A midsummer night's dream quotes

Question 1

What does Theseus compare the moon to?

Answer 1

“like to a stepdame or a dowager,”

Question 2

What quote presents Hippolyta and Theseus’s alternative views?

Answer 2

“Four days will quickly steep themselves in night,”

Question 3

How does Theseus use phallic language against Hippolyta?

Answer 3

“I wooed thee with my sword,”

Question 4

What triple does Theseus use in act1.1?

Answer 4

“with pomp, with triumph and with reveling,”

Question 5

How does Egeus show his possessive nature over Hermia?

Answer 5

“As she is mine, I may dispose of her,”

Question 6

How does Hermia show her power?

Answer 6

“I know not by what power I am made bold,”

Question 7

How does Theseus warn Hermia about being single?

Answer 7

“withering on the virgin thorn,”

Question 8

How does Theseus imply he doesn’t believe in Egeus’ opinion?

Answer 8

“private schooling,”

Question 9

What quote shows Theseus’ blindness to Hippolyta’s emotions?

Answer 9

“what cheer my love?”

Question 10

What is the law?

Answer 10

“sharp Athenian law,”

Question 11

What quote presents Helena’s view on love?

Answer 11

“Love looks not with the eyes, not with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind,”

Question 12

How does Lysander believe the darkness of his relationship?

Answer 12

“The jaws of darkness do devour it up,”

Question 13

How do the mechanicals use juxtaposing language?

Answer 13

“on his wedding day at night,”

Question 14

How is play described?

Answer 14

“lamentable comedy,”

Question 15

How does Bottom use malapropism?

Answer 15

“obscenely,”

Question 16

How is Oberon characterised?

Answer 16

“jealous Oberon,”

Question 17

How has nature been disturbed?

Answer 17

“Pelting river,”

Question 18

How does Titania uses personification to imply her supernatural connection with nature?

Answer 18

“The childing autumn , angry winter change,”

Question 19

What does Oberon want to do with Titania?

Answer 19

“Till I torment the,”

Question 20

How does Oberon describe Titania?

Answer 20

“Imperial Votaress,”

Question 21

What does Helena believe to be to Demetrius?

Answer 21

“I am your spaniel,”

Question 22

How does Helena invert the expected behaviour of her?

Answer 22

“more you beat me, I will fawn on you,”

Question 23

What triple does Helena use to describe her actions?

Answer 23

“spurn me, strike me, neglect me,”

Question 24

How does she beg for Demetrius?

Answer 24

“can I beg in your love,”

Question 25

What does Lysander want to do with Hermia?

Answer 25

"Two bosoms interchained with an oath,"

Question 26

How does Helena comment on courtly expectations?

Answer 26

"When cowardice pursues, valour flies,"

Question 27

How does Demetrius threaten sexual violence?

Answer 27

"with the rich worth of your virginity,"

Question 28

What is the potion called?

Answer 28

"love juice,"

Question 29

What quote highlights that Lysander wants to have sex with Hermia?

Answer 29

"two bosoms interchained with one oath,"

Question 30

How does Hermia respond?

Answer 30

"Lie further off, in human modesty,"

Question 31

How does Helena describe herself?

Answer 31

"I am as ugly as a bear,"

Question 32

How does Lysander describe Hermia and Helena?

Answer 32

"Who will not change a raven for a dove?"

Question 33

What does Hermia say when she wakes up?

Answer 33

"Lysander, help me!"

Question 34

What did Hermia dream?

Answer 34

"methought a serpent ate my heart away,"

Question 35

How does puck describe the mechanicals?

Answer 35

"Hempen homespuns,"

Question 36

What quotes demonstrate the shock of Bottom's transformation?

Answer 36

"O monstrous! O strange!" "O Bottom, art thou changed,"

Question 37

What ironic quote to Bottom say when he is changed into an ass?

Answer 37

"This is to make an ass of me,"

Question 38

What does Titania say when she wakes up?

Answer 38

"What angel wakes me up from my flowery bed?"

Question 39

How does Bottom warn about the irrationality of love?

Answer 39

"reason and love keep little company nowadays,"

Question 40

How does Titania show her love for Bottom?

Answer 40

"O, how I love thee! How I dote on thee,"

Question 41

What is Puck's view on fate?

Answer 41

"fate o'errules,"

Question 42

How does Demetrius' language change towards Helena?

Answer 42

"O Helen, goddess, nymph, perfect divine,"

Question 43

How does Helena highlight her shock towards Demetrius?

Answer 43

"O devilish-holy fray,"

Question 44

How does Hermia illustrate the view that love is chosen?

Answer 44

"You thief of love,"

Question 45

What anaphora illustrates the closeness between Hermia and Helena?

Answer 45

"Both […] / Both […] both in one key,"

Question 46

What simile implies the naturalness of the women's friendship?

Answer 46

"like a double cherry,"

Question 47

What quote demonstrates that Hermia is beyond her female gentleness?

Answer 47

"Of maiden's patience,"

Question 48

How does Lysander threaten sexual violence?

Answer 48

"Should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead,"

Question 49

How does Oberon view the night?

Answer 49

"night's accidents,"

Question 50

How does Hippolyta reinstate the parallels in comedy?

Answer 50

"I never heard so musical a discord, such sweet thunder,"

Question 51

How is Egeus blind to love?

Answer 51

"I wonder of their being here together,"

Question 52

How did Demetrius' love for Hermia change?

Answer 52

"Melted as the snow,"

Question 53

What quote shows that Helena views Demetrius as a precious object?

Answer 53

"found Demetrius like a jewel,"

Question 54

What quote highlights that Hippolyta believes the young lovers?

Answer 54

"Tis strange, my Theseus, that these young lovers speak of,"

Question 55

How does Theseus represent a sceptical audience?

Answer 55

"I never may believe these antique fables,"

Question 56

How is Theseus insensitive to Hippolyta and his relationship?

Answer 56

"Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,"

Question 57

How does Philostrate view the mechanicals?

Answer 57

"never laboured in their minds till now,"

Question 58

What does the prologue proclaim?

Answer 58

"If we offend, it is with our goodwill. That you should think we come not to offend. But with goodwill."

Question 59

How do the mechanicals uses malapropisms?

Answer 59

"Ninny's tomb,"

Question 60

How does Snug ruin the play?

Answer 60

"May now perchance both quake and tremble here, When lion rough in wildest rage doth roar. Then know that I, as Snug the joiner,"

Question 61

What simile to Theseus use to highlight the poor quality of the mechanicals' performance?

Answer 61

"like a tangled chain,"

Question 62

How does Bottom break the forth wall of power?

Answer 62

"No, in truth, sir,"

Question 63

What does Puck do to the night's actions?

Answer 63

"to sweep the dust behind the door,"

Question 64

How does Puck remind the audience of the mischief of the fairies?

Answer 64

"If we shadows have offended,"

Question 65

What does puck say in his epilogue that gives connotations of being sly?

Answer 65

"scape serpent's tongue,"