mid+summer+nights+dream,+act+1


 * Act I, Scene 1 **
 * 1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? to hippolyta thinks the days couldn't move any slower. Theseus thinks its going to pass quick **


 * 2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do? he expects him to make Hermia marry demetrius **


 * 3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia? To marry who the father wants them to, Hermia doesn't want to marry Demetrius. **


 * 4. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things? **
 * Because Helena and Hermia are friends and Demetrius used to love Helena and then abused her. And they don't want the same thing to happen to Hermia **


 * 5. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation? Why do they tell Helena? they plan to go get married in the woods 7 leagues away at his aunt's house. because she used to be lysander's love **


 * 6. Even though Helena loves Demetrius and is Hermia’s best friend, why does she decide to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander plans? because she was jealous **


 * 7. Identify Hermia’s basic dilemma. What are the choices outlined for her by Theseus and her father? What other choice does Lysander suggest? her father wants her to marry demetrius but shes loves lysander,so she is given three options marry him,die or become a nun.but lysander gives the idea to go to his aunt's house and get married there . **


 * Act I, Scene 2 **
 * 8. Why does Nick Bottom want to play all the parts? **
 * because he thinks he's that good and has a big ego **


 * 9. In what way is this scene funny? Why do you suppose Shakespeare included this scene? **
 * because they're all bad actors.so that it could lighten the mood of the play. **


 * 10. Where are the actors to meet the following night? Who else is meeting there at the same time? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">their meeting in the woods,hermia and lysander **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1a1a18; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How would you describe Bottom’s acting ability? What is Bottom’s own opinion of his acting ability? **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">he was a bad actor, but he thought he was the best **