ACT 1 SCENE 2 A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM

ACT 1, SCENE 2 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

WHAT IS THE POINT? • Introduces us to the characters and their personalities – they are very different than the characters in scene 1 • Preparing a play for Hippolyta and Theseus’ wedding • Sets up why they would be in the woods- plan to rehearse in woods so that no one will hear or see them • The play they have chosen, while comically distant from their own world, his relevant to Hermia’s life

COMIC RELIEF • comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections. • a character or characters providing this.

CHARACTERS Peter Quince Bottom • A carpenter • Leader of the craftsman's attempt to put on a play • During the play, Peter Quince plays the Prologue • • • Nick Bottom Overconfident weaver Plays Pyramus in play Confident, full of advice Misuses language

NICK BOTTOM • “I am Bottom, a weaver and also an actor in a play for the Duke's wedding. I am a very enthusiastic actor and so I am keen to play more than just the part set down for me. Whilst rehearsing, I become the victim of a trick and all my fellow actors think I am transformed into a beast and run away from me. The next thing I know is that the Queen of the Fairies has fallen in love with me and I am made to feel like a king. The dream ends though and I return to my normal self, just in time to perform in the play. ” http: //2012. playingshakespeare. org/characters/bottom. html

CHARACTERS Francis Flute Tom Snout • Chosen to play Thisbe in the play • The tinker chosen to play Pyramus’s father in play for Theseus marriage celebration • Forced to play a young girl • Ends up playing part of the wall dividing the two lovers

CHARACTERS Robin Starveling Snug • Chosen to play Thisbe’s mother • Plays the lion • Ends up playing Moonshine • Worried that his “roar” will frighten the audience

ONOMATOPOEIA • Onomatopoeia is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting. • For instance, saying, “The gushing stream flows in the forest” is a more meaningful description than just saying, “The stream flows in the forest. ” The reader is drawn to hear the sound of a “gushing stream” which makes the expression more effective. • Ex: Meow, Moo, Pop • (https: //literarydevices. net/onomatopoeia/)

ORIGINAL ROLES • Bottom is to play Pyramus • Francis Flute, Thisbe • Robin Starveling, Thisbe’s mother • Tom Snout, Pyramus’s father • Quince himself, Thisbe’s father • Snug, the lion.

NEW ROLES • Bottom is to play Pyramus • Francis Flute, Thisbe • Robin Starveling, plays Moonshine • Tom Snout, plays the Wall • Quince himself, the Prologue • Snug, the lion.