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 * __ ﻿ "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 says that the next four days will pass by very fast, day and night, but her future husand, Theseus doesn't think so, and he is also very impatient, and is eager to marry as fast as possibly, but she tells him to wait.

2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? Egeus took his daughter to see Theseus, because he did not want his daughter to marry Lysander, he wants her to marry Demetrius. Back then, the daughters were forced to listen to their father, or else the father would have a chance to kill her, if he pleased. But, Hermia doesn't love Demetrius, she loves Lysander with all of her heart.

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 for the women/daughters according to Egeus, and Theseus, is that the daughters are under their power, and must listen to their demands. It is concerning Hermia, because if she doesn't listen to her father, he will have the option to kill her, or her other options were to marry Demetrius, or become a nun for the rest of her life.

4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? It complicates things, because it puts him in a bad situation, and is possible that Egeus might think he is not trustworthy or reliable, and is not the best choice for Hermia. If Egeus thought this, then Demetrius would lose his opportunity to marry Hermia, which would make him upset, but most likely make Hermia feel much better.

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 aunts house that is outside of Athen's, which will allow them to marry, because there is no law there that says the women has to listen to her father. They tell Helena, becau﻿se Hermia doesn't like Demetrius at all, but Helena loves him, and she wanted to prove that she doesn't like him by telling Helena that herself and Lysander are getting married.

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 decides to tell Demetrius about their plans, because she thinks that if she told him, he might start to love her again, and get over his love for Hermia. I find it a weird plan, and to me it doesn't sound like it will work out for her.

7. Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest? Hermia's basic dilemma is that she wants to marry Lysander, but her father wants her to marry a man named Demetrius, and if you don't listen to the fathers demands, you can get killed. Theseus and her father, gave her three options, which were she marry Demetrius instead of Lysander, her father has the option of killing her, or she can become a nun for the rest of her life. The other choice Lysander suggests, is that she run away with him to his aunts house which is right outside of Athen's, where there is no rule where you have to listen to your father.

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__** Act I, Scene 2 **__ 8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? Nick Bottom wanted to play all of the parts in the play, because he thinks he is a great actor, and is very overconfident with his acting skills, and as well as his looks. He thinks he could most likely play any role that is given to him, in any play.

9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? The scene seems funny, because he is just an ordinary man, he was nothing super special like the nobles, he was only a weaver. Also, his personality is sort of funny, because he isn't smart like some of the others, thinks he's the best actor, and also loud, he sometimes interrupts people when they are talking. I think that Shakespeare included this into his play, beause he did not no the play very well, unlike some of the others, but he thinks he does, and was also very interested with the costumes, and cared about them more than the script.

10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? The next time they plan to meet at the Giant Oak tree which is in the Duke's forest, they say that the forest is alittle outside of the town, so not very many people would be there. They went there so that they could concentrate on the scripts/ideas, to not scare people, or to give away the plot of the play, so that it wouldn't be ruined. It is also where Hermia and Lysander are meeting to start their journey off to Lysander's aunts house, to get married.

11. How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? I would describe his acting abilities as good, not the worst, but not near the best. He probably is good with memorizing the lines and movements, but I think that he may over do it a little to much, which is also what the other characters are afriad of, because it could get them killed. However, he thinks that he is a great actor, and does all of the roles perfectly with skill or talent. He also thinks that he is very good looking, and that his looks help with all of his roles.

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? The readers find out that Oberon, and Titania do not really like eachother, because they both wanted the changeling child that was from India. However, Titania took the child, which had made Oberon very mad, because he had wanted to have the child for himself. Since, she took the child, they hardly talk to each other, and if they do it will turn into an argument.
 * __ Act II, Scene 1 __**

11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta; why have they come to Athens? Well, Oberon and Titania were dating eachother, but he was having an affair with Theseus's fiance, Hippolyta at the time. Oberon loved them both, and sometimes ran or snuck away to visit them both. But, also Oberon wasn't the only one having an affair, Titania was having an affair with Theseus. So, they were both cheating on eachother.

12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? If they both have a fight, it makes the wind "angry", and it will blow much harder, also creates some floods, and makes places foggy. Some of the plants die, and so do some of the living animals nearby.

13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? Titania doesn't want to give the changeling child to Oberon, because it was her friend's child, who had died during labour, and she feels that to make her friend happy she needs to take good care of her baby.

