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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Works Cited
Act V Artistic Rendering
This picture is significant to A Midsummer Night's Dream because following one's heart was a moftif throughout the play. No matter if the characters were intoxicated by the love-juice bestowed upon their eyes, or it their actions and decisions were of their own choice, they always followed and were persistant in what they believed to be right.
Act V Connections
1. The movie Hercules is similar to the play. In the movie, at the end, Hercules has a decision to make: should he follow the rules of the living- that once you are dead, you cannot return to Earth- or, should he follow his heart. Hercules follows his heart which turns out to be the right decision and grants him his dream of returning to Mount Olympus to live with his parents and the Gods once more. However, Hercules chose love over official godly glory and went back to Earth so as to live with his love, Meg for the rest of their lives. In the play, at the end, Theseus is also faced with a similar choice. Should he follow his heart or follow the law? The law states that if a woman disobeys her father in not marrying who she wants him to marry, then she should face punishment as death or sent to a nunnery. Instead, he follows his heart and lets the happily in love couples remain with their respective lovers, and even let's them get married with him and his true love.
2. The movie Beauty and the Beast is also similar to A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the movie, the Prince does something uncharitable and is turned into a beast. The woman who placed the charm upon him told him that he had to find true love by his 21st birthday, or he would forever remain a beast. Things don't look good for him, but in the end, everything turns out perfectly. In the middle of the play, there is confusion amongst the lovers, but at the end of it, everything plays out to be great for everyone and they are all happy.
Act V Quotes
1. "His speech was like a tangled chain: / Nothing impaired, but all disordered." -Theseus of Peter Quince (Scene 1, lines 130-131)
This quote is significant because it shows the reader/audience what they royals and well-offs think of the working class of rude mechanicals. They do not even think of them as worthy or level, they think of them as mixed up and unsure of themselves, but maybe the royals are just too cocky for their own good.
2. "I am sent with broom before, / To sweep the dust behind the door." -Puck (Scene 1, lines 384-385)
This quote is significant because as a reader or member of the audience, we find out one more detail of Puck's duty to Oberon and the royal fairies. He is the one that always cleans up the messes made by the immortals and keeps the messes safely hidden from the mortals, so that they will never suspect a thing to be different than as they know it.
This quote is significant because it shows the reader/audience what they royals and well-offs think of the working class of rude mechanicals. They do not even think of them as worthy or level, they think of them as mixed up and unsure of themselves, but maybe the royals are just too cocky for their own good.
2. "I am sent with broom before, / To sweep the dust behind the door." -Puck (Scene 1, lines 384-385)
This quote is significant because as a reader or member of the audience, we find out one more detail of Puck's duty to Oberon and the royal fairies. He is the one that always cleans up the messes made by the immortals and keeps the messes safely hidden from the mortals, so that they will never suspect a thing to be different than as they know it.
Act V Vocab
1. abridgment: n. pastime (Scene 1, line 43)
Today, most teen's favorite abridgment includes texting, listening to music, or going on facebook.
2. beguile: v. to decieve, or cheat someone (Scene 1, line 44)
The girl beguiled him with her charm into believing lies about his girlfriend.
3. broached: v. stabbed (Scene, line 152)
When they found the movie star, it was too late, he had already been broached in a gruesome knife fight on the streets of London.
4. dole: v. to have sorrow (Scene 1, line 276)
After hearing of their classmate's death, the students doled for the deceased's friends and family.
5. imbrue: v. to stain, especially with blood (Scene 1, line 341)
After the ardous fist fight, his shirt was imbrued with his opponent's blood.
Today, most teen's favorite abridgment includes texting, listening to music, or going on facebook.
2. beguile: v. to decieve, or cheat someone (Scene 1, line 44)
The girl beguiled him with her charm into believing lies about his girlfriend.
3. broached: v. stabbed (Scene, line 152)
When they found the movie star, it was too late, he had already been broached in a gruesome knife fight on the streets of London.
4. dole: v. to have sorrow (Scene 1, line 276)
After hearing of their classmate's death, the students doled for the deceased's friends and family.
5. imbrue: v. to stain, especially with blood (Scene 1, line 341)
After the ardous fist fight, his shirt was imbrued with his opponent's blood.
Act V Questions
1. Is Theseus's reaction to the lover's adventure something you would expect of him?
Theseus's reaction to the lover's adventure is not something you would expect of him. This is because he gave Hermia the options of a nunnery and death, which both seems very harsh on her for just wanting to have the man her heart desires. Because of the ultimatum he gave her, the readers or audience would not expect Theseus to be empathetic of them.
2. Why does Hippolyta initially seem hesitant to watch the play?
Hippolyta initially seemed hesitant to watch the play because of the description Philostrate gives her. She wishes not to see the wretchedness and goriness of the 'happily tragical serious comedy'.
3. Why does Snug, who plays the Lion, make a fuss about proclaiming his true identity?
Snug makes a fuss about proclaiming his identity. He does this so as not to scare the sensitive ladies in the audience.
