Mid Summers Night Dream

Theseus

Powerful

(1.1.20)

“Happy be Theseus, our renownèd duke.”

Hippolyta

Positive

(1.1.7-11)

"Four days will quickly steep themselves in night.
Four nights will quickly dream away the time.
And then the moon, like to a silver bow
10New bent in heaven, shall behold the night
Of our solemnities."

Oberon

Greedy

(2.2.15-23)

(squeezing flower juice on TITANIA ’s eyelids)
What thou seest when thou dost wake,
Do it for thy true love take.
Love and languish for his sake.
Be it ounce or cat or bear,
Pard or boar with bristled hair,
In thy eye that shall appear,
When thou wakest, it is thy dear.
Wake when some vile thing is near."

Titania

Caring

(2.1.107-110)

"Set your heart at rest.
The Fairyland buys not the child of me.
His mother was a votaress of my order,
And in the spicèd Indian air by night
Full often hath she gossiped by my side”

Robin Goodfellow

Destructive

(2.2.64-70)

"Love and languish for his sake.
Be it ounce or cat or bear,
Pard or boar with bristled hair,
In thy eye that shall appear,
When thou wakest, it is thy dear.
Wake when some vile thing is near."

Egeus

Demanding

(1.1.40-45)

Consent to marry with Demetrius,
I beg the ancient privilege of Athens,
As she is mine, I may dispose of her:
Which shall be either to this gentleman
Or to her death, according to our law
Immediately provided in that case.
I beg the ancient privilege of Athens,
As she is mine, I may dispose of her:
Which shall be either to this gentleman
Or to her death, according to our law
Immediately provided in that case."

Hermia

Sneaky

(1:1, 169- 173)

My good Lysander!
I swear to thee by Cupid’s strongest bow,
170
By his best arrow with the golden head,
By the simplicity of Venus' doves,
By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves,

Helena

Inflexible

(2.1.190-195)

"Use me but as your spaniel—spurn me, strike me,
Neglect me, lose me. Only give me leave,
Unworthy as I am, to follow you.
What worser place can I beg in your love—
And yet a place of high respect with me—
Than to be usèd as you use your dog?"

Demetrius

Mean

(2.2.60)

"Stay, on thy peril. I alone will go."

Lysander

Determined

Peter Quince

Leader Figure

(1.2-16)

"Flute, you must take Thisbe on you."

Snug, Tom Snout, Robin Starveling, Francis Flute, Philostrate

Fearful

(3.1.48-49)

"I’ll follow you. I’ll lead you about a round
Through bog, through bush, through brake, through brier."

Peaseblossom,
Mustardseed,
Cobweb,
Moth

Obedient

(3.1.81)

And sing while thou on pressèd flowers dost sleep.
And I will purge thy mortal grossness so
That thou shalt like an airy spirit go.—
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed!"

Key Characters: Hermia, Helina, Demetrius, Lysander

Key Quotations: My good Lysander!
I swear to thee by Cupid’s strongest bow,
170
By his best arrow with the golden head,
By the simplicity of Venus' doves,
By that which knitteth souls and prospers loves,

(1:1, 169- 173)

One of the main conflicts in the play is when the duke says that if Hermia doesn't marry Damitrious, he will have her killed or make her become a nun and never lose her virginity.

Full of vexation come I with complaint
Against my child, my daughter Hermia.—
Stand forth, Demetrius.—My noble lord,
25This man hath my consent to marry her.—
Stand forth, Lysander.—And my gracious duke,
This man hath bewitched the bosom of my child.— (1.1.22-29)

Key characters: Lysander

Key Quotations: You have her father’s love, Demetrius.
Let me have Hermia’s. Do you marry him.
(1.1.93-94)