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Introduction
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. The play revolves around the adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions
with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The story takes place in Midsummer and is a complex
farce featuring Hermia & Lysander and Helena & Demetrius. Their romantic intrigues are confused
and complicated still further by entering the forest where Oberon, the King of the Fairies and his
Queen, Titania, preside. Puck (or Robin Goodfellow) is a major character who is full of mischief and
tricks. Other visitors to the enchanted forest include Bottom the weaver and his friends Snug, Snout,
Quince and Flute the amateur dramatists who want to rehearse their terrible but hilarious version of
the play Pyramus and Thisbe.
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The Characters
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The Lovers: Lysander (the best man)
Hermia
(the bride)
Helena
(the brides’ maid)
Demetrius
(the groom)
The Actors Quince
(the Director)
Bottom
(Pyramus)
Snout
(the Lion)
Flute
(Thisbe)
The Gods:
Oberon (King of the Fairies)
Titania
(Queen of the Fairies)
Puck
(Servant to Oberon and Titania)
Fairy
(servant to Titania)
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
SCENE 1
Puck is meditating in the forest and is suddenly aware of intruders. Hermia (The Bride) just left Demetrius
(The Groom) at the altar to run away with Lysander (The Best Man). They meet in the forest but Demetrius, Hermia’s fiancée runs after them. Helena (the Bridesmaid) runs into the forest after them because
she is in love with Demetrius. The Gods Oberon and Titania appear and they begin arguing about Puck.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 2
The actors gather in the wood to prepare the play. Puck watches them and laughs.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 3
Oberon and Titania appear again arguing. They fight using their magic powers.
Titania wins and Oberon is humiliated. He wants revenge and tells his servant Puck
to bring him a special flower. The juice of that flower is a love potion that makes
anyone that takes it fall in love with the first thing it sees. Puck goes to get the flower.
Scene 4
Oberon
watches
as
Helena
follows
Demtrius
into
the
forest
and
decides he will help her. Puck comes back with the flower. Oberon takes part
of it to put
in Titania’s eyes and gives the rest to Puck to put in Demtrius’ eyes.
Scene 5
Titania
goes
to
sleep
and
Oberon
puts
the
love
potion
into
her
eyes.
Scene 6
Lysander and Hermia are lost and tierd. They decide to to sleep for awhile. Puck sees Lyander
and and mistakes him for Demetrius. He puts the juice in in Lysanders eye. Just then Demetrius
comes in chased by Helena. Demetrius leaves. Lysander wakes up sees Helena and falls in
love with her. Helena doesn’t believe him and runs away. Lysander runs after her leaving Hermia behind. Hermia wakes up and see that Lysander is gone. She runs away looking for him.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 7
The actors return to rehearse the play. While they practice Puck turns one of them (Bottom) into a
donkey. Bottom scares the rest of his troupe away and is alone the the forest.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 8
Titania
wakes
up
and
sees
Bottom.
She
falls
in
love
with
him
and
takes
him
to
her
nest.
Puck
and
Oberon
watch
them
and
laugh.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 8 (continued)
Just then Hermia comes in chased by Demetrius. Oberon realizes that Puck messed up by putting the
love potion in the wrong lovers eyes. He tells Puck to go and fetch Helena meanwhile he will put the
potion in Demetrious’ eyes. Helena comes back followed by Lysander. Demetrius wakes up and falls in
love with Helena. Now both guys are in love with Helena and both hate Hermia. They start to fight. Finally Puck puts the right girl with the right guy and puts another potion into Lysanders eye so that when he
wakes up he will be in love with Hermia again. The Lovers wake up and go back to town to get married.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 8 (continued)
Finally Puck puts the right girl with the right guy and puts another potion into Lysanders eye so that when
he wakes up he will be in love with Hermia again. The Lovers wake up and go back to town to get married.
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pLOT SYNOPSIS
Scene 10
Titania and bottom are in her nest asleep. Oberon feels sorry for her and decides that he
will release her from the spell. She wakes up and after a short argument her and Oberon make up. Puck tells them that he has a surprise for them. They leave to go sit down.
Scene 11
Puck wakes Bottom up to an audience waiting for his performance. Bottom is forced to perform the play they were rehearsing before. Bottom finishes his play and Puck says goodbye.
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Extracts
Scene 2
Enter Rude Mechanicals: Bottom, Quince, Flute, and an audience member to play Snout.
QUINCE:
Is all our company here?
BOTTOM:
Call them out one by one.