4. 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?
While watching the audience watch a play, we notice many things about the audience and the performers through their actions. Of Theseus we note that, though he did his noble deed of letting the lovers stay together and getting married with him and Hippolyta, he often cuts in during the dialect of the play, furthur showing the reader/audience his arrogance-the fact that he just assumes that everything will halt at his wish. Of the rude mechanicals, we notice their skittishness- how they act in the play and how they answer to Theseus's commentary shows us all this. And of the lovers and Hippolyta, we see their subservientness to Theseus- he often interrupts the play, but they do not speak unto he does, or until spoken to, especially the women, who do not speak until their significant other speaks to them.
5. How does the theme of love's difficulty occur throughout the play? Explain.
In Act I Lysander said, "the course of true love never did run smooth". This we know now, was a foreshadow for the play later on. Most of the conflict in the play stems from romantic troubles and though the play involves many romantic elements, it is not exactly a true love story. The theme of love's difficulty quite often shown through the motif of love out of balance or a distraction in a romantic relationship. The most prevalent people we see this happen to are the four young adults: Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius- Hermia loves Lysander and Lysander loves Hermia, but Demetrius also loves Hermia, and Hermia does not love Demetrius, but Helena loves Demetrius though his love is not returned. Throughout the play, these relationships become skewed, from love-juice placed upon some of the character's eyes, until things are set right with Hermia and Lysander loving each other and Helena and Demetrius loving each other. Something similar happens to Oberon and Titania in the fact that Oberon places the love-juice on Titania's eyes so that any love she has for him will diminish and in turn she will fall in love with a beast so that he can aquire the changeling boy they had previously argued about. This shows the imbalance of Oberon's love for Titania- his want of the Indian boy outweighed his love of his wife. The matter of Titania loving the ass-headed Bottom also represents an imbalance of apperance and nature in the fact that she is beautiful, graceful and immortal, and Bottom is grotesque, clumsy and mortal.
Theseus's reaction to the lover's adventure is not something you would expect of him. This is because he gave Hermia the options of a nunnery and death, which both seems very harsh on her for just wanting to have the man her heart desires. Because of the ultimatum he gave her, the readers or audience would not expect Theseus to be empathetic of them.
2. Why does Hippolyta initially seem hesitant to watch the play?
Hippolyta initially seemed hesitant to watch the play because of the description Philostrate gives her. She wishes not to see the wretchedness and goriness of the 'happily tragical serious comedy'.
3. Why does Snug, who plays the Lion, make a fuss about proclaiming his true identity?
Snug makes a fuss about proclaiming his identity. He does this so as not to scare the sensitive ladies in the audience.
4. 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?
While watching the audience watch a play, we notice many things about the audience and the performers through their actions. Of Theseus we note that, though he did his noble deed of letting the lovers stay together and getting married with him and Hippolyta, he often cuts in during the dialect of the play, furthur showing the reader/audience his arrogance-the fact that he just assumes that everything will halt at his wish. Of the rude mechanicals, we notice their skittishness- how they act in the play and how they answer to Theseus's commentary shows us all this. And of the lovers and Hippolyta, we see their subservientness to Theseus- he often interrupts the play, but they do not speak unto he does, or until spoken to, especially the women, who do not speak until their significant other speaks to them.
5. How does the theme of love's difficulty occur throughout the play? Explain.
In Act I Lysander said, "the course of true love never did run smooth". This we know now, was a foreshadow for the play later on. Most of the conflict in the play stems from romantic troubles and though the play involves many romantic elements, it is not exactly a true love story. The theme of love's difficulty quite often shown through the motif of love out of balance or a distraction in a romantic relationship. The most prevalent people we see this happen to are the four young adults: Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius- Hermia loves Lysander and Lysander loves Hermia, but Demetrius also loves Hermia, and Hermia does not love Demetrius, but Helena loves Demetrius though his love is not returned. Throughout the play, these relationships become skewed, from love-juice placed upon some of the character's eyes, until things are set right with Hermia and Lysander loving each other and Helena and Demetrius loving each other. Something similar happens to Oberon and Titania in the fact that Oberon places the love-juice on Titania's eyes so that any love she has for him will diminish and in turn she will fall in love with a beast so that he can aquire the changeling boy they had previously argued about. This shows the imbalance of Oberon's love for Titania- his want of the Indian boy outweighed his love of his wife. The matter of Titania loving the ass-headed Bottom also represents an imbalance of apperance and nature in the fact that she is beautiful, graceful and immortal, and Bottom is grotesque, clumsy and mortal.
Act V Scene I
After Class Reading Reflections
The lovers wed and it is implied that they all live 'happily ever after'. They watch the play put on by the rude mechanicals and often interrupt to commentate. All in all, the play performed is asinine and supercilious, which Hippolyta makes known. After the mortals have all retired, the immortals take to the dance floor, and Puck makes a little closing speech. At the end of his dialect he leaves the audience thinking that maybe the play itself was nothing but a dream and leaves many questions unanswered...
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