C H A RAC T E R S WA K E U P

ACT IV SCENE 1

HOMEWORK

• Read modern translation and original text of Act IV Scene II

• Complete 1st body paragraph • Due Thursday, June 11 upon arrival to class.• Writing will count as a quiz grade

• Fill in the Character/Reaction worksheet from Act IV Scene 1

CHARACTERS WAKE UP

Character

Reaction

TitaniaUpon awaking Titania calls out to Oberon. She is confused thinking she fell in love with an ass. She sees Bottom, wonders why she was lying next to him and “loathes: him now.

Bottom

LysanderConfesses to Oberon and Egeus that he and Hermia planned to flee Athens.

Hermia

DemetriusStated that Helena told him that Lysander and Hermia were leaving and he followed them because he was angry. But by some unexplained power he no longer loves Hermia, but he is in love with Helena.

Hermia

F-BLOCKEVEN MORE NOTES

• IV.i Line 44 Theme C – love v infatuation • “O, how I love thee! How I dote on thee.”• Titania is under a spell and doesn’t really love bottom

• IV.i Line 77 Theme C – love v infatuation • “How came these things to pass? Mine eyes do

loathe his visage now.”• Now she is awake and wonders why she loves him.

G-BLOCKEVEN MORE NOTES

• Iv.i. Line 175-176 p 142 Theme C – love v infatuation • “Was I betrothed ere I saw Hermia;/ But like in

sickness did I loathe this food.• Demetrius is realizing that he did not love Hermia, but that he

was infatuated with her.

• IV.i Line 44 p 132 Theme C – love v infatuation • “O, how I love thee! How I dote on thee.”• Titania is under a spell and doesn’t really love bottom

• IV.i Line 77 p134 Theme C – love v infatuation • “How came these things to pass? Mine eyes do loathe

his visage now.”• Now she is awake and wonders why she loves him.