Monday, March 16, 2009

A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2

In Act 2 scene 1, the characters are Robin, Fairy, Oberon, Titania, Demetrius, and Helena. First, Robin and Fairy are talking about Oberon and Titania and how they are fighting. Both Oberon and Titania come in on opposite sides of the forest and start to discuss what they want to do with the Prince. Then Titania says she won't be with him or his bed. Titania and her fairies leave, leaving Oberon and Robin. Oberon tells Robin to get a special flower that Cupid has aimed an arrow into. Oberon decides to use the magical flower's juice to put on Titania's eyelids while she is sleeping so when she wakes up she will fall in love with the first living creature she sees. As Robin gets the flower, Oberon sees Helena following Demetrius and Demetrius telling her to get away from him. When Robin comes back, Oberon takes the flower and then gives a petal to Robin. He tells Robin to put some juice on Demetrius' eyelids so he will fall in love with Helena.

In Act 2 scene 2, the characters are Titania, First Fairy, Second Fairy, Oberon, Lysander, Hermia, Robin, Helena, and Demetrius. In the beginning, Titania has the First Fairy and Second Fairy sing to her so she can fall asleep. When she falls asleep, the fairies leave. Then, Oberon puts the juice on Titania's eyelids. He leaves and Lysander and Hermia come by. They fall asleep. Robin comes in and sees an Athenian man and puts the juice on his eyelids. He ends up putting it on Lysander's eyes instead of Demetrius. Helena comes in chasing Demetrius and Demetrius leaves her standing in the forest. Lysander wakes up and sees Helena. He falls in love with her, but since Helena is used to people hating her, she thinks he is fooling around and being sarcastic. She leaves and then Lysander goes into the forest trying to find her. Hermia wakes up from a bad dream and wonders where Lysander is.

2 comments:

  1. How do you like the play so far?

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  2. I love A Midsummer Night's Dream! I think it is a great plot and it is really interesting to read and act out. I think a modern day movie should be made of it because a lot events in it happen in our lives and the events are things that happen to most of us.

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