Act II Scene I:
1. What does the reader find out about the current relationship
between Oberon, King of the Fairies, and Titania, Queen of the Fairies, from
Puck and the first fairy?
Answer: That Puck is kind of the one that does whatever they tell him to do and does different favours for them and has to obey them as they are the King and Queen Fairies.
2. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with
Theseus and Hippolyta, and why have they come to Athens?
Answer: Titania accuses Oberon to have been with Hippopotami before. So he has come to Athens, to see at her wedding. Oberon suggests that Titania also had some "spirit loving"
time with Theseus. The two constantly bicker over the boy left we Titania.
3. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on
humans?
Answer:
Nature: Fogs & floods, farming
Seasons: Changes in seasons (feels like winter when its summer)
Humans: Puck performs trick for amusement of Oberon
Nature: Fogs & floods, farming
Seasons: Changes in seasons (feels like winter when its summer)
Humans: Puck performs trick for amusement of Oberon
4. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon?
Answer: Titania says that his mother was a member of her order & died giving birth to the boy.
5. What does Oberon send Puck to find?
Answer: He sends him to find Demetrius and Titania to put a potion on their eyes.
6. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania?
Answer: To send Puck to put the potion on her eyes and make her fall in love with whatever is there and then take the Indian child while she is distracted.
7. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse?
Answer: She says the the more he pushes her away the
Answer: She says the the more he pushes her away the
8. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse?
Answer: Helena follows him, still determine to pursue him & hoping for a change of heart
Answer: Helena follows him, still determine to pursue him & hoping for a change of heart
9. In what way is Helena’s behavior inappropriate for Athenian
women?
Answer: They aren't supposed to or aloud to speak back to the men.
Answer: They aren't supposed to or aloud to speak back to the men.
10. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena?
Answer: He tells Puck to take the flower and put it on Demetrius' eyes when the next thing he is likely to see will be Helena.
Answer: He tells Puck to take the flower and put it on Demetrius' eyes when the next thing he is likely to see will be Helena.
You demonstrate a good understanding of the play. With regards to whether Helena's behavior is appropriate, though, it is not that she's not allowed to speak back to men.. it's more what she is doing as she is speaking to him.
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