A Misummer Nights Dream Flashcards
(27 cards)
Malapropism
A character misuses a word when he means another word. This can be very funny.
Soliloquy
A speech made by a character to him/herself. Reveals the characters thoughts/feelings. She/he is alone on stage.
Foreshadowing
The author hints about events that will happen later on in the play.
Mistaken identity
Two characters are mistaken for each other. This is an important feature of comedy.
Poetry vs Prose
A tool for characterization.
Iambic pentameter
A specific rhythm in poetry which has 5 iambs (metrical feet) per line.
Irony
Literary technique originally used in great tragedy.
Pun
A joke exploiting different possible meanings of the word.
Oxymoron
A contradiction of terms.
Love in idleness
Love at first sight.
Dreams
Dream sometimes foreshadow but not always.
Fallow fields
Field of flowers.
Cupid strongest bow, and best golden headed arrow
The lead arrow creates hatred and the golden bow creates love.
Diane/moon/Phoebe
The moon represents time in the passing of time.
At the beginning of the play, how many days are there until Theseus and Hippolyta get married?
Four days
What is the setting of a Midsummer nights dream?
Athens
“The course of true love never did run smooth”
Lysander
“Tempt not too much the hatred of my spirit”
Demetrius
“Fetch me that flow’r; the herb I showed thee once”
Oberon
“For I am sick when I do not look on thee”
Demetrius
“The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid”
Oberon
“Will make man or woman dote”
Oberon
“Upon the next live creature that it sees”
Oberon
“I frown upon him, yet he loves me still”
Hermia
