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1st Term 2nd Semester AY 2020-2021
Course Activity Worksheet # 6
Course Code HUMS 102
Course Title GREAT BOOKS
Time Frame Week 6
Topic MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare
Intended Learning At the end of the lesson, the students must have:
Outcome 1. read and comprehended the book in its entirety
(ILO) 2. understood the difference between a tragedy and a comedy
3. summarized A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. analyzed, in-depth, the meaning and role of a character in the play
5. written a thorough analysis of this book
Teaching and  Self- Testing
Learning Activities  Independent reading
Assessment  Activity worksheet completion
Tasks  Model Making
Assessment Task Insert Rubrics here

Introduction
This Course activity worksheet The story Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. A presentation
is provided to discuss the important contents of the topic. Activities must be completed to check on students’
progress.

CHARACTER LIST
Puck- Also known as Robin Goodfellow, Puck is Oberon’s jester, a mischievous fairy who delights in playing pranks on
mortals. Though A Midsummer Night’s Dream divides its action between several groups of characters, Puck is the
closest thing the play has to a protagonist.

Oberon - The king of the fairies, Oberon is initially at odds with his wife, Titania.
Titania- The beautiful queen of the fairies, Titania resists the attempts of her husband, Oberon, to make a knight of the
young Indian prince that she has been given.
Lysander - A young man of Athens, in love with Hermia.

Demetrius - A young man of Athens, initially in love with Hermia and ultimately in love with Helena.
Hermia - Egeus’s daughter, a young woman of Athens.

Helena - A young woman of Athens, in love with Demetrius.

Egeus - Hermia’s father, who brings a complaint against his daughter to Theseus
Theseus - The heroic duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta. Theseus represents power and order throughout the play.
Hippolyta - The legendary queen of the Amazons, engaged to Theseus. Like Theseus, she symbolizes order.
Nick Bottom - The overconfident weaver chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage
celebration.
Peter Quince - A carpenter and the nominal leader of the craftsmen’s attempt to put on a play for Theseus’s marriage
celebration.
Francis Flute - The bellows-mender chosen to play Thisbe in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration.
Robin Starveling - The tailor chosen to play Thisbe’s mother in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration.
He ends up playing the part of Moonshine.
Tom Snout - The tinker chosen to play Pyramus’s father in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. He
ends up playing the part of Wall, dividing the two lovers.

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Snug - The joiner chosen to play the lion in the craftsmen’s play for Theseus’s marriage celebration. Snug worries that his
roaring will frighten the ladies in the audience.
Philostrate- Theseus’s Master of the Revels, responsible for organizing the entertainment for the duke’s marriage
celebration.
Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed - The fairies ordered by Titania to attend to Bottom after she falls in
love with him.

PLEASE READ THE BOOK IN PDF: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM by William Shakespeare

You can download a copy at schoology or edmodo

PLOT SUMMARY: ACT 3 TO 5

ACT III, SCENE I
The six artisans come to the woods to practice for their play. Puck watches for a while and
PUCK
then puts an ass’s head on Bottom and chases the others about the woods. Bottom begins
to sing to prove he isn’t afraid; Titania awakens and, with the magic juice on her eyelids,
falls in love with Bottom disguised as an ass. She sends her fairies to find special things
for Bottom to eat. Bottom is not the least bit surprised and loves the attention.
OBERON

ACT III, SCENE II

Puck tells a pleased Oberon of his trick on Bottom and of Titania’s infatuation. However,
when Hermia and Demetrius enter quarreling, Oberon realizes Puck has made a mistake.
TITANIA Puck goes to find Lysander and Helena while Oberon puts the magic juice on Demetrius’s
eyelids. Helena is still sure that Lysander is making fun of her. Demetrius awakens and
immediately loves Helena. When he and Lysander quarrel over her, they go off to fight a
duel for her. Puck leads the two young men about he forest and when they eventually fall
LYSANDER asleep, he puts an antidote on Lysander’s eyes.

