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A Midsummer Night's Dream

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" was written by William Shakespeare around 1590-1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. In this category, there will be questions about the characters, their lines and themes of the play.

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What is Lysanders age From A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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It is not stated in the text, but he is old enough to marry, whatever that means in your culture. (In Shakespeare's day this usually meant mid-twenties.)

In a Midsummer night dream where is Helena desperate?

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She thinks Hermia has joined with Lysander and Demetrius to make fun of her.

What is the dramatic purpose of midsummer night dreams?

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The audience. All plays, perforce, take place from the point of view of the audience. The concept of "point of view" is appropriate to narrative fiction (novels, short stories) but not to drama.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream what is Starveling's job?

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He is a tailor. Tailors did not make much money, and "Starveling" is a word for a thin person lacking food.

Why does Theseus think the young lovers have come to the wood in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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"These things seem small and indistinguishable, like far-off mountains turned into clouds." says Demetrius. Their memory of what has occurred seems vague. When you add that to the unlikeliness of what happened, it is easy to explain it as a dream.

But as Hippolyta says, "All the story of the night told over, and all their minds transfigured so together, more witnesseth than fancy's images, and grows to something of great constancy." In other words, is it likely that all of the lovers would dream the same dream?

Who died in midsummer night's dream?

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Nobody dies in a midsummer night's dream. In the end Hermia and Lysander are together. Helena and Demetruis are together. the fairy king and queen are back together. And theseus and hippolitta get marryed.

What famous quotes are from midsummer night's dream?

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1. The course of true love never did run smooth.

2 .Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.

3. My heart is true as steel.

4. Lord, what fools these mortals be.

What are examples of melodramatically sweet and harsh language in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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Oberon calls Titania a "rash wanton". Hermia calls Helena a "painted maypole". And Lysander says to Hermia "Therefore be out of hope, of question, of doubt; be certain, nothing truer, 'tis no jest that I do hate thee and love Helena." Ouch.

How was A Midsummer Night's Dream first performed?

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It was written at around 1595. At this time the Lord Chamberlain's Men were performing at The Theatre, and did not move to the Curtain until 1597. It was NOT performed for the first time at the Globe, since the Globe was not built until 1599, about four years later.

What is FLUTE role in the play midsummer night dream?

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Flute is a bellows-mender. He repairs bellows which were used to blow air on a fire to make it hotter. A bellows was sort of like an accordion: two pieces of wood were hinged with flexible leather between them. In one of the pieces of wood there was a valve which let air into the bellows but did not let it out; there was a nozzle pointing at the fire. As the bellows were opened, air was drawn through the valve into the leather bag, and when they were closed, the air was forced out through the nozzle. Of course the leather bag tended to get worn through use, and it was a bellows-mender's job to fix it. Flute's name and his job are jokes, as he is the one with the high-pitched voice who is going to play the girl, Thisbe. Hence "Flute", a high-pitched musical instrument. A bellows, however, makes a lot of huffing and puffing and wheezing and grunting sounds which, coming from a person, would sound most unladylike.

How many scenes are there in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" has five acts.

Why do the craftsmen in A Midsummer Night's Dream use prose?

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The common people talk in prose in all of Shakespeare's plays. Its just to make sure you know they are common people. Very important in a class-ridden society like England. That kind of common language symbolizes their status in life

What are the relationships in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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Hippolyta is the fiancée of Theseus, who is the employer of Philostrate and ruler of all the Athenians, including Egeus who is the father of Hermia who is the beloved of both Lysander and Demetrius who in turn is the beloved of Helena but not of Hermia who loves Lysander. Meanwhile a Fairy employed by Titania the fairy queen meets up with Robin Goodfellow who is the same person as Puck and who is employed by Oberon who is married to Titaniawho has some other employees called Moth, Mustardseed, Cobweb and Peaseblossom. Meanwhile Snug, Snout, Starveling, Flute, and Bottom are all friends whose leader is Quince.

That's how it starts.

What qoutes were there in midsummers night dream by shakespeare?

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keep pace, the course of true love never did run smooth, we should be woo'd and were not made to woo, love looks not with the eye, but with the mind, Lord, what fools that mortals be.

What is hermia?

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hermias hobbies are to go into the wood with her friend helena from midsummers nights dream there you go hope this helped you!!

How old is puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

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It depends. He can really be any age. First of all, he's Robing goodfellow, who is the oldest of the oldest. Annoyingly, he is a fairy so he's immortal can look any age. He's probably young though because he's active...but he can be any age you feel like

Hope this helps! :D

Who are the round characters in a midsummers night dream?

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Mainly Bella but also Edward and Jacob.

What accusation does lysander make against demetrius in front of the duke?

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Lysander says in act 1 scene 1 that Demetrius was being rude and ignorant by isolating Helena, so he thinks that Demetrius would do the same to Hermia. He tried explaining this to Egeus but Egeus did not take Lysanders word for it.