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Character: Demetrius

Character Trait #1: Unsensitive
Quote #1: (2.1.194)
“Hence, get thee gone, and follow me no more!”

Quote #2: (2.2.91)
“I change thee hence, and do not haunt me thus.”

Explanation of Quotes:
    Demetrius is unsensitive to women because he led Helena along, and now he ignores her, and he ignores Hermia when she says she doesn’t love him.

Character Trait #2: Truthful

Quote #1: (3.2.75)
“I am not guilty of Lysander’s blood.”

Quote #2: (2.2.93)
“Stay on thy peril: I alone will go.”

Explanation of Quotes:
    Demetrius may be unsensitive, but he doesn’t lie to get his way.  He tells Helena straight out he doesn’t love her, will not lie to Hermia even when he could have convinced her otherwise.

Character Trait #3: Aggresive

Quote #1: (3.2.64)
“I had rather give his carcass to my hounds.”

Quote #2: (2.1.237)
“But I shall do thee mischief in the wood.”

Explanation of Quotes:
    Demetrius is a very aggresive person and will use his riches and power to get what he wants sometimes, for example, charming Hermia’s father.  He’s ready to duel Lysander at the end of Act 3, and will not back down.

Character Trait #4: Boring

Quote #1: (1.1.91-92)
“Relent, sweet Hermia; and, Lysander, yeild thy crazed title to my certain right.”

Quote #2: (2.1.235)
“I will not stay thy questions. Let me go;”

Explanation of Quotes:
    He is boring because in all of Act 1, he only has one line, even though he is a big part of it. He also pretty much refuses to answer questions to Helena, and just runs away instead.  This makes it hard to find character traits on him.

Main Objective of Demetrius:
Quote #1: (1.1.91-92)
“Relent sweet Hermia; and, Lysander, yeild thy crazed title to my certain right.”

Explanation:
    Before Demetrius is drugged by the flower, his main objective is to get Hermia to marry him, Lysander is his opposition, and is devoted to Hermia.

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Oberon has the traits of being an arrogant, selfish, mischievous, omnipotent king of the fairies. We will explain why he is like these using quotes to support our views. Oberon is arrogant because in quote (4.1.57-58) he says “when I had at my pleasure taunted her, and she in mild term begged my patience”. He is showing arrogant because he thinks he has already won the Indian boy and fooled Titania. Another trait of the fairy king is his selfishness. (2.1118-121), “Do you amend it then, it lies in you, why Titania should cross her Oberon? I do but beg for a little Indian boy to be my henchman”. This is evidence that he is selfish because he tells Titania not to argue with him and to just give him the boy regardless of prior events. Oberon is a mischievous king using elaborate plots and his jester puck to carry out his plans. (2.1. 177-187) “Having once this juice she shall purse it…” This is a mischievous deed because Oberon is putting tiatania into a trance to distract her from the boy. But he also shows leadership, (2.1.169) “Fetch me that flower, the herb I showed thee once.” This is an example of his leadership, he inspires puck with a story then commands and puck carries this order out without question. Despite what he does Oberon is still a compassionate person. (2.1.260-267) “A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth, anoint her eyes. But do it when the next thing he espies maybe the lady”. This shows that he is compassionate because he felt sorry for Helena and wanted puck to pore the love juice on Demetrius so that he would love her. In conclusion the overall objective of Oberon is that he is a mischievous, ignorant, and caring, king who always wants to jump into others lives to either help or destroy it. 

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Character: Titania
Character Trait: responsible

Quote1: (act 2 scene 1 122-123) “set your heart at rest: The fairy land buys not the child of me” which means your not getting that child no matter what happens.
Quote 2: (act 2 scene1 144-145) ” Not for thy fairy kingdom faries away! we shall chide downright, if I longer stay.” and the explination of that quote is I wouldn’t give you the child even for the fairy kingdom because she was the mothers best friend.

Trait 2: Stupid

she is stupid because she doesn’t see that bottom is a ass like in act 4 scene 1 line 1-4 “come sit thee down upon this flow’ry bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, And stick musk- roses in thy sleek, smooth head, and kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy. She is saying come sit beside me while i rubb your cheeks and kiss your big ears and she doesn’t see that he is an ass because of the spell that she was put on.

Trait 3: Kind

Quote1: ( act 2 scene 1 123-125) ” His mother was a votress of my order: And in the spiced indian air by night, Full often hath she gossip’d by my side.” she is saying that she was best friends with his mother and they had fun nd they gossiped abotu other women.

Quote2: (act 2 scene 1 135-137) ” But she being mortal, of that boy did die; and for her sake do i rear up her boy, and for her sake I will not part with him.” which means that his mother died giving birth to him and they were friends so she cant just gve him to Oberon and let him be his slave she thinks that it is her responsibility to take care of him.

We think that this story wouldn’t be funny without Titania because she falls in love with an ass and she is loving and caring so that is why we picked these 3 traits to describe Titania.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Rebecca, Alicia and Tyler L.
 

The Fairies

Character Trait #1
Followers:

Act 2 Scene 1 Lines 8-9
“And I serve the fairy queen,

To dew her orbs upon the green.”

Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 8-9
“Sing me now asleep; Then to your offices, and let me rest.

The Fairies Sing”

 These quotes show that the fairies follow whatever the fairy queen, Titania, asks them to.

Character Trait #2
Grouped:

Act 3 Scene 1 Line 157
“Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth and Mustardseed!

Enter four Fairies”

Act 4 Scene 1 Intro
“Enter Titania and Bottom with Fairies in attendance; Oberon follows”

These quotes indicate that the fairies do not like to travel alone, so they stick together.  More fairies, would mean more people to serve the queen.

Character Trait #3
Cheerful

Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 13-14
“Philomel, with melody,

Sing our sweet lullaby;”

Act 4 Scene 1 Lines 5-9
“Where’s Peaseblosson?

Ready.

Scratch my head, Peaseblossom.  Where’s Mounsieur Cobweb?

Ready.”

These quotes show that the fairies do what they are told without complaining, so therefore they must be fairly cheerful.  They also tend to sing a lot, also signifying they’re fairly cheerful.

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the mood of act 5 is funny. ( 208, 255-258, 299-300, 247, 249-250)

Theseus rambles and thinks what happend to the lovers was supernatural.
If your thinking of it logically its harder to beleive.

Hippolita thinks its not fake, its more than just a dream, there is more than just faries intervening.
Philostrate isn’t supportive of the play he thinks that the workmen are stupid.

Theseus has a kind heart, he wants the workmen to be recognized for their hard work and to be treated with kindness its the thought that counts.

All of the sarcasm is on lines ( 255-258, 259, 151, 180, 299-300, 108-109)

Reasons why women didn’t comment on the play
1. Women didn’t want to see the play
2.They wanted to respect and try to apreciate the play
3.Maybe men were dominant.

Titania is talking to her attendants advising them on how to bless the lovers, so they will live happily ever after

line 396-397: They wont care if there are any issuues in nature.
407: The lovers will always be safe

In the last part of the story when Puck is speaking its kind of like shakespere is appologizing to the audience through the words of puck. 

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