Table of Contents
- 1 How does puck confuse Lysander and Demetrius?
- 2 Who says or in the night imagining some fear how easy is a bush supposed a bear?
- 3 What are two reasons for Puck’s error involving Lysander?
- 4 Why is Helena so upset at the end of Act II?
- 5 What does Helena accuse Lysander of doing?
- 6 Why does Hermia accuse Demetrius of murdering Lysander?
- 7 What did Puck and Oberon do in Midsummer Night’s Dream?
- 8 When was A Midsummer Night’s Dream first performed?
How does puck confuse Lysander and Demetrius?
How does Puck prevent Lysander and Demetrius from fighting? He confuses the would-be combatants until they are hopelessly lost. He pretends to be Helena, leading Lysander far away from Demetrius. He casts a spell that prevents the would-be combatants from finding each other.
Who says or in the night imagining some fear how easy is a bush supposed a bear?
It comprehends some bringer of that joy. Or in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Hippolyta notes to Theseus that the story the four lovers have told them is strange, and Theseus suggests that’s probably because it’s fictional.
Why does puck impersonate Lysander and Demetrius?
Why does Puck impersonate Lysander and Demetrius after the two men run in the woods to fight? So the two will fall asleep & the spell can be reversed. So the two will become so enraged they kill one another.
What is Lysander saying in this scene?
What is Lysander saying in this scene? I am just as good a match as Demetrius.
What are two reasons for Puck’s error involving Lysander?
Puck makes a mistake with the love potion because he has never laid eyes on the Athenian man he is supposed to apply the love potion to, causing him to mistake Lysander for Demetrius.
Why is Helena so upset at the end of Act II?
Why is Helena upset at the end of Act II? She thinks Lysander is teasing her. Explain the difference between Oberon’s use of the love potion on Titania and his intended use of it on Demetrius. He want revenge on Titania and to help Helena.
Who says Lovers and madmen have such seething brains?
Quote by William Shakespeare: “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains Suc…”
Who says Lovers and madmen have such seething brains such shaping fantasies that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends?
When discrediting the young Athenians’ stories, Theseus says, “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies, that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends.” Explain his meaning.
What does Helena accuse Lysander of doing?
Helena awakens in this scene to find Lysander and Demetrius both madly in love with her. She accuses Hermia of participating with Lysander and Demetrius to play a cruel joke on her. She believes the two men are pretending to be in love with her. She thinks that Hermia is going along with the act.
Why does Hermia accuse Demetrius of murdering Lysander?
Because her darling Lysander has mysteriously disappeared, Hermia accuses Demetrius of murdering him and hiding the body. Demetrius insists that he didn’t kill his enemy, but Hermia refuses to believe him.
What happens to Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
After Lysander is put under Puck’s spell, being mistaken for Demetrius he falls in love with Helena, but Helena loves Demetrius. Eventually, the spell is reversed and Lysander marries Hermia….Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
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What happens in Act 5 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
About “A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 5 Scene 1”. Theseus blames the lovers’ report of their strange experiences on the madness of love: “The lunatic, the lover and the poet / Are of imagination all compact.” Hippolyta isn’t so ready to dismiss them.
What did Puck and Oberon do in Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Puck and Oberon put the potion on Demetrius’s eyes while he sleeps, but he sees Helena upon waking and falls in love with her. Helena believes the men are making fun of her, while Hermia believes that Helena has stolen Lysander. Oberon removes the spell from Titania.
When was A Midsummer Night’s Dream first performed?
First performed around 1596, Shakespeare’s comic fantasy of four lovers who find themselves bewitched by fairies is a sly reckoning with love, jealousy and marriage. For centuries it’s been one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream here, with side-by-side No Fear translations into modern English.
Who are the suitors of Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Egeus arrives with his daughter Hermia and her two suitors, Lysander (the man she wants to marry) and Demetrius (the man her father wants her to marry). Egeus demands that Theseus enforce Athenian law upon Hermia and execute her if she refuses to marry Demetrius.