A Midsummer Night's Dream Questions

Question 1: Why is the play called, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? Could you think of a more appropriate title? If so, what would you call it and why?

Answer: The play is called "A Midsummer Night's Dream" because Robin Goodfellow (Puck) sprinkles love juice on Lysander and he falls in love with Helena. Then, Demetrius gets love juice sprinkled on his eyes and he falls in love with Helena. Lysander and Demetrius both love Helena and want to settle it in a duel. Puck makes them run in the wrong direction until they are tired out. Puck then leads the two to a tree (one by one so that they don't see each other). Because they are both tired out, they lay down and sleep. Hermia and Helena also find the tree (separately and they don't see Lysander and Demetrius) and lie down to rest. When they are all asleep, Puck sprinkles the juice of a flower that is supposed to reverse the effects of the love juice on Lysander's eyes but doesn't do the same for Demetrius. Puck then leaves. The next morning, they are found by Theseus and think that the events that happened last night were all a dream (that is one reason that the play is called "A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Also, at the end of the play, Puck tells the people reading the play (us) that the play was all a dream (that is another reason that the play is called "A Midsummer Night's Dream"). I would not want to change the name of the play because I think that it fits the story.

Question 3: What was your favorite Act/Scene? Why?

Answer: My favorite Act would have to be act 4 because this is when all of the interesting things happen such as Lysander and Demetrius fighting over one woman, Helena. Also, this is the scene where the book gets it's name from because the characters think that everything that happened in act 4 was a dream.

Question 6: Did you like the play? Why or why not?

Answer: I liked the play because it incorporated a lot of elements that made you feel strong emotions for a character or characters. For example, Helena's actions made me think of her as a pathetic lady who should just get over her love for Demetrius because he just thinks of her as a pile of crap. Another example was Puck and he made me think that he was a silly prankster that can always find loopholes in any situation because Oberon told him to sprinkle love juice on a man that is wearing Athenian clothing and Puck ended up sprinkling the love juice on the wrong person. He didn't get in trouble because he told Oberon that he wasn't specific enough. I think that "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was a good book.