Portfolio - Act 1 Scene 1

Act 1 Scene 1:

1. Why has Egeus brought his daughter, Hermia, and her two suitors, Demetrius and Lysander, to Theseus?  

Answer: Because Egeus, Hermia's father wants Hermia to marry Demetrius but Lysander and Hermia love each other and plan to get married.

2. What was the proper role for women and daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus? 

Answer: That they must listen to their fathers as they are property of their fathers.

3. According to Theseus, what three options does Hermia have?

Answer: Follow her fathers demands, face death or become a nun and forfeit men forever. 

4. What evidence does Lysander give against Demetrius' character?  

 Answer: That he had an affair with Helena, Hermia's bestfriend.

5. What does Lysander mean when he says "The course of true love never did run smooth" ? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Answer: Love isn't always smooth and isn't always nice and problem free. I do agree with him.

6. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about their situation?

Answer: The plan to run away into the woods and get married where her father cant legally stop her.

7. How does Helena feel towards Hermia? Why?

Answer: She is jealous because Demetrius loves Hermia and not her.

8. Even though Helena loves Demetrius and is Hermia's best friend, why does she decide to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysanders' plans?

Answer: Because she thinks it will make Demetrius love her.

9. We meet several characters in this act. Fill in the empty boxes in the table below with information about the characters we've met so far.

Character	Current Situation	Relationship to other characters	Views on love (How do you know?)
Theseus
Hippolyta
Egeus	Wants Hermia to marry Demetrius	Hermias Father
Hermia	Doesnt want to marry who her father wants her too	Daughter of Egeus wants to marry Lysander
Lysander	Wants to marry Hermia but her father doesnt want her too.	Wants to marry Hermia. One of the two candidates to marry hermia
Demetrius	Is trying to marry Hermia but Lysander and her are in love.	Egeus wants Hermia to marry him.
Helena	Loves Demetrius. Is going to foil Lysander and Hermias plans.	Best friend to Hermia