Monday, March 23, 2009

A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 3

In the first scene of Act 3, the characters are Bottom, Quince, Snout, Starveling, Robin, Flute, Titania, Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed. First, the actors were practicing in the forest. In the play, someone is killed but they didn't want to scare the ladies so Bottom decides to say a prologue that states that they aren't actually killing anyone. They have other problems that they solve too. Then, Robin comes and sees the group practicing. He thinks Bottom is doing a terrible job so he decides to turn Bottom's head into a donkey's head. All of the other actors run away thinking Bottom is a monster. Next, Titania wakes up and sees Bottom. She falls madly in love with him. Then, Titania's groupies comes and Titania tells them to be kind and polite to him. Then, Bottom makes fun of Titania's groupies names, not caring about their feelings.

The characters in the second scene in Act 3 are Oberon, Robin, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, and Helena. In the beginning, Robin tells Oberon that Titania is in love with a monster. Robin also learns that he put the love juice on the wrong Athenian man. They hide while watching Hermia and Demetrius. Hermia thinks Demetrius killed Lysander, and that is why Lysander wasn't there when Hermia woke up. Hermia doesn't believe Demetrius when he tells her that he didn't kill Lysander. Hermia leaves the forest. Robin thinks it is fate that all of the different people like each other, but Oberon wants it to be fixed so he tells Robin to get Helena and bring her back while he puts juice on Demetrius' eyes so he will fall in love with her. Oberon and Robin hide and watch.

Lysander is following Helena saying that he loves her but Helena thinks he is kidding and tells him to stop making fun of her. Lysander says he doesn't love Hermia anymore, he actually hates her and he only loves Helena. Demetrius then wakes up and tells Helena that he loves her. Helena thinks this is a game and they are both teaming up to make her life miserable. Then the men are arguing about who loves Helena more. Hermia then comes and asks Lysander why he left her. Lysander tells her that he loves Helena now. Then, Helena thinks Hermia is fooling around with the men too. Hermia then thinks that Lysander fell in love with Helena because she is taller than her. Helena still thinks this whole thing is a game. They all leave and Oberon tells Robin to separate Lysander from Demetrius. Finally, without them knowing they all fall asleep by each other in a part of a forest and Robin puts the flower juice on Lysander's eyes so he will fall in love with Hermia again.

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