one you can not
relate to at all and explain why. (10 sentence response)
ACT I Scene I
1.Thesus (king of Athens) will marry Hippolyta In 4
days.
2. Egeus tells Thes. That his daughter (Hermia)
refuses to marry Demetrius b/c she is in love with
Lysander. Thes. Tells Hermia she has 3 choices:
1-marry Demetrius 2- become a nun 3- die
(she must decide by his wedding day)
3. Hermia & Lysander decide to secretly run away to
elope in the forest (his aunts house) – Helena is the
only person to know about their plan…but she
decides to tell Demet. & they run into the woods to
stop H & L
Act I Scene II
1- We meet Quince, Bottom etc. (acting group) as
they are pract. For their 1st performance.
2- They will perform at Theseus’ wedding (4 days)
3- Pyramus & Thisby is a play about suicidal lovers
Do Now: Who is Who- Act I Scene i
____ 1. Theseus
A. Disobedient daughter
____ 2. Hippolyta
B. Ruler anxiously awaiting his marriage
____ 3. Egeus
C. Suitor who is approved of by the father
____ 4. Hermia
D. Girl who was dumped and left broken
hearted after giving up her virginity
____ 5. Demetrius
E. Frustrated father who has choosen a
husband for his daughter
____ 6. Lysander
F. Soon to be bride of Theseus
____ 7. Helena
G. True love of the young girl, yet he is not
approved of by her father.
Important Passages from Act I
• Ay me, for aught that I could ever read, could ever hear
by tale or history, the course of true love never did run
smooth. . . . (p. 7 line 132)
• Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so… Love looks
not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is
winged Cupid painted blind. (p. 11 line 228)
Night
• What images did you see
associated with night in Act II?
(see wkst)
Act II- Vocabulary
• Dissemble- to pretend
• Flout- to mock
• Progeny- offspring
• Promontory- peak of land that juts out
• Wanton- shameless
Act II Main Points
Act II Scene I
• Titania rescues a human boy, promises his mom she
would care for him. Oberon wants him for a “Page” –
Titania says no
• We meet Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
• Helena & Demetrius in forest- Helena throws herself at
Demetrius – he is turned off (she makes him “sick”)
• Titania instructs Puck to get magic flower & anoint eyes
of Athenian boy & when he wakes he will fall in love w/
the 1st person he sees.
Act II Scene II
•Fairies sing as they work to Titania to
protect her from creatures…Oberon
puts a spell over Titania make her fall
in love w/ something “vile”
•Lysander & Hermia go to sleep in the
forest – she says to move b/c it’s not
appropriate to lay together (they are
not married)
•Puck puts potion on wrong eyes –
eyes of Lysander – he wakes & falls in
love with Helena – he profeses his
love for her * she thinks he is making
fun of her.
Journal- Written Response
• How does rejection feel?
• How does one get over or move on after
being rejected by someone loved?
Act III Vocabulary
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Chink- a narrow opening
Brake- thicket ; bushes
Knavery-creative; tricky; silly
Enamored- inspired by love
Purge- to remove; get rid of
Kindred- family
Bower- a woman’s private room
Lamenting- express sadness ; sorrow
Consecrated- sacred
Rebuke- disapproval ; stern
Act III Main Points
Act III Scene I
• The “acting troop” meet in the woods to practice play –
Bottom suggests they “edit” some of the play b/c they will
be performing for a large group of nobles…
• Puck is watching…turns Bottom’s head into the head of
an ass (donkey)…others are scared & run away…Puck
is happy with his mischief
• Sleeping Titania awakes (w/ the potion on her eyelids)
she see Bottom w/ the asses head 1st & falls in love.
She asks the fairies to care for him…Bottom has no idea
his head is that of an ass (donkey)
Look For Doubling
• Doubling- when characters or pairs of
characters are very similar based on name,
personalities, and situations they find
themselves in.
• Look for examples of these “doubling”
characters
Act III- Things to Look For:
• What does Shakespeare blur or confuse in this play?
– In this Act Bottom’s actors rehearse a play about the
legendary love of Pyramus and Thisbe. This love story
originally told by Ovid in the poem Metamorphoses is
tragic and gruesome; however, the performance is so silly
and almost ridiculous it almost becomes a comedy.
– In Act III Shakespeare plays with ideas of vision, of
blindness, and or different ways of interpreting what one
sees. One of the things that love, or infatuation, does is
to make the lover see the beloved as perfect, no matter
what the circumstances.
