MSND+ACT+II+QUESTIONS

10. 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? Oberon and Titania are always fighting and they have a very rocky relationship. We also found out that Puck is very mischievous.

11. How have Oberon and Titania been involved in the past with Theseus and Hippolyta. They are in athens to attend Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. Titania mentions that Oberon has had an affair with Hippolyta, and Oberon mentions that Titania's had an affair with Theseus.

12. What effect has their quarrel had on nature, on the seasons, on humans? They cause floods, the seasons alter, and humans catch deadly diseases.

13. Why won’t Titania give up the changeling to Oberon? He was her servant's child. She was very close with that servant, so she promised to take care of him for her if anything was to happen.

14. What does Oberon send Puck to find? The magic purple flower.

15. What are Oberon’s plans for Titania? He is going to drip the flower's dew on her eyes and make her fall in love with something really gross.

16. How does Helena react to Demetrius’s verbal abuse? She turns everything that he says around to her benefit.

17. What is her response to his threats of physical abuse? She thinks that any attention from him is good attention.

18. In what way is Helena’s behaviour inappropriate for Athenian women? Usually it is the man who pursues after the woman.

19. What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? To drip the flower's juice on the Athenian man's eyes.

Act II, Scene 2 20. Why does Oberon want Titania to wake and fall in love with some vile thing? As payback for her not giving him the child.

21. Why does Hermia insist Lysander sleep a little ways from her? She wants to keep her modesty.

22. Why does Puck anoint Lysander’s eyes? Lysander is dressed like an Athenian man, but Puck didn't know that he has the wrong person.

23. How does Helena react to Lysander’s sudden love for her when he awakens? She thinks that he is insulting her, and she said that she thought that he was a better man than that.

24. How is Hermia’s dream a reflection of reality? Her dream was that her heart was getting eaten by a serpent. It reflects reality because Lysander is now in love with Helena, and despises Hermia. media type="file" key="MSND Act 2 2.mp3"