A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act V, Scene 1 Reading Parts: Narrator Titania Hippolyta Theseus Philostrate Lysander Demetrius Helena Hermia Quince / Prologue Snout / Wall Bottom / Pyramus Flute / Thisbe Snug / Lion Starveling / Moonshine Robin Oberon
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act V, Scene 1 1. What does Theseus compare love to? How is this similar to the National Geographic article you read? 2. How do all of the oxymorons Theseus uses from lines 58-60 heighten the comedy of the play? 3. What is Shakespeare saying through Theseus about viewing drama?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act V, Scene 1 4. Search the Prologue in lines 126-150 for poetic devices. List and explain. 5. In lines 192 & 194, Bottom mistakes the mythological names. Why do you think Bottom makes so many mistakes? 6. What do the comments of the play-watchers suggest about people in general? 7. What is the meaning behind Robin’s (Puck’s) speech in the end?