Greek Mythology appears throughout the story like the mention of Hercules and Athens and other greek gods

There is also a love triangle between Hermia, and Helena’’

Hippolyta and Egeus who are about to be engaged

Tragic love story play double suicide 

Shakespeare's language can be easy for those who know spanish because of an intricate and different structures

Theseus(duke of Athens) and Hippolyta(Amazons or female warriors), who are going to get married

Egeus:Hermia’s dad

Hermia:Egeus’ daughter

Lysander:Hermia’s lover

Demetrius:the man Egeus wants for Hermia to marry

Helena:Hermia’s friend in love with Demetrius

The actors act out what is being spoken or just to represent. If there is a scene where they are mad, they represent it in their face. If their represent love and yearning, they have to demonstarte a desire in their face and body language

common themes in shakespeares writing are:love and suicide(like Romeo and Juliet), tragedy(Hamlet, Macbeth)

By reading this classic I feel all sorts of emotions, excitement to read a classic piece of art, curiosity.

My expectations are that this book will be filled with drama(which excites me alot), a good plot and great writing. Every shakespeare play we have read has been somehow interesting so Im curious to see where will this play take us.

Thesus is preparing his wedding very excitedly, while his fiance couldn't care less(I mean in her situation I wouldn't want to take part of anything)

Egeus goes to Thess about his daughter's(Hermia) marriage and how she doesn't want to marry the man he choose(Demetrius), she wants to marry Lysander(Omg a love triangle)

Hermia is given conditions:either marry Demetrius, become a nun or die(how tragic)

Lysander and Hermia are plotting to escape through the woods to his widow aunt’s house

Hermia is trying to get rid of Demetrius but he brings her closer, while her friend Helena want him but he pushes her away

Hermia tells Helena her plan, and Helena plans to tell Demetrius to Hermia can't escape 

Six Athenian man are preparing a play for Thesus and Hippolyta

The play "Pyramus and Thisbe" more like a cheap copy of Romeo and Juliet

Bottom is constantly trying to get all the characters but is shut down by Quince(Bro chill is not that of a big deal🙄)

"Lets do the character of the lion in the play!" Do you want to scare the Duchess and get hung?

They were meeting in the woods and agreed to meet tomorrow under the Duke's oak(is somebody else going to be there?👀)

Quince:Carpenter(leader of the play)

Snug:the joiner

Bottom:the weaver

Flute:the bellows-mender

Snout:the tinker

Starveling:the tailor

Robin Goodfellow:King Oberon's fairy/servant

Oberon:King if the fairies

Titania:Queen of the fairies

Fairies:Titania's servants

Indian boy:boy who was froma nother kingdom, taken away by Titania an taken care by her(he cases a dispuet between Oberon and Titania)

Demetrius

Helena

Lysander

Hermia

Enters Robin(Puck) and one Titania's fairies, discussing what each of their superiors will do

An indian boy is kept and taken care of by Titania, which makes Oberon jealous(but she is your wife...no?)

Oberon wants to make him one of his henchman, but Titania stands her ground and doesnt givethe boy away turning into a screaming match(the drama, all for a boy🫤)

Oberon(while throwing a tantrum), tells Robin to go find an special flower so he can out its nectar in titania's eyes and make her fall in love with the first thing she sees(he wants it be a beast🫢)

Demitrius and Helena have whole discussion where Demetrius portrays disgust towards Helena, but Helena demonstrate the outmost devotion and love towards(Girl value yourself a little please)

Oberon sees this and tells Robin to also place the nectar in the Athenian man's eyes(atleast he supported Helena and wanted to helo her, but why do you feel jealous of little boy)

Robin goes and puts the nectar in Titania's eyes after she goes to sleep and afterwards goes to put the nectar on the Athenian man(which one tho?)

Lysander and hermia arrive to a place in the woods, Lysander wanst to take the next step for both of them to sleep in the same bed and share the nightly , but Hermia wants to keep her morals and integrity(YOU GO GIRL)

Lysander agrees and sleeps somewhere else

Oberon doesnt specify which Athenian man, so Robin puts the nectar in Lysander's eyes(WAIT WHAT?)

