Lysander! What, removed? Lysander, lord!
Hermia wakes up and can't find Lysander as he left to follow Helena.
Lysander! What, removed? Lysander, lord!
Hermia wakes up and can't find Lysander as he left to follow Helena.
Transparent Helena! Nature shows art
Helena finds Lysander on the ground and he wakes up, so he falls in love with Helena.
When thou wak’st, let love forbid Sleep his seat on thy eyelid
Robin finds Hermia and Lysander instead of Demetrius and Helena, so he mistakenly anoints Lysander with the magic of the flower.
A sweet Athenian lady is in love With a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes,270 But do it when the next thing he espies May be the lady.
The King gives part of the flower to Robin in order to make Demetrius feel the same way about Helena that she feels about him.
I’ll watch Titania when she is asleep185 And drop the liquor of it in her eyes.
The King will use the flower on Titania in order to get his revenge.
Fetch me that flower; the herb I showed thee once.
The Fairy King asks Robin to go get the flower that causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see.
But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport
The arguments between the Fairy King and Queen have caused the forest to act up, things are not as they should be.
Thisne!”—“Ah Pyramus, my lover dear! Thy Thisbe dear and lady dear!
Reminds me of those "plays" when someone dresses up one side of themselves as one character and the other side of their body in another costume so they can play both parts.
Here is the scroll of every man’s name
They are preparing for the play that will take place before Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding.
I will go tell him of fair Hermia’s flight.
Helena is going to tell Demetrius that Hermia is planning to run away and hopes that he will change his mind and love her (Helena) again.
Call you me “fair”? That “fair” again unsay.185 Demetrius loves your fair. O happy fair!
Helena is jealous of Hermia.
So quick bright things come to confusion.
The good times always come to an end too fast.
And won her soul; and she, sweet lady, dotes, 15 A Midsummer Night’s Dream ACT 1. SC. 1 Devoutly dotes, dotes in idolatry,
Helena love Demetrius, so he should be with her instead of Hermia according to Lysander.
(The sealing day betwixt my love and me For everlasting bond of fellowship),
Hermia has until the day of Theseus and Hippolyta's wedding to decide her fate.
Consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient privilege of Athens:
Egeus will not let Hermia marry Lysander. She must marry Demetrius or she will die.