QUINCE:
This is the list of the actors who are going to act in the play at the wedding reception tonight.
BOTTOM:
First, Quince, tell us what the play is about, then read out the actors names.
QUINCE:
All right, our play is called The Most Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thysbe.
BOTTOM:
And let me tell you, it’s a great piece of work and very funny. Now, call the names of the actors on the list. Men, gather ‘round for role call.
QUINCE:
Francis Flute
FLUTE:
Here.
BOTTOM:
Eh hem, what part will I be playing?
QUINCE:
You, Bottom, have been cast as Pyramus.
BOTTOM:
What is Pyramus, a lover or a tyrant?
QUINCE:
A lover who kills himself in the name of love.
BOTTOM:
I’ll have to cry to make my performance believable. And as soon as I start crying, the audience had better watch out because they’ll start crying, too. I’ll make tears pour out of their eyes like rain clouds. I’ll moan very believably. Quince, name the other actors. But, I’m really in the mood to play a tyrant. I could do a great job with Hercules or any other part that requires ranting and raving. Like this, listen:
The raging rocks
And shivering shocks
Shall break the locks
Of prison gates;
Oh, that was truly inspired! Now, tell us who the other actors are. By the way, my performace just now was in the style of Hercules, the tyrant style. A lover would have to be weepier of course.
QUINCE:
Francis Flute
FLUTE:
QUINCE:
Yes.
FLUTE:
What is Thysbe, a wandering knight?
QUINCE:
It is the lady that Pyramus must love.
FLUTE:
Oh, please, don’t make me play a woman. I’m trying to grow a beard.
Flute, you will be playing the role of Thysbe.
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Extracts
Scene 2 (continued)
QUINCE:
BOTTOM:
That doesn’t matter, you’ll wear a mask and you may speak as high as you want.
¨Thysne! Thysne!¨
¨Ah, Pyramus, my lover dear, thy Thysne dear, thy lady dear.¨
QUINCE:
No, no, you must play Pyramus. And Flute, you Thysbe.
BOTTOM:
Well, Okaaay, proceed then.
QUINCE:
Snout, you’ll play the part of the Lion.
SNOUT:
Um, can I use my script? I’m a slow learner.
QUINCE:
You just have to ‘roar,’ Snout.
BOTTOM:
Oh, ooh, let me play the Lion, too. I will roar so well that It’ll be an
inspiration to anyone who hears me. I’ll roar so well that the audience will shout, ‘Let him roar again!’
QUINCE:
No, Bottom, you’re playing Pyramus. I’ll play the part of the Wall and the Moon. Now, let’s all go get our costumes and meet back here for rehearsal in one hour.
In that case, if I can wear a mask, let me play Thysbe, too. I’ll be Pyramus first:
(As they exit)
BOTTOM: Now, learn your lines everyone! Get back here in one hour! Okay, one hour!
PUCK:
This ought’a be good.
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Extracts
Scene 6
(Enter Lysander and Hermia.)
LYSANDER Fair love, you faint with wandering in the wood;
And to speak troth, I have forgot our way:
We’ll rest us, Hermia, if you think it good,
And tarry for the comfort of the day.
HERMIA Be it so, Lysander: find you out a bed;
For I upon this bank will rest my head.
LYSANDER One turf shall serve as pillow for us both;
One heart, one bed, two bosoms and one troth.
HERMIA Nay, good Lysander; for my sake, my dear,
Lie further off yet, do not lie so near.
LYSANDER O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence!
Love takes the meaning in love’s conference.
I mean, that my heart unto yours is knit
So that but one heart we can make of it;
Then by your side no bed-room me deny;
For lying so, Hermia, I do not lie.
HERMIA:
Lysander riddles very prettily:
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride,
If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy
Lie further off; in human modesty.
LYSANDER Amen, amen, to that fair prayer, say I;
And then end life when I end loyalty!
Here is my bed: sleep give thee all his rest!
HERMIA With half that wish the wisher’s eyes be press’d!
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Love
Dream
Fairy
Engaged
Potion
Wedding
King/Queen
Knight
Juice
Spell (hechizo)
Flower
Sing
Sleep
Tree
Kill
Cry
Speak
Fight
Bride
Groom
Match the opposites
Love
Ugly
Happy
Servant
Comedy
Tragedy
Night
Awake
Up
Down
Field
Sour
Sweet
Town
Asleep
Day
Master
Sad
Beautiful
Hate
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Don’t forget to take the wedding invitation with you to the theatre. You can’t get in without it!!
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