Midsummer+night's+dream+-+Najlaa

== A Midsummer Night's Dream  *Plot Summary == Hermina's former friend, **Helena**, arrives. She wants to get with Demetrius. Hermina tells Helena to [|chill out] - she doesn't want to marry Demetrius anyway. She let's Helena in on her **plan to run away** into the woods with Lysander. Then Helena (talking to herself - [|soap opera] style) says that she will **tell Demetrius** about Hermina and Lysander's plan to run away. Helena thinks this will help her get on Demetrius' **good side** - she's [|not the brightest girl]. **Act One - Scene Two:** Now the play takes place at the carpenter, Peter Quince's house. He and his **tradesmen pals** (Snug, Flute and Bottom) are rehearsing the play they are going to [|perform] at Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding. It's pretty funny, cuz these guys sooo aren't **professional actors**. **Act Two - Scene One:** This scene is set **in the woods** outside Athens. Puck (AKA Robin Goodfellow) is a [|naughty, playful spirit] who works for the king. The fairy king and queen, **Oberon and Titania**, arrive and they are [|in the middle of a fight]. They're arguing about a boy that Titania has taken prisoner because Oberon wants her to give the boy to him. Titania gets mad and leaves. Oberon thinks he should get **even with his wife** by [|playing a joke] on her. He gets Puck to find a **magic flower** that he will put on Titania's eyes to make her **fall in love** with the first [|warm-blooded animal] she sees when she wakes up. While Puck goes to find the flower, good old Demetrius shows up and Helena is **tagging along** with him. With the king watching, Demetrius [|rejects] Helena - and he's pretty harsh about it. Tricky Oberon decides that he'll give Demetrius a dose of the **magic flower**, too. Hermina arrives and she thinks she's being [|Punk'd]. She **blames Helena** for organizing this show to [|embarrass her]. The two ladies argue and **call each other names** - as do the guys. Oberon uses an antidote to fix the situation - so Lysander and Hermia fall in love again and Demetrius **stays in love** with Helena. Theseus, Hippolyta, and Hermina's dad, Egeus arrive and Egeus demands that Lysander is [|killed]. Theseus disagrees, and says that since Demetrius is in love with Helena now, all the couples (including Theseus and Hippolyta) should **get married**. They all leave for the big group wedding - except for Bottom, who's still mulling his "**strange dream**" over. **Act Four - Scene Two:** The tradesmen/actors [|worry] that the play won't be the same without Bottom, but Bottom arrives and announces that **the show must go on**. **Act Five - Scene One:** The tradesmen put on their **performance** at the wedding. The [|actors screw everything up] - and everyone laughs. After the play, everyone leaves except the King, Queen and Puck. Puck now turns to the audience (**that's you**) and thanks them for watching such a **silly play**. He tells them not to worry - it was only a dream. ** CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
 * SCENE SUMMARY (below)
 * Act One - Scene One: ** The play opens with Theseus looking forward to [|marrying] Hippolyta. Hermia's dad, Egeus, arrives on the scene and he's choked that his daughter loves **Lysander** and not **Demetrius** (who he likes better). Hermina refuses to listen to her dad so they ask [|the local wise man], Theseus. He says that Hermina must either marry Demetrius or **remain unmarried forever**. Theseus says Hermina should be given some time to think about it.
 * Act Two - Scene Two :** In a different part of the woods, Titania is **sleeping**. Oberon shows up and puts the love potion on her eyes. Lysander and Hermina - the couple on the run - show up and take a nap too. Puck shows up and mistakes them for Demetrius and Helena and puts [|the potion] on their eyes instead. When Helena arrives in pursuit of Demetrius, Lysander wakes up, sees her, and **falls in love** with her - majorly dissing Hermina. However, Helena still wants Demetrius and tells Lysander to [|get lost]. Helena leaves to find Demetrius and Lysander chases her. Hermina sleeps through **the drama** and wakes up after he leaves.
 * Act Three - Scene One :** Quince, Bottom, and the other amateur actors are **rehearsing the play** in the woods. Puck runs into them on his way back from casting the love [|spells]. He turns Bottom's head into a **donkey head**. Bottom doesn't notice but the other actors are scared and run away. Bottom is sad that everyone left and he tries to cheer himself up by singing a song. The song wakes up **Queen Titania** who falls [|head-over-heels] in love with him. She orders her staff to cater to all of his [|wishes].
 * Act Three - Scene Two: ** Puck reports back to Oberon that the joke on his wife has worked and it's [|super-funny]. Just then Demetrius enters with Helena and he's still **rejecting her**. Oberon realizes that Puck has given the potion to the **wrong dude**. He tries to fix the problem by putting the [|love] potion on Demetrius' eyes after he **conveniently** decides to take a nap. Oberon tells Puck to bring Helena over so that she will be the first person Demetrius sees when he wakes up. Lysander arrives just as Demetrius wakes up and they both **throw themselves** at Helena. Helena just thinks they're making fun of her.
 * Act Four - Scene One: ** Oberon laughs as he watches Titania arrive with her new [|donkey] boyfriend. Oberon tells Puck that Titania has given in and will give the boy (that they fought about earlier) to him. Puck changes Bottom's head **back to normal** and Oberon gives the antidote to Titania. Titania's fairies [|cast a spell] on Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, and all of the tradesmen so that they will think that the weird events of the night are **just dreams**.

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 * Nick Bottom is a foolish actor who gets turned into a donkey.
 * Oberon is king of the fairy land who plays a trick on his queen ,Titania.


 * Puck is what they call a sprite who finds a special flower in order to pull the trick.


 * Titania is the fairy queen who falls in love with Nick Bottom, the donkey.


 * Lysander is a nobleman who runs away with Hermia to escape the brutal law.


 * Hermia is in love with Lysander but must marry Demetrius because of the law.


 * Helena is Hermia's best friend who tells Demetrius they're running away.


 * Demetrius is another nobleman who is set to marry Hermia.


 * Duke Theseus is the Duke of Athens who is to marry Hippolyta and has proposed a feast with a play.
 * Egeus is a nobleman who says that his daughter Hermia must marry Demetrius or he'll send her to a nunnery.


 * Peter Quince is the director of the play Bottom is in.


 * Francis Flute is a bellows mender who is to play a lady but he refuses because he's started a beard.


 * Snug, is a joiner who is to play the lion.


 * Tom Snout is a tinker who is going to play the wall.
 * Robin Starveling is the tailor who is going to play the moon.


 * Hippolyta is the queen who is to marry Duke Theseus.

Peasblosom Moth Cobweb and mustardseed are all attendants to fairy Queen.

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