ACT IV, SCENE I

Bottom orders the fairies about before falling asleep in Titania’s arms. Oberon tells Puck
DEMETRIUS that Titania had given the boy to him. Ashamed of himself, he decides to release her from
her spell and awakens her. Titania thinks she has had a bad dream. She and Oberon
reconcile. Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others enter planning to celebrate the May
morning with a hunt. They find the four young people, awaken them, and listen to
HERMANIA explanations. Theseus decides both couples should marry on his and Hippolyta’s wedding
day. The four lovers follow the rest back to the castle talking about their unusual dreams.
Bottom awakens, wonders where the other players are, and decides to write a song about
his dreams.
HELENA
ACT IV, SCENE II
The other five artisans have despaired of Bottom’s return and fear the play cannot be
presented. Bottom returns and urges all to get ready for the play because the Duke and
EGEUS
his bride and the two other couples await their entertainment.

ACT V, SCENE I
Theseus and Hippolyta can’t believe the stories the four young people tell. Theseus asks
Philostrate what entertainment he has found to while away the time before bed. When
THESEUS
given a list of possibilities, he chooses the play of Pyramus and Thisby in its “tragical
mirth.” Philostrate says it is awful and not worth watching but Theseus insists. The players
present a truly funny version of the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisby. The three pairs of
lovers make comments throughout the play with the play, both to the actors and to each
HIPPOLYTA
other and note the silliness of the two tragic lovers. The play over, the three couples go off
to bed leaving the house to the fairies, led by Oberon and Titania, who sing and dance and
bless the couples, their possible offspring, and every room in the castle. In his closing
speech, Puck asks the audience to forgive any offense
NICK BOTTOM caused by the play believing it was all just a dream.
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After reading Midsummer Night’s Dream:

Watch Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" by Iseult Gillespie
link : https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-iseult-gillespie#discuss

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references:
Shakespeare, W. Midsummer Night’s Dream https://uacmwillshakespeare.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/a-midsummer-nights-dream.pdf
Shakespeare, W. Midsummer Night’s Dream Character List https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare /msnd/characters/
Gillespie, I. Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?" https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-a-midsummer-night-
s-dream-iseult-gillespie#discuss

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 HUMS 102– WORKSHEET 6
Learning Activities
Name: ___________________________________________ Course and Level:______________________
Instructor:________________________________________ Date:________________________________

ACT III SCENE I: To tweet or not to tweet: This is a fun way to modernize one
of the acts and scenes of Midsummer Night’s Dream as we re-imagine them as
they might unfold on social media. Choose at least one of the characters to
focus on. Let that character ‘post a status’ about the most intriguing event in
this part of the play. let other characters comment about the ‘post’ again basing
it on has what transpired the play. Make sure to use the social media poster
template to make your editing easier.

You may log-in to storyboardthat.com where you can find numerous templates,
pictures, and clipart for your project.

Once you are done with your social media poster /tweeter post, submit the
jpeg copy of your social media poster through messenger or Gmail.

link is

https://www.storyboardthat.com/create/social-
media-worksheets

ACT III SCENE II: ANALYZING LITERATURE

1. Why did Hermia accuse Demetrius ?

Answer:
Because her darling Lysander has mysteriously disappeared, Hermia accuses Demetrius of
murdering him and hiding the body. Demetrius insists that he didn't kill his enemy, but Hermia refuses
to believe him.

2. How were Puck and Oberon given correction on their wrong doing?
Answer:
They will fix their mistake by Puck tricking Helena to come there, and then Oberon would charm
Demetrius' eyes. So when he awoke he would see Helena first.

3. Why was Helena disturbed so much when Demetrius said he loves her? Did she expect that from
Demetrius?
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Answer:
When Lysander showers Helena with oaths of love, she thinks he is mocking her because she
chases Demetrius. Then, after Puck and Oberon figure out the mistake, Demetrius gets the love
potion on his eyes. This is why Helena is angry at Hermia. She believes that all three of them are now
making fun of her.

REVIEWING THE SELECTION

Select a quote in this Act 4 and connect the relationship to one of the themes: Love and Marriage, Obedience , Illusion or
reality.
Now I do wish it, love it, long for it,
And will for evermore be true to it.

This quotes in Act 4 tell us that he show how much he love and to be true to his feelings. It’s all
about love he wish that he should love and long for it forever he is pure. If you feel longing or a
longing for something, you have a rather sad feeling because you want it very much.  Wish is a
desire or strong feeling that you want to have something or do something. I long for you means I
desire you or want you or miss you. I short for you is simply a joke, using the opposite of long in the
first statement. Loving others also allows you to open yourself up to another person, and discover
your inner capacity for pure, unconditional love. Expressing your love and affection motivates them
to continue doing the same for you.

