AMSND+Act+5

__** A Midsummer Night's Dream **__ __** Ana and Brianna **__


 * Act V **

He implies that Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius have similar minds to those of madmen, and says that they are delusional in their beliefs, and that the whole nights events were just a dream. The first form of entertainment Theseus had already told Hippolyta about, the second he had already seen, and the third was not appropriate for a wedding celebration. He tries to keep Theseus and the others from seeing the play, because he thinks it is the shortest play he has ever seen, but is altogether to long. He thinks that the performers are not very good either, as they are not real actors. What Theseus means by those lines is that nothing can be missed when so much time and effort is put into perfecting their performance. The prologue was supposed to tell the audience that the actors are just actors, and not the actual characters, but instead the sentences were odd and fragmented, making it humorous. He makes you feel as if you are sitting right next to Hippolyta, Theseus, Demetrius and Lysander and are commenting on the play within a play along with you. She said it 'This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard."(Page 89) She was not impressed with the acting of the artisans. It's humorous in the way that Thisby addresses the audience before she kills herself.  He tells the fairies to stay in the house and sing and dance to bless the newlywed couples. "Through this palace, with sweet peace; And the owner of it blessed, ever shall in safety rest." (Page 69)  The purpose of Puck's final speech was to remind the audience that if they didn't enjoy the play, then it was all a dream. If you did like the play, you could give the actors a round of applause.
 * 56. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? **
 * 57. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? **
 * 58. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? **
 * 59. What does Theseus mean by the lines, "For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it"? **
 * 60. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then going to enact? **
 * 61. How does Shakespeare use comments from the audience to enhance the humour of the play that they are watching? **
 * 62. What is Hippolyta’s reaction to the play? **
 * 63. In what way is Thisby’s final speech humorous? **
 * 64. What does Oberon tell the fairies to do? **
 * 65. What is the purpose of Puck’s final speech? **


 * Extending the thought process: **


 * FInd at least one example of each of the following that occurs during the play within the play. Write down the quote that illustrates example. **


 * Excessive alliteration~ ** //"For, by thy gracious, golden, glittering gleams..."// (Page 91)
 * Breaking the play’s illusion of reality~ ** //"...She is to enter now, and I am to spy her through the wall. You shall see, it will fall pat as I told you. Yonder she comes."// (Page 88) This is breaking the plays illusion of reality because Pyramus (Bottom) directly addresses the audience.
 * Using the wrong word or name~ **// "Think what thou wilt, I am thy lover's grace. And, like Limander, am I trusty still." '"And I like Helen, till the Fates me kill." // (Page 89) In this part, they said Limander and Helen when they meant to say Leander and Hero, from a story where two lovers die tragically. //"Wilt thou at Ninny's tomb meet me straightaway?"// (Page 89) Bottom said Ninny's tomb again instead of Ninus.
 * Repeating a word excessively~ ** //"Adieu, Adieu, Adieu."// (Page 93) //"Alack, alack, alack."// (Page 88) //"Now die, die, die, die, die."// (Page 92)
 * Ridiculous metaphor~ ** //"Myself, the man in the moon, do seem to be."// (Page 90) Moonshine is comparing himself to the moon.

===** a) 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? **=== The relationship between the audience and actors was casual, the audience created small conversation with some of the performers showing that these types of gatherings were trivial (When a play is preformed without trained actors).  ** b) Modern television shows often create comic effects by having a silly, innocent, or “clueless” character and a sarcastic, knowing, clever character play off of each other. What examples can you think of? ** One modern T.V. show that has a silly innocent character and a clever character is Friends. Joey was silly and dumb in the show, and Ross was the smart, knowing character and they often played off each other. Another show is 10 Things I Hate About You, (which was based on the movie, and was cancelled). In the show and movie, there are two sets of smart/dumb characters- in the relationship with Bianca and Kat, Kat was the smart one and Bianca was clueless and ditzy. In the relationship between Bianca and Joey, Joey was really clueless and Bianca was the sharp one who tended to bring him back to reality. In a lot of serious CSI type shows, they normally have a clueless type character to lighten the mood. For example, in Bones they had a girl named Daisy who was really ditzy and clueless and the best paleontologist who is very intelligent. ** c) Identify ways in which Pyramus and Thisbe might be unsuitable for a wedding celebration. Are there any ways in which the play might be appropriate? In what ways is the play-within-a-play an ironic commentary on what the two pairs of young lovers (Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia) have gone through earlier? ** The play, Pryramus and Thibse is both suitable and unsuitable for a wedding celebration. In the ways they are appropriate is that love is so powerful that once you no longer have your lover with you, there is no point in living anymore. A wedding bonds two lovers together so the play is appropriate to talk about the strength of true love. On the other hand, this play is also not suitable for a wedding celebration because it isn't proper to talk about death when it is such a merry day. The play-within-a-play is ironic because Hermia and Lysander would die to be together if they no longer had each others love. In that scenario, Egeus would be the lion, because the lion metaphorically tore the couple of Pyramus and Thisbe apart. The play-within-a-play is ironic for Helena and Demetrius because in the beginning of the play, Demetrius would not have killed himself if Helena died (he probably would have thrown a party). Now at the end, his feelings are different and it is ironic that he probably couldn't even imagine a life without Helena, when in the beginning he hated her so much.

COMPLETION 10/10 EFFORT 10/10 CONTENT 9/10 TOTAL 29/30