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Introduction
MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Learning Objectives• Identify the key facts in the play
• Identify the main parts of the play
ParaphraseThou hast by moonlight at her window sung
With feigning voice verses of feigning love,
feigning = pretending
You’ve pretended to be in love with her, singing fake love songs softly at her window by moonlight
Key Facts
FULL TITLE · A Midsummer Night’s Dream
AUTHOR · William Shakespeare
TYPE OF WORK · Play
GENRES · Comedy; fantasy; romance;
LANGUAGE · English
CLIMAX · There is no real climax. The conflicts of the play are all resolved quickly by magic.
PROTAGONIST · the four lovers.
ANTAGONIST · the antagonist is not a person, but accidents and mistakes stand in the lovers’ way.
SETTINGS · Combines elements of Ancient Greece Athens and the forest outside its walls
THEMES · The difficulties of love; magic; fantasy and reality
The play starts off with Egeus complaining about his daughter Hermia.
Hermia
Egeus
Lysander Dimitrius
TheseusHippolyta
Egeus wants his daughter to marry Dimitrius, but Hermia wants to marry Lysander.
Egeus complains to Theseus, the Duke of Athens, who is going to marry Hippolyta.
Theseus tells Hermia she must listen to her father or else be punished.
Lysander and Hermia decide to run away and get married.
Hermia tells her best friend Helena that she and Lysander are going to run away.
HermiaLysander
Helena
Helena loves Demetrius, but Demetrius want to marry Hermia.
Helena tells Demetrius that Hermia and Lysander are going to run away to get married.
Helena hopes Demetrius will love her again.
Oberon wishes to make him a knight, but Titania refuses to give him to Oberon.
In the woods, Oberon, the king of the fairies, and Titania, the queen of the fairies, are fighting over a young prince.
OberonTitania
the prince
Oberon decides to teach Titania a lesson.
Oberon sends his servant, Robin Goodfellow, to find a magical flower.
The juice of this flower, when spread over a sleeping person’s eyelids ,makes that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees upon waking. .
Robin GoodfellowOberon
In the meantime, Helena has told Demetrius about Lysander and Hermia and so Demetrius follows them into the woods.
Helena follows Demetrius and he acts cruelly towards her
Oberon sees the couple and has an idea
Robin Goodfellow brings Oberon the magical flower,
Robin GoodfellowOberon
Oberon tells Robin Goodfellow to spread the juice of the flower on the eyelids of the young Athenian .
He wants to make Demetrius love Helena.
Robin Goodfellow goes into the woods and finds a young Athenian asleep in the woods.
He spreads the juice on Lysander’s eyelids.
Robin thinks that this is the young man.
Lysander
Lysander opens his eyes and sees Helena who is looking for Demetrius.
Lysander immediately falls in love with Helena.
Lysander
Helena
Hermia wakes up and cannot find Lysander.
Hermia thinks Demetrius has killed Lysander, and she runs away from him.
Oberon tries to fix Robin Goodfellow’s mistake and he spreads the juice of the flower on Demetrius’s eyelids.
Demetrius opens his eyes and falls in love with Helena
Both Demetrius and Lysander hate Hermia and poor Helena thinks they are all three playing a trick on her.
Goodfellow needs to fix his mistake so he causes them all to get lost in the woods and while they are asleep he spreads the juice of the flower on Lysander’s eyes.
Lysander wakes up, sees Hermia and falls in love with her again.
Lysander marries Hermia and Demetrius marries Helena.
Meanwhile there are some actors rehearsing in the woods and the naughty Puck, Goodfellow, has put a donkey’s head on Bottom, one of the actors.
Bottom
the actors
Goodfellow
Oberon spreads the juice of the flower on Titania’s eyelids
Titania’s wakes up, sees Bottom, and falls in love with him.
Bottom
Titania
Oberon takes the prince.
Titania’s wakes and sees how silly she has been.
Titania’s wakes and Oberon make up.
List of CharactersThe Athenians
Theseus – Duke of Athens
Hippolyta – Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus
Egeus – father of Hermia, wants her to marry Demetrius
Hermia – in love with Lysander
Helena – in love with Demetrius
Lysander – in love with Hermia
Demetrius – in love with Hermia at first but later loves Helena
The Fairies
Oberon – Titania's husband and King of the Fairies
Titania – Oberon's wife and Queen of the Fairies
Robin Goodfellow/Puck – servant to Oberon
Peaseblossom – fairy servant to Titania
Mustardseed – fairy servant to Titania
The Mechanicals (An acting troupe)
Nick Bottom – wears the head of a donkey and is loved by Titania
HomeWorkRead lines 20-45 and answer the question
Your answer must be an essay with the necessary evidence and explanation:
Why has Egeus brought his daughter and the two men before the duke?