ACT IV, SCENE I

1. How did Bottom adjust to the attention of Titania and her fairies?
Answer:
He enjoys the attension and stoppped questioning why the fairies and Titania were pampering
him. With
Titania Bottom is confused because she is confessing a love for him. With the faires he wants
to get
to know them. Bottom says, "reason and love keep little company together nowadays."

2. What is Oberon’s reaction to Titania’s infatuation with Bottom?

Answer:
Oberon laughed and thought that it was very funny that she fell inlove with an ass and He has
pity for her because she's in love with a donkey.

3. Why are Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and the others out in the woods so early in the morning?
Answer:
They were all hunting in the woods before the wedding. Theseus decided to wed all of them on
his wedding day so that they would all be happy. They are on a fox hunt, but they were also
kind of searching for the lovers since they had been gone for a long time.

4. What explanation does Demetrius make? Why does he compare his love for Hermia to an
illness?
Answer:
He said that he heard of Hermia and Lysander's plan and followed them into the forest. He
compared his
love for Hermia to an illness because after the short period of time that he loved her, he grew
tired of her
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 and started to loathe her.

ACT IV, SCENE II

1. What opinion do the other artisans now have of Bottom since they think he is lost?
Answer:
They all agree that Bottom was the best out of all of them and They think the play will not be as good
without him.

2. What do they most regret losing by not being able to perform the play?
Answer:
If he come not, then the play is marred. Bottom plays the most important part of the play. They most
regret losing the money.

3.Why must the artisans hurry to the Duke’s palace?

Answer:
They must hurry because the Duke has had his dinner already and will be wanting entertainment
soon.

Assessment #1

1. What are the characters desirable and undesirable attitudes? Explain why?
Answer:
Attitudes have a powerful influence on behavior conditioning can be used to
strengthen desirable attitudes and weaken undesirable ones. Characters desirable attitudes
they are real. Highly desirable people, treat people with respect, they love people, they work
to make a difference and they value their support system. People with a negative attitude
ignore the good and pay attention to the bad in people, situations, events, etc. For
example, when a guy has so much power, wealth, and influence with great luck; but still
complains and goes on a rant; well, that person has a negative attitude.

Assessment #2

1. What are the characters duties and responsibilitties?

Answer:
Responsibility is being accountable for one's actions and to know and follow various rules,
laws, and conduct codes. Responsible citizens treat others fairly, are trustworthy, honor their
commitments, and are environmentally aware. If we categorize character types by the role they
play in a narrative, we can hone in on seven distinct varieties, the protagonist, the antagonist,
the love interest, the confidant, deuteragonists, tertiary characters, and the foil.

Assessment #3

1. What is the best role of the character that young ones can do today?
Answer:
Character role refers to the part that one plays in the story. As you probably know, the most
important role in any story is the protagonist. This means all other roles stem from their
relationship to the protagonist. The youth of today look to the parents to be strong role models
in their lives. This "role model" is the mother who constantly encourages you to attend school
because she loves you enough to motivate you to strive in the pursuit of excellence. They with

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 a fresh energy can perform better and ensure the growth of Youth also need to take care of
old ones who are now going to be.

2. Create a diagram or flow chart of the four pairs of lovers and explain how changes throughout
the play to the final pairings. Be creative in doing it.

Oberon and Titania Theseus and Hippolyta

Demetrius and Helena Lysander and Hermia

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Oberon and Titania are the royalty of the play. Oberon is the fairy king and Titania is the fairy queen.
Throughout much of the play, the couple is bickering over a young changeling boy that Titania wants
to keep as her own, while her husband wants to enlist him as a private page. The relationship
between Theseus and Hippolyta is one that was created out of force. Theseus defeated the
Amazons, a society ruled by women, and took their queen, Hippolyta, as his wife. Helena is totally in
love with Demetrius, but he only has eyes for Hermia. In fact he tells Helena he hates her. Helena lets
a man get in the way of her friendship with Hermia. She tells Demetrius about Hermia's secret plan to
run away. Lysander's relationship with Hermia invokes the theme of love's difficulty: he cannot marry
her openly because Egeus, her father, wishes her to wed Demetrius; when Lysander and Hermia run
away into the forest, Lysander becomes the victim of misapplied magic and wakes up in love with
Helena.