Thursday, April 18, 2013

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Key Events in Act 3, Sc 2

What makes an event KEY?

Something that changes the flow of events is KEY.

Something that changes the characters (specifically the MAIN characters) is KEY.

The bigger the PROBLEM, the more “things” it affects, the more we know it’s KEY.

Something that changes relationships.

The addition of a new character.

What key things happened in the rest of Act 3, Sc 2?

Puck mimics the voices of Lysander and Demetrius and sets them up to follow him around, thinking they’re going to fight each other - he is just having a laugh
they are angry at each other because they were both dosed and they now love Helena - they are fighting over loving her - this is ironic, because she thinks they’re lying to hurt her
Hermia can’t believe what Lysander is saying - he seems to hate her now
Helena assumes that Hermia is in on the mean joke that she thinks the two guys are playing
Lysander makes really unpleasant (and racist) comments about Hermia’s looks
Puck tries to fix all this drama because Oberon isn’t impressed with the results
Puck is going to re-apply the love potion and get people back with the right lover
WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT LOVE? - wouldn’t this make a great question for an essay?

love can be manipulated - see THIS example
love is confusing - see THIS example
love is a privilege
love can be seen to be fake
love is blind
love is very specific to each person

Mr. Lobb - I think that this is showing us a little bit about how love is in our minds more than we think.

A question arises - what is the difference between LOVE and LUST.

Lust is wanting something?
Love is you actually like someone.

Lust is a sexual attraction to someone.
Love is a longer term “thing” - a relationship

There’s a HUGE different between love and lust.

Lust is physical AND mental.

Love is deeper and more about feelings in our minds. (and physical)

Lust might be more about YOU and love might be more about THEM.