Act II Scene II Questions:
1. In Act II, Helena must experience a range of emotions.
Demetrius, whom she loves, wants nothing to do with her (Act II Sc I lines 188-244) and Lysander, under the
"love-in-idleness" spell, is fawning over her (Act II Sc II lines 94-150)! Pretend that you are Helena. Write a
diary entry to in response to one these two events. What must she be thinking?
How is she feeling? Review the lines carefully and take note of what both she
and Lysander or Demetrius say. How does she react?
Diary about Demetrius From Helena. In kind of the english we use today because I cannot use shakespearian language so I will try my best to kind of use it:
My love Demetrius who would not love more than to kick me away to the side like nothing. Although I do not understand how my heart goes on to love him still. Why does thou dispise me so? Why can he not love me, no? Although his hatred words I hear. I cannot help yet to love him more. His voice his hair his features though, his actions towards me are hard to go. He may not understand my thoughts but love him still is what I will do. The more he pushes me away the more I become fond. Fond of him and my love towards my love, Demetrius.
Diary about Demetrius From Helena. In kind of the english we use today because I cannot use shakespearian language so I will try my best to kind of use it:
My love Demetrius who would not love more than to kick me away to the side like nothing. Although I do not understand how my heart goes on to love him still. Why does thou dispise me so? Why can he not love me, no? Although his hatred words I hear. I cannot help yet to love him more. His voice his hair his features though, his actions towards me are hard to go. He may not understand my thoughts but love him still is what I will do. The more he pushes me away the more I become fond. Fond of him and my love towards my love, Demetrius.
2. Dramatic irony is when a character says something, but the
audience knows more than the character does about other characters or events,
so the statement comes across with a double meaning that the audience
"gets" and the character doesn't. Find one example of dramatic irony
in Act II Scene II.
Answer: Dramatic inrony for me is when Puck was placing the potion on Lysander's eyes instead of Demetrius. Us, the audience knew that is was not demetrius but Puck thought that is was him.
Answer: Dramatic inrony for me is when Puck was placing the potion on Lysander's eyes instead of Demetrius. Us, the audience knew that is was not demetrius but Puck thought that is was him.
3. When
Hermia awakes at the end of Act II Scene II, she describes a dream that she
had: "Lysander, look how I do quake with fear-/ Methought a serpent ate my
heart away,/ And you sat smiling at his cruel pray" (Act II Sc. II lines
154-156). Is this only a dream? Explain.
Answer: It is a dream but not only a dream because it connects with the fact that now under the spell, Lysander now loves Helena instead of Hermia and then Hermia was just laying there as Lysander was smiling.
Answer: It is a dream but not only a dream because it connects with the fact that now under the spell, Lysander now loves Helena instead of Hermia and then Hermia was just laying there as Lysander was smiling.
Great diary entry!
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