14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? Oberon sends Puck to find a flower, the flower has "magic juices", because it had been shot by one of Cupid's arrows. The juice from the flower is put onto the eyelids of a person, and will make the person fall in love with the first person they see.

15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? His plans for Titania, are for her to fall in love with a vile/ugly thing, and then for her to give up the child, that he desperatley wants. He wants to put the juice onto her eyelids, while she is sleeping, to get revenge.

16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? Helena doesn't quite understand that he has no feelings for her, and would like her to leave him alone, but she takes his verbal abuse as compliments, and then changes his words around. She is obsessed with him, and can't get him out of her mind, she doesn't seem to care that he has feelings towards Hermia and not her. However, she still thinks that there is a chance between them getting back together.

17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? She basically tells him that no other girl will like him if he acts like this, also that he should be ashamed with himself for acting and saying such things like that.

18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? Her behaviour is inappropriate to Athenian women, because they usually do not chace men around, who have no feelings for them. The women were supposed to accept it, be mature about it, and then move on. Also, her father didn't choose who she marries, so she is chacing the men she likes around, not who her father picks, which not very many women did at that time, because it could cause them their lives.

19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? Oberon tells Puck that there is a man and a women in the forest, who are fighting, and that the man wants her to go away, and leave him alone. So, he told Puck to go use the rest of the flower juice on Demetrius, so that it will make him fall in love with Helena again, and become happy and in love.

20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? Oberon wants Titania to fall in love with some vile thing, because he doesn't like her that much, but more importantly it is his revenge to her, since she did not give him the changeling child, which he had wanted.
 * __ Act II, Scene 2 __**

21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? She insisted that Lysander sleep away from her, because they are not married yet, and she wants to wait until they are, also so that she can keep her modesty, and to make it even more special/happier for when they do get married.

22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? Puck anoints Lysander's eyes, because he thinks that Lysander is the Athenian man, that Oberon had sent him to find, to anoint the magical juice from the flower onto his eyes. Oberon sent him to find an Athenian man, because he saw Helena and Demetrius fighting, and he wanted Helena to find love, who was also Athenian.

23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? At first she is sort of surprised by this, but once she realizes he likes her she is sort of mad/sad, because she thinks he is mocking her on her appearance, because Hermia is much prettier than her, and he already has Hermia's love, so she wonders why he would want anything to do with her. She also tells him that he loves Hermia, and not her, and tells him to go back to her.

24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? Her dream is a reflection of reality, because in her dream her heart had gotten eaten, and Lysander, the love of her life, had left her for Helena. Since, she loved Lysander so much her heart was torn out/ripped, because the love of her life had left her, for one of her friends, which would also make it worse.

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25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? The actors want to write a prologue, that tells the audience what will happen before they start, and people in those times weren't the smartest, so that was another reason a prologue would be good. For the lion, they are planning to not have a lion, and that he would show his face instead.
 * __Act III, Scene 1__**

26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? They are going to manage the setting for the moon, by opening one of the windows. It is said to be a full moon that night, so opening one window should allow enough moonlight to brighten up the stage. For the wall, they are planning to make someone dress up in some plaster, or other loam, and make him hold his "fingers thus" and through that hole, Pyramus and Thisby will whisper to each other.

27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? They run off when Bottom reappears, because he came back with his head shaped like a donkey/ass. It scared them, because they thought he had turned into some monstrous thing, and found it really strange.

28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? He plans to follow them and transform himself into some other animals, to make them think that the forest is haunted. Puck does this to get a laugh, and entertain himself, while they are scared and full of fear.

29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? When Titania wakes up and falls in love with Bottom, he seems confused and doesn't understand, because they had just met. But, after awhile he seems to get happier about her love for him. To the other fairies, he acts quite rude, because he was making jokes about them, and about their names.

30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play? At this point it is an apt statement, because many of the main people have been anointed with the magic juice from the flower, and everyone falls in love with the wrong person. Also, they are falling for the persons looks, since they are falling in love with the first person they see, and not their personality.

31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? Hermia accuses Demetrius for killing Lysander, because she doesn't know that he is actually alive. She thinks that Demetrius would kill Lysander, because Demetrius loves her, and wants to marry her, but she is in love Lysander. So, if he killed Lysander, she would most likely get married to Demetrius, which would make him happy.
 * __Act III, Scene 2__**

32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? They are going to wait until all four of them fall asleep, once they have fallen asleep, they are going to squeeze more juice onto Lysander's eyes, to reverse it, and make him fall back in love with Hermia, and not Helena. Then, both couples would be very happy together, and there would be no more fighting between any of them.

