Act 2 Reading Guide
A. Who said it? What does it mean?
B. Literary techniques
(2.1.18-24)
“The King doth keep his revels here tonight
Take heed the Queen come not within his sight.
For Oberon is passing fell and wrath,
Because that she as her attendant hath
A lovely boy, stolen from an Indian king;
She never had so sweet a changeling.
And jealous Oberon would have the child”
(2.1.126)
“The fairy land buys not the child of me”
(2.1.163-164)
“Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took
At a fair vestal throned by the west,”
(2.1.174-178)
“And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Fetch me that flow’r; the herb I showed thee once:
The juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid
Will make or man or woman madly dote
Upon the next living creature that it sees.”
(2.1.210-213)
“I am your spaniel; and, Demetrius, A.
The more you beat me, I will fawn on you.
Use me but as your spaniel, spurn me, strike me,
Neglect me, lose me;”
(2.1.268-271)
“A sweet Athenian lady is in love A.
With a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes,
But do it when the next thing he espies
May be the lady.”
(2.2.33-40)
“What thou seest when thou dost wake,
Do it for thy true love take. A.
Love and languish for his sake.
Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,
Pard, or boar with bristled hair,
In thy eye that shall appear
When thou wak’st, it is thy dear.
Wake when some vile thing is near.”
(2.2.118-123)
“Content with Hermia? No, I do repent A.
The tedious minutes I with her have spent
Not Hermia, but Helena I love.
Who will not change a raven for a dove?
The will of man is by his reason swayed,
And reason says you are the worthier maid.”