Download Shakespeare Vocab Word Definition dramatis

Shakespeare Vocab
Word
dramatis
personae
aside
soliloquy
apostrophe
anon
exeunt
apace
forsooth
ere
adieu
whilst
hath
thou
hyperbole
Definition
Characters in a play
A speech not heard by other characters on stage.
A speech given as though thinking aloud
An exclamatory passage or poem addressed to a person.
1. In a short time.
2. Another time.
3. At once.
Go offstage.
With speed; quickly; swiftly.
Indeed.
Before.
Good-bye; farewell.
While.
Have
To address someone singularly in second person.
Obvious and intentional exaggeration.
Background Notes
Born
Died
Occupation
Lived in the time
Called
Wife
Married
Children (3)
Susannah
Judith and
Hamnet
Hamnet died
Opened Theator
in London
Returned to
Stratford
A. April 26, 1564
B. Stratford-upon Avon
April 23, 1616
A. Writer
B. Actor
C. Director
Of Queen Elisabeth I
Elizabethan
Anne Hathaway
May 26, 1582
A. Hamnet
B. Susannah
C. Judith
1583
1585 (twins)
Age 11
Globe
1611-1612
4 Plots
The Royal
wedding
The Love
Quadrangle
Hippolyta
Theseus
Theseus conquered Hippolyta
Hippolyta marries Theseus in Athens
Demetrius
Lysander
Helena
Hermia
Egeus
Egeus wants Hermia to Marry Demetrius
Hermia loves Lysander, not Demetrius
Helena loves Demetrius
Demetrius and Lysander magically fall in love with
Helena
• In the end Demetrius loves Helena and Lysander loves
Hermia
• They get married when Theseus overrules Egeus
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The Fairy
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The Mechanicals
A Midsummer
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Titania
Oberon
Puck
Oberon and Titania argue over Titania’s possession of a
boy
To have the boy, Oberon enchants Titania to love
Bottom with an ass’s head
Oberon receives the boy and enchants Bottom and
Titania
Nick Bottom
Snug the Joiner
Flute
Robin Starveling
Peter Quince
Rehearse in the woods
Nick is given an ass’s head
Nick returns to normal
They perform at the wedding
Eve of June 24
Festival of St. John, the Baptist
Thought people suffered from midsummer madness
Action Curve
Introduction
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
1) Egeus complains to Theseus.
2) Artisans plan to put on play.
1) Demetrius and Helena follow Lysander and Hermia into the
woods.
2) Titania falls in love with Bottom who has an ass’s head.
1) Lysander and Demetrius fight in the woods.
2) Helena and Hermia fight in woods.
1) Puck leads them away and puts them to sleep.
2) Puck un-enchants Lysander.
1) Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, and Theseus
and Hippolyta, get married.
2)Artisans preform play.
Characters
Theseus
Hippolyta
Egeus
Hermia
Helena
Lysander
Athenian Duke
Marries Hippolyta
Carries out the laws of Athens
Wooed with his sword
Decides against Egeus wishes
“I will overbear your will, for in the temple, by and by, with us these
couples shall eternally be knit.”
Thinks the lovers’ story are part of their craziness caused by their love:
“The lunatic, the lover and the poets are of imagination all compact.”
Theseus’ finance and at the end, wife
Queen of the Amazon tribe (woman warriors)
Was wooed in battle
Believes that women are strong
Hermia’s angry father
Dictatorial towards his daughter
Would rather she die than disobey him
Wants his daughter to marry Demetrius
Disapproves of Lysander
Lysander’s lover with whom he plans to elope
Disobedient daughter who angers her father
Has a mud fight with Helena
short
“But I beseech you your grace that I may know the worst that may befall me
in this case, if I refuse to wed?”
Is in love with Demetrius
Lacks confidence; low self-esteem
Compares herself to a spaniel
Tall and blonde
Puts herself down
Believes herself to be the center of a joke
Is made at her best friend:
“Injurious Hermia! Most ungrateful maid! Have you conspired to, have you
with these contrived to bait me with this foul derision?”
is spurned by the man she loves:
“Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex, we cannot fight for love as men
may do, we should be wooed and were not made to woo.”
Hermia’s lover who plans their elopement
Disapproved of by Hermia’s father
Is made to “fall in love with Helena”
Demetrius
Titania
Oberon
Puck
Nick
Bottom
Peter
Quince
Loved and discarded Helena
Is manipulated into loving Helena again and marrying her
“For I am sick when I do look on thee.”
Queen of the fairy world
In an ferocious argument with her husband over a little boy
falls in love with an ass
“His mother was a vot’ress of my order, and for her sake do I rear up her
boy, and for her sake I will not part with him.”
King of the fairy world
Jealous husband
Wants the boy his wife Titania is keeping
Places a spell on his wife making her enamored of an ass
Is called the King of Shadows
Troublemaker and trickster
Oberon’s apprentice and jester
Messes up with the “magic flower”
Is called Hobgoblin or Robin Goodfellow
The “merry wanderer of the night”
Mistakes one Athenian for another
“..Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook.”