Demitrius and Helena are passing and Demetrius as the gentleman he is, leaves Helena behind(what an amazing man he is, I love him🙄)

Helena does this rant on how Demetrius is right for not liking her since she is ugly and not as pretty as Hermia(I feel bad for her, she doesnt think she is pretty enough or likeable enough)

Helena sees Lysander and thinks he is dead and tries to wake him up and when Lysander wakes up he throws a whole love confession leaving Helena in shock thinking he is making a joke out of her(THE PLOT TWIST. I would also be in shock,like werent you in love with my best friend 5 seconds ago?)

Hermia wakes up froma nightmare that a snake was going through her body and calls out for Lysander, but he is nowhere to be found.(DUN DUN DUN)

Shakespeare, W. (1993,2016). A Mid-Summer Nights Dream. In Simon & Shuster New Folger paperback edition July 2016 (Eds.). Act 2 Scene 2 (pp. 53-65)

Till now this act is so intriguing, like what do you mean Lysander falls in love with Helena. THAT IS SUCH A HUGE PLOT TWIST

Helena makes me feel bad for her, she seems that she has such a low self-steam and compares herself alot with Hermia. Probably balming Hermia for taking away anything she loved or cares for.

The fact that now Lysander falls in love with Helena can be an easy way for Demetrius and Helena to marryl, if the prospect she wanted to marry is not in the market anymore there is no need for her to escape.

The serpent on Hermia's body could mean a betrayal from somebody close, maybe from Helena. In Hermia's point of view she probably didnt think she took anything away from Helena, but in Helena'smpoint of view, everything was given to Hermia.

This could lead to Helena actually taking an interest in Lysander just to dispise Hermia by taking the one thing she truly loved.

Scene one of this act focuses more on the Titania and beast situation, but the the beast is someone I didnt expect at all

As the actors are rehearsing in the forest, Robin comes and sneaks around where they are and turns Bottom into an ass-head(donkey)

Scared, all the actors run away leaving. him alone without knowing what was going on.

Titania was close to where they were, and after waking up from her enchanted slumber(because of the spell), the first thing she sees is Bottom and his ass-head, falling in love with him.

Bottom tries to leave but she refuses to let him go and orders some fairies to attend to him

These iconic fairies who have many lines(not), get assigned different roles by Bottom.(after not wanting to go, now you are assigning them how will they care for you? What a twist)

Scene two is my favorite scene out of all acts and scenes in this book. The drama, the chaos everything falls perfectly together

In this scene we can now see how Robin's mistake turned into everyone's problem(putting the liquid in Lysander's eyes).

Not only did he put it on Lysander but then on Demetrius, and the love discord began.

Both men started arguing over Helena, throwing shade at each other, and almost fighting a duel(WELL THAT ESCALATED REAL QUICK).

Hermia sees how everything is unraveling and tries to make sense of the situation. She calls out for Lysander and asks him why he is doing that if he told her he loved her. He denies everything and says that his only love is Helena.

Hermia keeps on pushing and pushing trying to get a different answer, one the old Lysander would've used. It was to no use because the more commented the angrier he got, and started calling her names like serpent and Ethiop(Act 3, Scene 2)

In a fit of rage, Hermia accuses Helena of being a man stealer, and how she could do something like that. Helena was not going to allow her to talk like that, telling her all sorts of things of how she's smaller than her and how she doesn't deserve what she had.

Because of Hermia's impulse of going to attack Helena, Helena orders the two men to protect her, who gladly do so, threatening to almost kill her.(This girl played her cards wisely)

Helena leaves and the two men also leave, leaving Hermia behind.

Oberon, after seeing all the madness that happened, decides to turn EVERYTHING back to how it was. He looks for the rediming flower and gives it to Robin to sort things out.

Robin does this trick where he separates both men by saying the most horrible things about each other in opposite directions.

Afterwards they both go to sleep but he only puts the redeeming juice in Lysander's eyes.(Wasn't it for both of them?)

So far this has been my FAVORITE act. The drama, chaos everything just falls perfectly

I couldn't belive it when I saw that Lysander said all those horrible things to Hermia(I know you are under a spell but Jesus)

Helena's and Hermia's catfight was shocking but not unexpected, I saw it coming(sort off). It was just wild to me how they were coming up with the combacks, and most distasteful acts. To believe that love of men came in between them and they decided to take out their darkest deepest thoughts out on eachother

I really thought Demitrius would go on ahead and reach out for Hermia, but my girl was pretty sure that he killed her man. Afterwards, Demitrius is just all head over heals over Helena(I bet Hermia was like:What is going on?)

