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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Major Characters, Themes,
Symbols, and Setting
“The Course of true love never did run smooth.” (Act 1, Scene 1)
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Theseus: The Duke of Athens
• Preparing to marry the Amazonian Queen Hippolyta
• He fell in love with Hippolyta when he conquered the Amazons
• He is a just, yet stern, ruler
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Hippolyta: Former Queen of the Amazons
• Engaged to marry Theseus
• Something Cool! In DC Comics, she is the mother of Wonder Woman!
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Hermia: Beautiful young maid of Athens
• In love with Lysander
• Willing to disobey her father to marry him
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Egeus: Hermia’s father
• Demands that Hermia marry Demetrius
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Lysander: Athenian youth in love with Hermia
• Persuades Hermia to elope with him against her father’s wishes
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Demetrius: Athenian; also loves Hermia
• Was engaged to Helena before he met Hermia
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Helena: Athenian maiden, loves Demetrius
• Friends with Hermia
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Nick Bottom: the weaver
• One of the laborers
• Temporarily sports the head of a donkey
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Titania: Queen of the Fairies
• Married to Oberon (King of the Fairies)
• Spirited and strong
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Oberon: King of the Fairies
• Married to Titania (Queen of the Fairies)
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Puck (Robin
Goodfellow):
Mischievous fairy
• Oberon’s Jester
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Major Theme
• Love—how it makes you CRAZY!• Hippolyta is marrying Theseus, who took her prisoner during their battles
• Hermia will defy her father and the law to marry Lysander
• Titania loves Bottom who has the head of a donkey
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Setting
• Ancient Athens
• The forest outside of Athens
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Wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta
Star-crossed young lovers in the woods
Athenian workers planning a play
Quarrel between Oberon and Titania (Fairy Queen and King)
4 Different
Plots
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Before we begin Act II…In your notebooks…1. Make a prediction about what will happen to the four young lovers: Hermia, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius.
-Who will end up together?
-Will Lysander and Hermia run away?
2. What options would your parents give you if you were going to marry someone they disapproved of? How would you handle this situation?
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Prose, Rhymed Verse, Blank Verse
• Shakespeare used three forms of language in his plays:
1.prose
2.rhymed verse
3.blank verse
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Prose
• Ordinary speech with no regular pattern of accentual rhythm