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__** Act III, Scene 1 **__

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25. How are the actors going to keep from scaring the ladies when Pyramus kills himself or when the lion roars? To prevent scaring the ladies when "Pyramus", kills himself, Bottom has decided to give the audience a prologue, telling them that he is not actually killing himself, and that he won't get hurt. Also, they plan to tell the audience that Pyramus is not Pyramus, but actually just Bottom the Weaver. To make sure that the ladies won't get scared when the lion roars, they plan to tell them that the lion isn't even a real lion, and that it's just Snug the joiner.

26. How are the actors going to manage the setting/scenery such as the moonlight and the wall? For the moonlight, they plan to have a person walk in holding a lantern, so that the light from the lantern would imitate moonlight. On the contrary, for the wall, they would have a person standing there with his hands outstretched, and make his fingers into an "O" shape, so that would be the crack they talk through.

27. Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears? When Bottom reappears, everyone runs off because Puck has mischievously turned Bottom's head into that of an ass.

28. What does Puck plan to do when he follows after the other actors? When Puck follows the other actors, he plans to turn into something scary and scare every single one of the actors separately, using different forms.

29. How does Bottom react to Titania and the other fairies? Bottom reacts kind of weirdly, in the way that he makes fun of the four fairies' names, and then says that Titania has a strange sense of love.

30. Bottom says, "…reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Why is this such an apt statement at this point in the play? At this point in the play, it is apt because the 4 main lovers in the play love each other because of reasoning, but with the love potion, they love without reason

=__ Act III, Scene 2 __=

31. What does Hermia accuse Demetrius of doing? Hermia accuses Demetrius of killing Lysander.

32. How are Puck and Oberon going to correct Puck’s earlier mistake? Puck and Oberon are going to put the flower's juice into Lysander's eyes when he is sleeping. They will make sure that Hermia is next to him when he awakes so that Lysander is in love with Hermia and Demetrius is in love with Helena.

33. Why is Helena upset when Demetrius says he loves her? Isn’t this what she had wanted all along? She does want this, but only if it is real. She believes Demetrius is mocking her, so she is upset.

34. Of what does Helena accuse Hermia? She thinks that Hermia is in on the joke and is trying to continue the mockery of her.

35. How close had Hermia and Helena been in the past? They had been best friends, like sisters, in their childhood.

36. How does Lysander treat Hermia? Why can’t she believe what he says? Lysander says he hates Hermia and calls her names. She cannot believe him because only the night before he was in love with her.

37. Of what does Hermia accuse Helena? Hermia accuses Helena of seducing Lysander and mocking her in return.

38. Why is Helena afraid of Hermia? Helena is afraid of Hermia because she believes Hermia would beat her in a fight.

39. What are Lysander and Demetrius going off to do? They are going off to fight to the death over Helena.

40. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about the two young men? He tells Puck to separate them and make them fall asleep. When they are asleep he will put the flower's juice into Lysander's eyes and he will fall in love with Hermia; this will set everything right.

41. What is Oberon going to do about Titania? He was going to stop her from loving the ass. Then he will ask her kindly for the boy.

42. Why doesn’t Oberon fear the coming of day? Because Oberon still has powers in the day but the other fairies don't.

43. How well does Puck’s trickery work? Puck's trickery works very well. He pretends to be Lysander so that Demetrius will follow him until he is tired enough to sleep. Puck then pretended to be Demetrius so that Lysander would follow him and become tired fro the chase and fall to sleep. After they are both asleep, Puck will put the flower's juice into Lysander's eyes so that he will fall in love with Hermia; setting everything back to the way it should be.