A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1 Scene 5 Questions And Answers
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SCENE I
How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? Would you say Bottom's suggestions are practical or fanciful? Explain your answer.
How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?
Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?
Identify and list here examples of Bottom's malapropisms.
What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?
What wakes Titania?
What is ironic and humorous about Titania's speech …show more content…
SCENE II
Which character is used by Shakespeare to connect the two plots? We see this working in the first 2 pages of this act. Explain your choice.
What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?
How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?
Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?
To what does Demetrius compare his heart (lines170-174)? Explain the comparison. (look up “sojourned” if you need help)
Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?
How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?
How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?
Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?
Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?
What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?
What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?
What is Oberon going to do about Titania?
Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?
How well does Puck’s trickery work?
What specific line tells us that Hermia still loves Lysander, even after all of his language of
SCENE I
How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? Would you say Bottom's suggestions are practical or fanciful? Explain your answer.
How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?
Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?
Identify and list here examples of Bottom's malapropisms.
What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?
What wakes Titania?
What is ironic and humorous about Titania's speech …show more content…
SCENE II
Which character is used by Shakespeare to connect the two plots? We see this working in the first 2 pages of this act. Explain your choice.
What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?
How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?
Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?
To what does Demetrius compare his heart (lines170-174)? Explain the comparison. (look up “sojourned” if you need help)
Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?
How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?
How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?
Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?
Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?
What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?
What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?
What is Oberon going to do about Titania?
Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?
How well does Puck’s trickery work?
What specific line tells us that Hermia still loves Lysander, even after all of his language of