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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Study Guide
*Original copies of the play can be found online. See blog for links.*
Characters to Know (relationships, plot events, character traits, etc.):
-Duke Theseus-Nick Bottom
-Queen Hippolyta-Peter Quince
-Egeus-Francis Flute
-Philostrate-Tom Snout
-Lysander-Robin Starveling
-Hermia-Snug
-Demetrius-Puck
-Helena-Oberon & Titania
Review Points:
- Act Summaries
- Important Quotes
- Why is Egeus upset at the beginning of the play?
- What is Lysander and Hermia’s initial plan?
- Why are Oberon and Titaniain conflict with each other?
- What are the tricks Puck plays on different people?
- Who loves whom, and how does this change over the course of the play?
- What is the title of the “play within a play”, and what is a general summary of it?
- What happens at the end of the story?
- What does the magic flower do?
- What is in the epilogue, who says it, and what does it say?
12.Overall, what does love cause everyone in the play to do?
Julius Caesar Study Guide
*Original copies of the play can be found online. See blog for links.*
Characters to Know (relationships, plot events, character traits, etc.):
-Julius Caesar- Casca
-Brutus- Cinna
-Cassius- Soothsayer
-Calphurnia- Marullus/Flavius
-Portia
-Mark Antony
Review Points:
- Act summaries
- Important Quotes (See Brutus’ and Antony’s speeches)
- Why are Flavius and Marullus so angered at the opening of the play?
- What holiday are the Romans celebrating when Caesar returns from battle?
- What is the encounter with Caesar and the soothsayer, and why was it important?
- How does Cassius trick Brutus into joining the plans of the conspirators?
- What graphic act does Portia do to herself to prove she is strong enough to hear what Brutus is going through?
- What changes Caesar’s mind to go to the capitol after he had already told Calpurnia he wouldn’t?
- What is the significance of Caesar's dying words, "Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!"?
- Who turns the people of Rome against Brutus?