Act III
Scene i-
Writing for Yourself:
The start of Act Three begins with the men preparing for the play. Robin comes in the middle of it and starts causing mischief, such as turning Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head. I do not understand why or how he did this but the rest of Bottom’s friends freak out and run away from him. Bottom starts walking and singing in the woods, when he wakes up Queen Titania, who has the magic potion on her eyes. She suddenly falls in love with Bottom and his donkey head, and has her fairies become his servants. The act ends with Titania telling her fairies to bring her lover silently and with his tongue tied up, which I think means Oberon. I also think in the next scene, the climax will come to a boiling point. …show more content…
Character quotes from Bottom prove our earlier suspicions, while other sayings from Helena, Lysander, and Hermia have hidden meanings that can be hard to pull out.
Bottom’s use of malapropisms deems him uneducated, as seen in this quote, “Thisbe, the flowers of odious savors sweet,--” (III.i.30). The line is meant to be “odors savors sweet” and Quince corrected him in the following line. Even though Lysander is in love with Helena through the love juice, he infers that he still has some love for Hermia when he refuses to harm her. When Demetrius says he does not trust Lysander’s word, Lysander replies with, “What? Should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead? Although I hate her, I’ll not harm her so,” (III.ii.281-282).
Throughout the play, Helena is insecure and begs for Demetrius’s love, but once she has that and Lysander’s love, she suddenly is aggressive. She thinks that the men confessing their love is just a prank or joke, stating, “O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent To set against me for your merriment. If you were civil and knew courtesy, You would not do me thus much injury,” (III.ii.148-151). Helena also reveals that she cares for her and Hermia’s friendship, as well as Demetrius’ love when she argues with Hermia. “Good Hermia, do not be so bitter with me./ I evermore did love you, Hermia,/ Did ever keep your counsels, never wronged you--/ Save that, in love unto Demetrius,/ I told him of your stealth …show more content…
This is proven in a quote said by one of the fairies, “...Robin Goodfellow. Are not you he/ That frights the maidens of the villagery,/ Skim milk, and sometimes labor in the quern/ And bootless make the breathless huswife churn,/ And sometime make the drink to bear no barm,/ Mislead night wanderers, laughing at their harm?” (II.i.35-40). In Act Three, Robin stumbles upon the men rehearsing the play, and decides to “...be an auditor–/ An actor too perhaps, if [he] see[s] cause,” (III.i.78-79). After watching the men, he decides to turn Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head for the sole reason of wanting to cause chaos. Another reason for his actions could have been because Bottom’s name is an alternate name for ass, which also means donkey. Robin also could have noticed the headstrongness of Bottom and how he can make a fool or an “ass” of himself at times. Robin states that Bottom is “A stranger Pyramus than e’er played here,”
Scene i-
Writing for Yourself:
The start of Act Three begins with the men preparing for the play. Robin comes in the middle of it and starts causing mischief, such as turning Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head. I do not understand why or how he did this but the rest of Bottom’s friends freak out and run away from him. Bottom starts walking and singing in the woods, when he wakes up Queen Titania, who has the magic potion on her eyes. She suddenly falls in love with Bottom and his donkey head, and has her fairies become his servants. The act ends with Titania telling her fairies to bring her lover silently and with his tongue tied up, which I think means Oberon. I also think in the next scene, the climax will come to a boiling point. …show more content…
Character quotes from Bottom prove our earlier suspicions, while other sayings from Helena, Lysander, and Hermia have hidden meanings that can be hard to pull out.
Bottom’s use of malapropisms deems him uneducated, as seen in this quote, “Thisbe, the flowers of odious savors sweet,--” (III.i.30). The line is meant to be “odors savors sweet” and Quince corrected him in the following line. Even though Lysander is in love with Helena through the love juice, he infers that he still has some love for Hermia when he refuses to harm her. When Demetrius says he does not trust Lysander’s word, Lysander replies with, “What? Should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead? Although I hate her, I’ll not harm her so,” (III.ii.281-282).
Throughout the play, Helena is insecure and begs for Demetrius’s love, but once she has that and Lysander’s love, she suddenly is aggressive. She thinks that the men confessing their love is just a prank or joke, stating, “O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent To set against me for your merriment. If you were civil and knew courtesy, You would not do me thus much injury,” (III.ii.148-151). Helena also reveals that she cares for her and Hermia’s friendship, as well as Demetrius’ love when she argues with Hermia. “Good Hermia, do not be so bitter with me./ I evermore did love you, Hermia,/ Did ever keep your counsels, never wronged you--/ Save that, in love unto Demetrius,/ I told him of your stealth …show more content…
This is proven in a quote said by one of the fairies, “...Robin Goodfellow. Are not you he/ That frights the maidens of the villagery,/ Skim milk, and sometimes labor in the quern/ And bootless make the breathless huswife churn,/ And sometime make the drink to bear no barm,/ Mislead night wanderers, laughing at their harm?” (II.i.35-40). In Act Three, Robin stumbles upon the men rehearsing the play, and decides to “...be an auditor–/ An actor too perhaps, if [he] see[s] cause,” (III.i.78-79). After watching the men, he decides to turn Bottom’s head into a donkey’s head for the sole reason of wanting to cause chaos. Another reason for his actions could have been because Bottom’s name is an alternate name for ass, which also means donkey. Robin also could have noticed the headstrongness of Bottom and how he can make a fool or an “ass” of himself at times. Robin states that Bottom is “A stranger Pyramus than e’er played here,”