Act 4 Scene 1 begings in the forest with Titania and her faries pampering Bottom wiht his ass head. In the beginging he was baffeled as to why she loved him but he was quite enjoying all of the attention. He fell asleep with Titania by his side. Then Oberon and puck happen upon the sleeping two and Oberon releases the spell from Titania, and puck removes Bottom's ass head. Oberon tells puck of when he met with Titania and got her to agree to give him the young Indian boy and he would release the spell. Day comes and Titania and Oberon return to normal and so does bottom. This day is also Theseus's wedding day and he enters on a hunt with Hippolyta, Egeus, and his attendants. The sound of his hounds wakes the four sleeping lovers, Hermia and Lysander, and Demetrius and Helena. They two groups bump into each other and the young lovers retell their story of the previous night but it all sems as a dream. All they know is that Demetruis no longer loves Hermia, but now Helena and Hermia and Lysander are even more in love. This is also the day that Hermia is to make her decision as to whether she marries Demetrius but he does not want her anymore and Egeus is enrages. Theseus see's two happy couples in front of him and does not see the need to cause problems so he orders everyone back to the temple in athens for not one but three happy weddings.
Scene 2
In the mean time, bottom wakes and is lost. The previous night was a dream but he no longer had his ass head. He wanderend back into the clearing looking for the practicing actors but they were nowhere to be found, leaving bottom. At the same time the group of actors were having a meeting discussing the absence of bottom and how he was irriplaceable. One of the actors joins them with the news that theseus and 2 more couples had been married and were very eager to see a play, and the actors were in quite the situation. Just then Bottom bursts in on the meeting. He asks why they looked so sad and where they had gone. He says he has a story to tell them of the night before and his adventures but does not tell them. He directs them to get their costumes together and head stragiht for the dukes to perform their play.
11 May, 2007
09 May, 2007
Act 3 Scene 2
In act three scene two, Puck tells Oberon about Titania's love for an actor with an ass head. While they are discussing their sucess, Demetrius enters followed by Hermia. She is questioning him about Lysander's whereabouts because he went missing during the night. Puck realizes this is not the man that he enchanted and Oberon see's the man that he had told puck to enchant with a completely different woman. It is known that there is a problem and the love triangle has been changed and problems start. Oberon also has puck fix his mistake by putting the flower on Demetrius's eyes so he will fall in love wiht Helena. THen Lysander finds helena, and begs her love but she thinks he is doing it to mock her. The noise wakes demetrius from his sleep to see helena and then Lysander and he too falls in love wiht helena. She thinks the two men are doing it to be cruel and mock her. Both were enemies loving Hermia and now they are enemies mocking Helena. Then Hermia returns and see's Lysander. She questions him why he left and he says that he left because he found his true love. She did not believe him nor did she believe Demetrius saying the same thing. Helena also thought that the three were in on the joke together and felt betrayed by her long time best friend. Eventually Hermia begins to see the truth and all breaks loose between the two girls. At the end of the fight, Oberon has puck lead them all into seperate parts of the woods so they can fix the problems they created. they annointe Lysander's eyes so he will fall in love again with Hermia, and Demetrius and Helena wil be in love and htey can all return to anthens in peace.
08 May, 2007
Act 3 Scene 1
In Act 3 Scene 1, the group of actors that are to perform at Theseus's wedding meet to practice. In the script, Pyramus is killed and there is a lion, and if they scare the ladies, the actors will be put to their deaths. In fear of this, the actors decide to prestate that the lion is not actually a lion, and Pyramus is not actually killed. While the actors reherse, Bottom who is Pyramus, is off stage, and Puck, comes into the scene but invisible. He decides to play a trick and turn Bottoms head into that of an ass. When Bottom comes back on stage, he scares the other actors and they flee. When in the forest, Bottom wakes Titania and she falls in love with Bottom.
03 May, 2007
Act 2 Scene 1&2
Now in class we heard Act 2 scene 1 and 2 and this is my personal summary of what happened
Scene 1
While in the forest, 2 fairies meet. One of the is Robin, aka Puck, who is the servant of Oberon, the king of the fairies. The other is a servant of Titania, the queen of the fairies. Puck warns Titania's faerie to not let her come near Oberon because the fairies are mad at each other. Then coming to join their servants, Oberon and Titania both appear. They start in argument and quarrel over a small Indian prince. Titania has him as her attendant, but Oberon wished to have him as his knight. Neither agrees to give up the child. So when Titania leaves, Oberon asks Puck to go and find him a magic flower that was once hit by cupids arrows. If you rub this flowers juices on a sleepers eyelids, when they wake they will fall in love with the first thing they see. While puck is gone, Oberon witnesses Helena and Demetrius arguing about love. Lovesick helena wishes for demitrius and the more he pushes her away, the more in love she falls and the more demetrius love Hermia. Oberon wished to mess with the love triangle and when Puck returns, he instructs him to rub the flower juice on an Athenian man's eyes who is in the forest.