Act 2 & 3 Journal
Complete Night Web
Wksht
Act III Main Points
Act III Scene I
• The acting troop meet to rehearse – Bottom suggests
some changes b/c they are performing for a large group
of nobles.
• Puck is watching – turns Bottom’s head into that of an
ass as a joke…the others get frightened and run away
• Titania wakes up (w/ flower potion on her eyelids)…sees
Bottom (w/ asses head) and falls in love…tells her fairies
to take care of him…Bottom goes along w/ plan, but has
no idea that his head is that of an ass (donkey)
Act III Main Points Con’t…
Act III Scene II
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Puck tells Oberon about the situation w/ Titania & Bottom… Oberon laughs
& is pleased
Oberon finds out Puck anointed the wrong boys eyes.
Just then, Demetrius wakes up, sees Helena, and declares that she's a
goddess.
Now Helena really is upset b/c she thinks that both men are mocking her for
their amusement.
Lysander and Demetrius bicker over who should get Helena.
They all argue & become very tired…Puck, with all four asleep, can now
begin his work to fix his error.
He says a little rhyme, and squeezes the remedy onto Lysander's eyes.
Now Lysander will love Hermia again when he wakes, and each man will
take the woman that is right for him.
Theme Quiz for Act 2 & 3
Period 2
Juniper
Kevin
Rose
Arjun
Samantha
Firefly
Amani
Jacob
Justin
Hasibul
Buttercup
DeDe
Troy
James
Matt
Lavender
Riley
Morgan
Lesley
Sierra
Blossom
Brianna
Jahaud
Jose
Nick
Theme Quiz for Act 2 & 3
Period 3
Juniper
Fallon
Carly
Conrad
Quaison
Firefly
Dakota
Alexis
Don
Nazir
Buttercup
Erin
Mark
Keri-Lynn
Shaighlyn
Lavender
Connor
Kayla
Jeremy
Kelsey
Citrus Flower
Jimmy
Ashleigh
John
Anthony
Blossom
Madysen
Aagam
Cody
Nieem
Star Gazer
Louis
Scarlyn
Gabby
Nicole
Theme Quiz for Act 2 & 3
Period 6
Juniper
Noah
Nigmet
Alex
Tyler
Buttercup
Arrion
Gurbet
Evan
Sariya
Blossom
CJ
JaQuan
Harry
Lauren
Firefly
Lavender
Star Gazer
Rebecca
Gena
Danny
Moises
Josh
Andy
Christian
Joey
Jewel
Lorraine
Jimmy
Response After Reading Act III
As Hermia, you have just lost your love to
your best friend who you think has “stol’n my
love’s heart from him…” This would mean
losing your best friend too. Which is the
worse tragedy and why? Use not only your
personal feelings but validations from the
play.
Act IV Vocabulary
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Amiable- good natured, personable qualities
Fret- to feel or express worry
Loath- deep-seated hatred
Entwist- to twist together
Dotage- excessive fondness
Unbraid-to find fault with (reproach)
Conjunction- a combination
Enmity-unwilling ; reluctant; hostility
A formal discussion ; to narrate the facts
ACT IV Vocabulary
• Quizlet Midsummer Act IV Vocab
Act IV Main Points
• Titania is still in love with Bottom
• Oberon decides to remove spell (will seem
like a strange dream)
• Egeus finds 4 kids asleep in forest
• Thesus reminds him that today is day of
Hermia’s decision
• Guys tell of their love for the girls(Lysander
to Hermia and Demetrius to Helena
• Bottom wakes up & returns to friends
Journal Response
• Have you ever had an unusual experience in
a dream that makes you shake your head and
ask, “Did that really happen?”
• If you cannot think of a personal example,
can you think of a movie or book where the
characters had a similar experience?
Act V Vocabulary
• Abridgement: entertainment
• Mantle: cloak
• Partition: a dividing wall
• Beshrew: curse
Quizlet Act V Vocab
• Midsummer Act V Vocab
Act V Main Points
• Hippolyta says even though lovers story is
strange, it must be true b/c it’s solid &
consistent
• Thesus tells everyone to go to sleep after
play – wedding festiv. Will continue for
next 2 weeks
• Puck closes play – apologizing for silly
play – suggests that it was a dream
Journal Response
In this play everyone has managed to get
their happy ending. If Shakespeare went a
different route – what could have been the
outcome? For this journal, write an alternate
ending for the play. One meaty paragraph –
and you will turn in it.