A Midsummer Nights Dream Act III
CLIMAX Worksheet Follow the same directions as for Act I.
VOCABUALRY: 1. bully 2.prologue 3. bower 4. close 5. cheer 6. argument 7. welkin
Oberon anoints 8. ___ eyes with the magic 9.____ so that she will fall in love with 10. _____ and look like a 11.___.
12.___ plays a trick on 13. ____. 14. Explain the trick????? 15. Why does Puck play this trick on Bottom?
16. How do the other’s react to Bottom when they view him after the trick?
17. ___ informs 18._____ of his transformation.
19. What is Bottom’s reaction to his transformation????
20. ____ awakes and falls in love with 21. ____ (who has the head of an ____) just as King 22._____ has planned.
23 ____ are commanded by 24 ____ to serve 25. ____.
26. ___ reports to the King on his mission to transform 27. ______ into an 28.____ and make him 29. ______ lover.
Hermia and 30. _____ appear and 31. ____ realizes 32. ____ has anointed the wrong man.
33. ____ runs off and 34. ___ falls asleep. 35. ____ sends 36. ___ to fetch 37. ____ while he anoints 38. ____ eyes.
Puck brings 39. ____ who is followed by 40. ____ (who now loves 41. ___ madly).
45. ____enters & 46. ____ rebukes her, proclaiming his love for 47. ____.
48. ____ accuses all of them of playing a trick on her. The women quarrel; men leave to fight duel.
49. ____ commands 50. _____ to darken the night and separate all of the humans. All four humans fall asleep,
separated, exhausted and lost.
51. ____ touches 52. ______ eyes with an antidote to the magic 53. _____.
AT THE END OF ACT III: Prose vs Poetry in the play---Who speaks in prose? Why????
Lysander loves
Demetrius loves
Hermia loves Lysander. P. 45 Ln 115 Puck on mortals
Hermia is loved by no one. P.
46 Lns 145-61
p. 51 Lns 289-298 Hermia’s retort
p. 57 Lns 448-464 Puck’s incantation
ADDITIONAL VOCABUARY: 54. tirade 55. mortals 56. retort 57. incantation