A Midsummer Night's Dream Questions and Answers
What are the four main plots of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Why is the quote "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, / and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind" so important? This quote is found in act 1, scene 1 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, / And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. / Nor hath Love's mind of any judgement taste; / Wings, and no...
What are the main conflicts of each act in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What is the moral lesson of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, why are Oberon and Titania fighting over an Indian boy?
What are the supernatural elements found in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What are two examples of puns in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, how and why does Puck change Bottom, how is this transformation appropriate, and what happens when Bottom awakens Titania?
In act 4 of A Midsummer Night's Dream, who are the characters that wake up and what are their reactions?
What malapropisms are used in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, why does Puck put the juice from the flower into Lysander’s eyes? How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when she awakens?
What does "The best in this kind are but shadows, and the worst are no worse if imagination amend them" mean? Explain. (Act V, scene 1)
Why did Puck turn Bottom into a donkey?
What is the climax of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What is the role of the mechanicals in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
How does Puck solve the problem of the four lovers?
Why does Puck make a mistake with the love potion?
In act 3, scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream, what are the challenges foreseen by the mechanicals in their performance? How do they plan to overcome the problems?
What is the most important scene in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Explain the meaning and irony behind Puck's statement "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
What does Theseus mean in A Midsummer Night’s Dream when he claims that "The lover, and the poet / Are of imagination all compact"?
Why does Philostrate not want Theseus to see the play in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What does "And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays" mean?
"Cupid is a knavish lad, thus to make females mad . . . " What does this quote mean?
What is the meaning of "change a raven for a dove" (line 114)?
What is the significance of Hermia and Helena's silence in Act 5, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What options does Theseus give Hermia and why in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
How does A Midsummer Night's Dream end?
What does Hermia's response to Lysander wanting to sleep with her in the forest tell us about her?
How does the line "Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful" complicate the plot in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What trick does Puck play on Bottom in act 3, scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
How does the world of Athens compare and contrast with the world of fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What is the significance of the play-within-the-play in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What does Helena accuse Hermia of in act 3, scene 2 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
What does "forgeries of jealousy" mean in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Why are Titania’s declarations of love for Bottom so amusing?
Compare and contrast the characters of Demetrius and Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Why is it ironic that Pyramus and Thisbe is a lamentable comedy?
Why does Egeus prefer Demetrius over Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare? "Stand forth, Demetrius. My noble lord,This man hath my...
What does Puck's soliloquy mean at the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Why does Snug, who plays the lion, make a fuss about proclaiming his true identity?
What are some examples of personification in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2?
What does Bottom's reaction to Titania's protestations of love say about his character in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, what's the climax in act 3?
Why does Hippolyta initially seem hesitant to watch the play in act 5?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, why is Bottom's transformation ironic?
Why is the forest an important setting in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Why did Helena betray Hermia's trust and what was the result?
What are some literary devices used in act 1, scene 1, lines 226-251 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?
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