I belive that Hermia although she didn't like Demitrius, she probably liked his attention but not as much to like his advances.

To me it was so funny the interaction Between Bottom and all the fairies. The fairies speak in one word at a time as if they are limited to that.

Titania falling for Bottom was so unexpected for me, like I get his head turned into a donkey, BUT I WASNT EXPECTING THAT TO BE THE BEAST TITANIA WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH!

Im so satisfied that now Oberon wants to undo the spell(my guy you made this whole chaos unravel like 🤨)

Im just so curious about why the chapter ends with the rediming juice only Lysander but not on Demetrius.

This Act's bible integration is for Scene 2:

Proverbs 15:1-2

"A gentle answer turns away wrath,
    but a harsh word stirs up anger.

² The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly."

The purpose of this Bible integration is a command to speak with kind and sweet words. As we can see in Scene 2, the harsh words towards each other were the fuel to the fire.If Lysander didn't say all those things to Hermia she wouldn't have said those horrible things to Helena and so on.

As Christians, we should be an example to others, and every word we say should be of blessing, not to tear other people down. Let's bring others up with encouragement, not kicking them down with harsh words.

When I first read about Helena, I knew that her character was really interesting.

In the prologue we are told that they had something going on but it didn't last; Helena was left with lasting feelings while Demetrius went and took interest in Hermia.

From what I saw in the first chapters, she had a really low self esteem, and compared herself to Hermia, but I had a feeling that was going to change soon.

This scene starts with Titania taking Bottom to where she sleeps, and him ordering around the fairies. (You got comfortable too quickly, don't you think?)

Oberon appears with Robin and they remove the spell from Titania.

Titania wakes up and afterwards she tells Oberon how she thought she fell in love with an ass(donkey) and then they sing and dance together in harmony.

They all leave Bottom alone, and after he wakes up he said that he had the weirdest dream.

It skips to the 4 lovers where they all wake up and Theseus, Egeus and Hippolyta arrive.

Egeus is desperate for Hermia to marry Demetrius, but Demetrius pronounces his love for Helena, and then Lysander towards Hermia.(NO MORE DRAMA)

Theseus decides that there will be a 3 part wedding on that day(which was "May Day" the day of love)

What is interesting about this chapter is that BOTH Hermia and Helena mention how it all felt like a dream.(Was it?🤨)

Scene 2 begins with the actors looking for Bottom, trying to decipher where he could be.

They start crying out loud, saying that Bottom chose the worst day to disappear. He had one of the main characters and was not present.(Bottom was going to get killed🫢)

He then appears out of nowhere and starts saying that he is not an Athenian man and will explain everything later.

He calls them out and asks them what they are waiting for because they have a play to do.

Although this act is not long, it contains a very vital part I think everyone was waiting for:The confrontation of Hermia and Egeus

I thought that it was going to go down in a more dramatic way because of the things Lysander had said while being under the spell, it was a little disappointing.

I'm also shocked by the fact that Demtrius was left under the spell as if he was actually in love with Helena(good for her though she got her man)

It was funny to me how after the whole situation Oberon decides to take the nectar out of Titania's eyes and afterwards sing together in harmony

What really shocked me was that when Bottom woke up he said that he had had the weirdest dream.(Is the book based all upon a dream?🤨)

This whole act is based on the play that tradesman were preparing for Theseus' and Hippolyta's wedding

The activities are introduced by Philostrate who is like the right hand of Theseus, explaining what would be the schedule for their day.

This whole play is based on the story of "Pyramus & Thisbe"(which is a parallel story to "Romeo & Juliet"

The play starts off, and we can see how the audience is already making comments (the audience were Theseus, Hippolyta, Titania, Oberon and the four lovers).

The play was a total laugh show, in which the audience was talking about how they were acting and what they were doing(especially Theseus, he was talking a whole lot).

Bottom would interrupt in the scenes where he was acting if there were any comments made about him or in the scene where he was acting.

Overall the actors did really well but it was laughable to look at.

The act ends with Robin telling the audience that the whole play was all a dream(but if you've been following the story you can easily recognize that it is him trying to save himself from all the mistakes he made).