Scene 2
After Titania leaves oberon, she falls asleep by the stream bank. Oberon himself puts the flowers juice onto her eyelids so when she wakes she will fall in love with a beast. Lysander and Hermia are also walking through the forest on their escape from the rules of Athens. It is late and Lysander and Hermia decide to spend the night in the forest but keep their distance as respect to customs. At this time puck is also looking for an Athena man, and happens upon Lysander so he rubs the flower juice on his eyelids. After this, Helena and demetrius are still making their way through the woods, and demetrius once and for all tells Helena to stay away from him no matter how much she pleads. The noise wakes Lysander and he first sees helena and falls completely in love. Helena is not pleased at all and is very insulted. She thinks he is making fun of her and is very angry so she leaves but Lysander chases after her. Hermia later awakes to a missing Lysander and wanders into the woods to find him.
Scene 1
While in the forest, 2 fairies meet. One of the is Robin, aka Puck, who is the servant of Oberon, the king of the fairies. The other is a servant of Titania, the queen of the fairies. Puck warns Titania's faerie to not let her come near Oberon because the fairies are mad at each other. Then coming to join their servants, Oberon and Titania both appear. They start in argument and quarrel over a small Indian prince. Titania has him as her attendant, but Oberon wished to have him as his knight. Neither agrees to give up the child. So when Titania leaves, Oberon asks Puck to go and find him a magic flower that was once hit by cupids arrows. If you rub this flowers juices on a sleepers eyelids, when they wake they will fall in love with the first thing they see. While puck is gone, Oberon witnesses Helena and Demetrius arguing about love. Lovesick helena wishes for demitrius and the more he pushes her away, the more in love she falls and the more demetrius love Hermia. Oberon wished to mess with the love triangle and when Puck returns, he instructs him to rub the flower juice on an Athenian man's eyes who is in the forest.
Scene 2
After Titania leaves oberon, she falls asleep by the stream bank. Oberon himself puts the flowers juice onto her eyelids so when she wakes she will fall in love with a beast. Lysander and Hermia are also walking through the forest on their escape from the rules of Athens. It is late and Lysander and Hermia decide to spend the night in the forest but keep their distance as respect to customs. At this time puck is also looking for an Athena man, and happens upon Lysander so he rubs the flower juice on his eyelids. After this, Helena and demetrius are still making their way through the woods, and demetrius once and for all tells Helena to stay away from him no matter how much she pleads. The noise wakes Lysander and he first sees helena and falls completely in love. Helena is not pleased at all and is very insulted. She thinks he is making fun of her and is very angry so she leaves but Lysander chases after her. Hermia later awakes to a missing Lysander and wanders into the woods to find him.
01 May, 2007
Act 1 Scene 1&2
In class we listened to the audio version of A Mid summers night dream. We now are summarizing the scenes into our own forms.
Scene 1
Egeus, the father of Hermia goes to the ruler, Theseus, and presents him with the problem he has with his daughter. He wishes for her to marry Demetrius, but she is in love with Lysander who loves her back. She refuses to marry Demetrius and seeks every other option. She has to marry Demetrius, become a nun, or be put to her death. But to Hermia, anything is better than marrying Demetrius. When Theseus discusses private matters with Egeus and Demetrius, Lysander and Hermia are left alone. In this time they plot to flee the city, where the Athenian law does not bind Hermias marriage and she is free to wed Lysander. Helena joins Hermia and Lysander and is told of their plans. She is in love with demetrius but he wont love her back, only Hermia. When Hermia and Lysander leave, Helena plans to tell Demetrius of Hermia's plan so she can win his affection.
Scene 2
This scene is set when the actors for Theseus's wedding are getting their roles for their play. The actor, Bottom, has been assigned the role of Pyramus, who is Thisbe's lover. Bottom is not satisfied so when other roles are assigned, he wishes to have those roles as well. When Snug is assigned the role of a lion, Bottom wishes to be the lion. But Bottom in the end is only Pyramus and the actors depart.
Scene 1
Egeus, the father of Hermia goes to the ruler, Theseus, and presents him with the problem he has with his daughter. He wishes for her to marry Demetrius, but she is in love with Lysander who loves her back. She refuses to marry Demetrius and seeks every other option. She has to marry Demetrius, become a nun, or be put to her death. But to Hermia, anything is better than marrying Demetrius. When Theseus discusses private matters with Egeus and Demetrius, Lysander and Hermia are left alone. In this time they plot to flee the city, where the Athenian law does not bind Hermias marriage and she is free to wed Lysander. Helena joins Hermia and Lysander and is told of their plans. She is in love with demetrius but he wont love her back, only Hermia. When Hermia and Lysander leave, Helena plans to tell Demetrius of Hermia's plan so she can win his affection.
Scene 2
This scene is set when the actors for Theseus's wedding are getting their roles for their play. The actor, Bottom, has been assigned the role of Pyramus, who is Thisbe's lover. Bottom is not satisfied so when other roles are assigned, he wishes to have those roles as well. When Snug is assigned the role of a lion, Bottom wishes to be the lion. But Bottom in the end is only Pyramus and the actors depart.
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