33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? Helena is upset, because she thinks that he is playing a joke on her, just like she thinks Lysander is. She thinks that they joined up together to get a laugh, while she is confused and happy about it, but then she thinks that if she lets Demetrius love her, then he will say he doesn't, and that they were just playing a joke.

34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? Helena accuses Hermia of starting the joke on Helena, which she finds very rude and mean. She accuses her of this, because she doesn't know that they've been put under the spell, and since both men like Hermia, it would be easy for Hermia to say something, and for them to do it for her.

35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? Hermia and Helena had been very close to eachother in the past, they were like best friends. They had known eachother since they were farely young, so this fight to them was most likely very upsetting.

36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? He starts to treat her very badly, he tells her to leave them alone, and that he doesn't love her at all. She can't believe that he is saying that, because just a few hours ago he was telling her how much he loved her and would die for her, and also they were planning to run away, and get married to each other, and hopefully live a happy life together.

37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? Hermia starts to accuse Helena of stealing Lysander away from her. They have been close friends for a very long time, and she starts to think that maybe she was trying to be friends with her, to get closer to Lysander, and she cannot believe that her friend would do something like that.

38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? Helena is afraid of Hermia, because when she is angry, she can become "keen and shrewd", even though Hermia is much smaller than Helena, she is still good at fighting, which frightens Helena.

39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? Lysander and Demetrius went off to fight for Helena's love, and whoever wins the fight will get Helena. They both have been anointed with the magic juice, so they both love Helena the same, and will do anything to make her love them, even though she is mad at them both, because she thinks they are playing a cruel joke.

40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? Oberon tells Puck to make Demetrius and Lysander get away from eachother, so that he can anoint Lysander again with the juice from the flower, to make him fall in love with Hermia, once again.

41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? He is going to go see Titania again, and ask once more for the boy/changeling child, which she will most likely give to him, since she is in love with Bottom. Then he plans on reanointing her with the flower juice, to make her fall out of love with Bottom.

42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? He doesn't fear the coming of day, because he does not lose his powers during sunrise, but the other fairies do, so he doesn't really have anything to worry about.

43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? Puck's trickery works farely well, because he was able to make Lysander and Demetrius seperate from eachother, so that anointing Lysander would be much easier. ====**Review Question: The climax, or turning point, of //A Midsummer Night’s Dream// comes at the end of Act 3. In point form describe the major plot points of Act Three starting from when Titania falls in love with Bottom leading to the climax or turning point of the play near the end of act three.** ==== - Bottom and the other actors meet in the woods, to start their practice for the play "Pyramus and Thisbe", which they are planning to play at Theseus's wedding. - Bottom leaves for awhile, then comes back with the head of a donkey, the other actors get scared and run away from him. - Bottom is confused and then starts to sing, which awakens Titania. - Titania sees him then immediatly falls in love with him. - Oberon is happy his plan worked out, but is mad at Puck for anointing the wrong man. - Puck anoints Demetrius, and falls in love with Helena. - Hermia finds Demetrius and Helena, and accuses Demetrius of killing the love of her life, Lysander. - All four characters find eachother, and the two men start to fight over Helena, which makes both Helena and Hermia confused. - Helena and Hermia get into a fight, because Helena thinks Hermia is playing a cruel joke on her, and Hermia thinks that Helena stole Lysander away from her. - Oberon gets mad at Puck, and tells him to separate Demetrius and Lysander. - Oberon decides to release the spell from Titania. - Puck anoints Lysander's eyes, also making sure Hermia is near, so that he will fall back in love with Hermia.

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44. How has Bottom adjusted to the attention of Titania and her fairies? I think that Bottom has adjusted to all of the attention very well. Bottom has always wanted attention, but no one ever seemed to give it to him like he wanted, so he was very happy that he finally had attention.
 * __Act IV, Scene 1 __**

45. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom? Oberon's reaction to Titania's love for Bottom, was not very good. It wasn't very good, because he felt sorry for her, after he saw who she had fallen in love with **. **

** 46. What sort of explanation will Oberon make to Titania’s question about what happened to her? ** Well, he tries to avoid the question, and if she asks him, he will try to change the subject.

** 47. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning? ** ** ﻿They were out so early in the morning, because it was their wedding day, and they had wanted to go hunting, for a ritual. They took their hounds out in the woods with them, which is where they found the four lovers lying and sleeping together. **

48. What is Theseus’s first explanation of why the young people are asleep in the woods? His first explanation about the four people lying there, is that they were there to celebrate the morning also, to get married.

49. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an illness? His new explanation is that he is in love with Helena, and not Hermia. He compares his love for Hermia to be an illness, because his love for her faded away, just like a sickness does after awhile.

50. What is Theseus’s decision concerning the four young people? His decision is that they are going to all get married too, so they are going to have three couples getting married at one wedding.

51. Why can’t the young people be sure whether they are awake or dreaming? They aren't sure if they are awake or dreaming because, a bunch of weird and magical things had happened just a few hours before, so they are uncertain of whats going on.

52. Bottom believes he too has had a dream. How is he going to use that to entertain the Duke? He is going to entertain the Duke with his dream by, writing a Ballad poem, and is going to call it "Bottom's Dream", and it will be about his nights in the woods, with all of the fairies, etc.

53. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost? They begin to think that he is a really great actor, and they wish he was there doing the play with him. They also think that the play will not turn out very good without Bottom, so they are freaking out.
 * __Act IV, Scene 2__**

54. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play? They all regret not making money, that they could have gotten if Bottom showed up, and preformed the play.

55. Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace? They must hurry to the Duke's palace, so that they can get there in time, and preform the play to Theseus, and other people.

**Extending the thought process.** ====a) The fourth act opens and ends with Bottom at center stage. What is your opinion of Bottom’s character? How might he be the antithesis, or opposite, of Theseus’s character? ==== ==== My opinion of Bottom is that he is an very overconfident, stuckup man, who thinks he is the best at pretty much anything, but especially acting. He loves getting and having attention, and will sometimes do anything to get it. When he is with the fairies in the forest he got lots of attention, and I think he would want that much attention everyday, however people will not give it to him. Bottom is the opposite of Theseus, because Theseus is way more serious than Bottom's character, and Theseus has many responsibilities, since he is the Duke, but Bottom is very carefree and is very laid-back. ====

b) How do most of the dreamers respond to the dream experience upon waking? Which character is changed permanently by the dream experience?
==== Well, the dreamers aren't exactly sure if they are actually awake, because things seem to be working out very well for all of them. Hermia is happy, that Lysander loves her again, and that Demetrius no longer loves her, and now loves Helena, which makes Helena happy aswell. I think that Demetrius is the character that has been permanently changed, because he now loves Helena, and not Hermia, but the other characters come out of the dream, still loving the same person, so they didn't really change that much. ==== ====c) In this act, several characters look back at prior infatuations with disbelief. What do you think Shakespeare is saying about love and infatuation? ==== ==== I think that Shakespeare is telling the readers that we do not choose who we will fall in love with, and that love can make people become blind. When you love someone you see them as all good, and not the bad in them, lookwise and personality wise. An easy example in this play, is when Lysander falls out of love with Hermia, and in love with Helena; when Hermia began to ask him why he didn't love her anymore, he started to call her mean things that he would never have said when he loved her, because he didn't care about it (he called her dwarf/acorn.) ==== ====** Act 4 Podcast: Bottom decides to commission Peter Quince to write a ballad called “Bottom’s Dream.” On your own or with a partner, imagine that you have been asked to write the lyrics and compose the musical accompaniment. Remember that at the beginning of act 4, Bottom told the fairies that he likes to listen to the “tongs and bones” (act 4, scene 1, line 30). Tongs were pieces of metal struck against each other and bones were actual bones. These instruments were used in comical or in less sophisticated musical performances. Write the poetry for the ballad ( a minimum of 2 stanzas, 4 lines each), then put it to music! **====

He dismisses the story, because he thinks that they all have crazy minds, and that they are very crazy for thinking that something like that might happen, and that the whole thing was just a dream. 57. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? He chooses to watch Pyramus and Thisby, because he had told Hippolyta about the first option, he had seen the second option, and he thought that the third option wasn't very suitable for a wedding, so the only other option was Pyramus and Thisby.
 * __Act V__**
 * 56. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people?**

**The Philostrate was trying to keep Theseus away from seeing the play, because he had saw it before, and he didn't think it was very good for a wedding. He says that the actors aren't very good, and that they kept forgetting their lines, because they were only workmen from Athens. He also said that it was quite cheesy and funny, "Made mine eyes water; but more merry tears. The passion of loud laughter never shed."**
 * 58. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it?**