I didnt really like the ending, I felt like it was too vague and rushed, as if it was just to get it done with.

I laughed with Bottom a bit, he broke character so many times, but he played his characters really well.

I also found it kinda insteresting regarding how Snout had to play a Wall... WDYM A PERSON HAS TO PLAY A WALL?

The fact that Robin in the end goes and says it was all a dream(I like to thinkit wasnt really a dream, he wants the audience to think it was just to save himself)

This is my least favorite act, I would change many things about this act.

In this first act we are introduced to Helena as Hermia's friend, who is in love with the guy Hermia is forced to marry.

After she gets told the plan, she goes ahead and tells Demetrius.

Helena follows Demetrius to the woods, telling him all sorts of ways of how she loves him, just to be refused and neglected by him.

She even mentions how he could kill her and she'd be fine with it, since its in the hands of her beloved.

This act is where Helena's character shifts the most.

After Lysander and Demetrius love her under the spell, it was like a boost in her self esteem. She first thought they were mocking her, but afterwards she got really confident.

She goes ahead and after the small back and forths with Hermia, it starts escalating and she tells Hermia all she's been feeling during the years. Calling her small and all sorts of names. Telling her that she never thought she'd steal her man and here she was.

I would say that Helena's conflict on loving Demetrius got solved but not in a genuine way. In the end she did get Demetrius, but it was because of a spell. If it wasn't for the spell, we can't be sure Demetrius still loves her.

Hermia and Helena never apologized to each other for all of the things they said, they just saw that the love square was resolved and called it a day.

We also never got to see Helena healing that feeling of being less she had. She saw that two guys liked her all of the sudden and that it gave her a boost, when in reality she never got to heal that wound of always coming in second or being less attractive

I belive that for Helena, she loved her ending. She got the man she wanted and got in peace with her other friends, but in my point of view, that is not true happiness.

Yes, she got what she wanted, but what if she had found out that it was all a spell and not true love? Would it still be considered a happy ending knowing that your "love story" was all a lie?

She may have been feeling happy and accomplished and I could call this a "A half-happy ending", it ended happily but ot truthfully

This is the final chapter where we get to see Helenas attitude.

She literally gives nothing in this act, Theseus declares they are to be wed with whom they love and that's fine...What I want to understand is that she simply said:"Oh now that everything is solved I don't have to forgive neither be forgiven for the things I've said and done in the past hours". There was no remorse in the action and words The 4 exchanged to each other I would've loved to see Helena and Hermia talking to each other and fixing things, but we were rather met by a wall of sudden fixing without wording.

Personally I didn't like the ending. I felt that it was too rushed, and didn't involve any character development or improvements.

It was kind of vague, the problem between the 4 lovers is magically solved, Oberon and Titania are now happy as if nothing happened and Puck's mistake is not taken as serious.

It all concludes with Puck telling the audience that it was all a dream, which added a nice touch(but in what I understand is for him to cover the mistakes he committed)

Helena's love story was not real in a sense. Hermia and Helena, didn't even know that both of their love interests were under a spell. This makes it even worse because they didn't have a clue of why they both were loving Helena at one point and then each loved one girl.

For starters I would act as a confrontation between Lysander and Hermia after Lysander is released from the spell. In this confrontation Hermia calls Lysander out for all the things he said(that he didn't even know off).

Demetrius is released from his spell, and after seeing the drama between Lysander and Hermia he runs to "help" her out, while in reality he wants to convince her to marry him.

During that whole thing Helena feels guilty for all the things she said during their brawl, only to realise it was all a spell.

After Theseus arrives in the woods, Demetrius tries to convince him of his love for Hermia and the blessing for their marriage, but Lysander intervenes and does a whole love devotion for Hermia. He convinces her and afterwards after seeing Helena and her devotion towards him, Demetrius agrees to give her a try and get to know each other, apologizing for his attitude towards her.

The play continues as it is, with the play by Bottom and his crew, but the only twist is the ending. The Dream.

The play actually was a dream, it was Helena's dream, but more like a nightmare. When she wakes up, it is Demetrius and Hermia's wedding, Lysander and Hermia failed to escape, and Lysander is in the dungeon, soon to be executed by Demetrius for intervening with his love.