Mid+Summers+Night+Dream+Act+3

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Act III, Scene 1 25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars?: The actors decide to put in two prologues. One for when Pyramus kills himself and another for when the lion enters on stage. The prologue will say that they will not use real swords that do not do any killing and that Pyramus is still alive, also that Pyramus is really just Bottom in costume. The lion's prologue says that the ladies of the crowd need not fear for the lion is not a real lion but simply Snug. Also the lion must show his face to show that he is man and not beast.

26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall?: The actors plan on opening up a window at the play to let the moonlight in or if that fails have an actor play moonlight. The actor would come on stage and present himself as moonlight then hold a lantern above the actors. The wall is also resolved to be played by an actor, the wall will enter present himself as a wall and then make a hole with his fingers as which the chink in the wall that Pyramus and Thisbe speak.

27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?: Without knowing Puck had been watching the actors play there parts and seemed the play to be a farce. So Puck partly for entertainment and partly because he wanted Titania to fall inlove with beast he had created gave Bottom an ass' head. Without knowing Bottom returns to his rehearsal with the head of an ass. All of the actors being very frieghtened and shocked at the sight of Bottom with an ass' head run off in fear.

28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors?: In essence Puck plans to use the other actors as a sort of entertainment for himself. He is going to mess with the actors for his own enjoyment. He says "I'll be an auditor an actor too perhaps..." this shows that he wishes to use them for his own games.

29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies?:He is confused By Titani because she says she is in love with him and that he moves her, yet at the time they just met and Bottom thinks this is odd for a mistress to state her love when they just met. He also feals as if he is being mocked by her and that she is making fun of him because he finds the idea so proposterous that she could already be in love with him and also he is already in a bad mood because his acting cast has run off.

30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play?: This statement means that most of the time when people are in love they do stupid things simply because they are overwhelmed with there emotions that they dont think. In situations where they should think before they act instead they just do because they are blinded if you will by love. It also says that love is a very strong emotion and has the power to make people do things that they would not normally do. And at this point in the story there is a set of lovers which have run away from there home in order to get married. This is very foolish but they have done it out of love for each other and because they are not allowed to be married in Athens. So you see this is an anpt statement because it says basically love makes people do stupid things and in the play the two lovers are being very stupid because they love each other.

Act III, Scene 2 31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing?: Hermia accuses Demetrius of killing Lysander in his sleep. Although this accusation is false as Lysander has awoken and fallen madly in love with Helena.

32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake?: To make up for pucks earlier mistakes Oberon plans to place the love juice in Demetriuses eyes so that he will fall in love with Helena.(This is done because Oberon is a friend to lovers and wishes Helena the best) Also they will place the love potion again in Lysanders eyes so that he will fall back in love with Hermia.

33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along?: She doesn't know that Demetrius is being dead serious and actually does love her. She thinks that he is saying that he loves her in spite of her. She feels as if he is joking and taunting her for his own entertainment and takes it as an insult instead of a compliment.

34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia?: She accuses Helena of being a part of what she thinks is a creul joke being played by Demetrius and Lysander when the truth is that it is due to Puck's love potions.

35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past?: As children they had grown up together and as the play puts they were as close as sisters. For the longest time they had been freinds and they even went to the same school as each other.

36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says?: Lysander treats Hermia like she is crazy and that he hates her. He treats her almost as a stranger and in the way that they were never lovers but more or less enemies. She can't beleive him because the only time that has passed is only a few hours in sleep and suddenly Lysander is saying that he hates the person whom he just yesterday ran away with in despite of Athenian law to get married. Also because he says now that he loves Helean and Hermia finds this proposterous and completely unbeleivable due to her circumstances.

37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena?: Hermia accuses Helena of stealing Lysanders love from under her while Lysander was asleep. She says""...stolen my loves heart from him." which means in translation that she has made him fall in love with her as aposed to the literal interpretation.

38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia?: Helena is a coward and when she calls Hermia "a puppet" or in other words small, Hermia gets mad and tries to attack her. Since Helena is scared of confrontation she is intimidated by Hermia and scared.

39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do?: Since at this point in the story Lysander and Demetrius both love Helena they have gone off to fight for her love.

40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men?: He tells Puck to trick both men into thinking that Puck is there enemy while actually leading them farther away from each other. Puck will turn into both Lysander and Demetrius at times and taunt and jeer at them until they follow Puck away from each other.

41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania?: He decides to go talk to Titania and see if his spell will make Titania willing to give him the changeling boy and in return she will have the spell reversed that made her fall in love with Bottom.

42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day?: Oberon does not fear the coming of day as he is the king of fairies and has extraordinary powers as he is able to use spells in the day while most other faries are unable to do so.

43. How well does Puck’s trickery work?: Puck is very succesful ion his trickery as he gets the two enemies seperate from each other with no problem so he can fix his previous mistakes. As both of the men are filled with rage they hear the voice of their enemy and follow it without a thought while unknowingly actually being tricked and led farther from their enemy.


 * 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.**
 * -Titania falls in love with bottom**
 * -Oberon finds out that puck anointed the wrong persons eyes**
 * -Bottom is cursed with an asses head**
 * -Titania falls in love with Bottom**
 * -Demetrius is accused of killing lysander**
 * -Lysander is in love with Helean and follows her**
 * -Oberon re-anoints Demetriuses eyes so he will fall in love with helena**
 * -Helena feels as if she is being teased**
 * -Hermia wonders why Lysander no longer loves her**
 * -Helena is confronted by Hermia**
 * -Lysander and Demetrius exit to find a place two fight for Helena**
 * -Puck tricks the two men and leads them away from each other**
 * -Puck anoints Lysanders eyes**
 * -Lysander loves Hermia and Demetrius loves Helena and everything is fixed**