What he means by this sentence is that nothing should be missed, once someone has put the time and effort into perfecting their preformance (or anything else) that they have prepared. **By having the prologue, the audience might get what is going on, in case some of them mess up, forget their lines, speak at the wrong times. Also, since people back then weren't the smartest, they will know that the lion isn't actually a lion, and that the person holding their arms up is the wall. If they didn't have it, the audience would be confused, and possibly scared.**
 * 59. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"?**
 * 60. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact?**

He sort of makes you feel like you are in the room with all of the characters, and that you are also commenting on the play within a play, just like the main characters are.
 * 61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching?**

Hippolyta's reaction to the play wasn't the best it could have been; she wasn't quite happy with the acting by the artisans, she found it silly/cheesy. **Thisbe's final speech is humorous, because her reaction to her lovers death, is silly, she didn't start crying or anything, and she was asking if he was sleeping or not. Also, she was rhyming words and talking to herself, which someone would not usually do when someone they love is dead. Another thing is that after she stabs herself she still kept talking a little; she says "And farewell friends; Thus Thisbe ends..." She was talking in third person, and also some of her grammar/descriptions were off.**
 * 62. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play?**
 * 63. In what way is Thisby’s final speech humorous?**

Oberon tells the other fairies to stay in the house to sing and dance for all of the new married couples, to bless them.
 * 64. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do?**

I think that the purpose of Puck's final speech was to tell the audience that if they weren't happy with the play, it was then all a dream, and if you did like the play, you should be proud/happy of the actors. I also think that his final speech may have been an apology, for all of the confusion/drama he had caused between everyone, and hopes that we will forgive him.
 * 65. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech?**

Note: If your looking for the final podcast, me and Rachelle finished it, except we didn't have time to upload it.

excessive alliteration - "Whereat with blade, with bloody blameful blade." breaking the play’s illusion of reality - "No, in truth, sir, he should not. 'Deceiving me' is Thisby's cue: she is to enter now, and I am to  spy her through the wall. You shall see, it will  fall pat as I told you. Yonder she comes."
 * Extending the thought process:**
 * 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.**

using the wrong word or name - "I see a voice."

repeating a word excessively - "Now die, die, die, die, die."

ridiculous metaphor - "These my lips, This cherry nose, These yellow cowslip cheecks, Are gone, Are gone."

===**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?** === I think that the relationship between the audience and preformers, is that it shows you that you have an opinion to observe, just like the characters did. You learn to know how they feel/think about the play, and what they think of the actors. Also, watching/reading what another audience makes us realize how much some people are critical/judgemental on other people, which happens to be the preformers at this time. So, both the preformers and audience are more interested in what they are actually doing, whether someone is preforming in the play, or watching the play in the audience. The last thing about observing this, is that we got to see what audiences and such, was like back in that time period, which was interesting. ===**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?** === An example of this is between Titania and Oberon; when Oberon was controlling who she fell in love with, and also out of love with (which was cleevr in his case), while Titania wasn't sure of what was going on, so she was clueless of the happenings around her. An TV show example of this, is Spongebob, because he is somewhat clueless. **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?** I think that this play is unsuitable for a wedding, because it's about a couple who are in love, but then they lose eachother, because Pyramus thought that Thisbe had died, but she hadn't. But, in a wedding we celebrate the love for on another, but in this story it is three couples. But, there are a few ways in which this play can be suitable for a play, which is how it showed how our love for someone is so strong, and that we would die for eachother. It is an ironic commentary, because the two pairs of lovers know what it is like to be apart from the love of their life, and since they had just recently gotten married, they thought of how lonely it would be without them.

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Serene, green foliage of Athens, we were surrounded by the vibrant clusters of blossoms, fragrance wafted through the air.

Bizarrely all of a sudden my peers looked at me, like I was some sort of monstrous animal and fled.

I had been turned into a donkey, oh what a scare? In spite of the situation I started to sing, a melancholy song I was all alone, and twilight was starting to come over head.

A voice spoke out to me, a song-like whisper, coming from a beautiful fairy with silken golden ringlets of hair.

Curiously she was amorous towards me; she took me to her palace, where she and I slept on her flower bed.

It was a beautiful palace, colorful, and magical, pixies were everywhere, I couldn’t help but stare.

It seemed like I was loved, delicately pampered by the friendly pixies, carrying out my every desire from tasty oats, to sweet golden pears.

Within almost the next day, I woke up all alone in the meadow, where I had previously been, without information, not a shred.

Was this reality, or a dream, nobody was there, to my despair.

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