Full of himself
Overconfident in his acting ability
Is turned into an ass
Titania falls in love with him
Plays Pyramus in the play performed after the wedding
Believe he has a strange dream:
“The eye of man hath no heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man’s hand is
not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my
dream was.”
Encourages his fellow actors to be ready to perform:
“And most dear actors eat neither onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet
breath.”
The director of the play
Calls out the characters’ names and assigns the parts
Quotes
“Injurious Hermia! Most ungrateful
maid! Have you conspired to, have you
with these contrived to bait me with this
foul derision?”
Who Said it: Helena
To Whom: Hermia
When/Where: in the woods after Lysander and
Demetrius both fall in love with her (Helena)
What does it mean (Translate): You are so mean
ungrateful, Hermia. Have you decided not to be my
friend and are you now mocking me, too?
Significance to the story:
The conflict, or rivalry, between the two girls is
coming to a climax
“His mother was a vot’ress of my order, Who Said it: Titania
and for her sake do I rear up her boy,
To Whom: Oberon
and for her sake I will not part with
When/Where: In the fairy world, before the lovers
him.”
enter the woods.
What does it mean (Translate): His mother was a
follower of mine and I will raise the boy and not give
him up.
Significance to the story:
Sets up the conflict between Oberon and Titania.
Oberon wants a changeling boy that Titania has.
“I will overbear your will, for in the
Who Said it: Theseus
temple, by and by, with us these couples To Whom: Egeus
shall eternally be knit.”
When/Where: in the woods, on the morning of the
Royal wedding, after the lovers have awoken
What does it mean (Translate):, I am overruling your
wishes and the couples will get married with us.
Significance to the story:
The final resolution of the conflict between Hermia
and her father; and the conflict between the lovers.
“The eye of man hath not heard, the ear
of man hath not seen, man’s hand is not
able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor
his heart to report what my dream was.”
Who Said it: Bottom
To Whom: self/audience
When/Where: in the woods in the morning after Puck
has released his enchantment
What does it mean (Translate): I have no idea what
just happened
Significance to the story: Resolution of Bottom’s
conflict and of Titania and Oberon’s conflict
“But I beseech you your grace that I
may know the worst that may befall me
in this case, if I refuse to wed?”
“Your wrongs do set a scandal on my
sex, we cannot fight for love as men
may do, we should be wooed and were
not made to woo.”
“..Believe me, king of shadows, I
mistook.”
“The lunatic, the lover and the poets are
of imagination all compact.”
Who Said it: Hermia
To Whom: Theseus, Duke of Athens
When/Where: In the palace, 4 days before the
wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta
What does it mean (Translate): But I beg you, sir,
what is the worst thing that can happen to me if I
refuse to marry?
Significance to the story: Sets up the conflict for the
lovers
Who Said it: Helena
To Whom: Demetrius
When/Where: in the forest when she is first chasing
him.
What does it mean (Translate): You are being mean
to me; women should not fight for love like men do
men should ask us out, and we should not have to ask
the out.
Significance to the story: Sets up the irony. When he
does love her she doesn’t believe him.
Who Said it: Puck
To Whom: Oberon
When/Where: in the woods when they see that all
four lovers are fighting; just at the climax
What does it mean (Translate): Trust me, Oberon, I
made a mistake.
Significance to the story:
Shows that Puck is responsible for the conflict
between the lovers
Who Said it: Theseus
To Whom: Hippolyta
When/Where: After the wedding, in the palace
What does it mean (Translate): crazy people, people
in love, and poets are all the same. They all have
weird dreams.
Significance to the story: resolution of explaining all
the craziness that happened in the woods and that it
was in the imagination of the lovers.
“And most dear actors eat neither onions Who Said it: Bottom
nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet
To Whom: The Artisans
breath.”
When/Where: The morning of the play after Bottom
“For I am sick when I do look on thee.”
has been reunited with his friends.
What does it mean (Translate): Do not eat onions or
garlic because you don’t want to have bad breath.
Significance to the story: This is the resolution of the
Artisans conflict; they are getting ready for the play.
Who Said it: Demetrius
To Whom: to Helena
When/Where: In the forest, early in the night
What does it mean (Translate): Whenever I see you, I
feel sick.
Significance to the story: This is the rising action that
sets up the conflict of the lovers, Demetrius does not
love Helena.
Essay
Midsummer Night's dream test essay
I.
introduction
A. backgournd
B.
1.
born in april 23,
2.
married Anne Hathaway
3.
3 children
4.
opeed globe theater
5.
wrote pays and direcgted
thesis
1.
Shakespeare's Play AMND is timeless because of ________, ________, and _______
a.
comedy
b. failry word
c.
II.
relationships
relatipnships
A. lovers
B.
1.
change who they likekly
2.
two people love the same person
father = daughter
III. comedy
A. ass's head
B.
artisans
play
IV. fairy world
A. tinkerbell
B.
tooth fairy
V.
conclusion
A. apply to your life