Remake of A Midsummer Night's Dream Character Chart by Jeremiah Garcia https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz Keep track of the complicated characters of this crazy play with this! en-us 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC 2026-03-10 22:31:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Egeus 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132160 -An angry, controlling father to Hermia (wants her to marry Demetrius)
-One of the Duke's subjects
-He asks Theseus to grant his wishes, to which he agrees
-he proves himself to be completely  controlling through his selfish actions
-he, for some reason, feels like he should overseeing every decision that Hermia makes because he's the father; that's how men were back then I guess 

]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132160 Hermia 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132162 -wants to marry Lysander
-is being forced to marry Demetrius or else she'll be put to death (or she has to become a nun)
-she has proven herself to be strong and independent for standing up to male authority (her father)
"So will I grow, so live, so die, my lord,
Ere I will my virgin patent up
Unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke
My soul consents not to give sovereignty."
-she wakes up and Lysander is gone; she finds out Lysander doesn't love her anymore
-she has a dream that is interesting; a snake eating her heart while Lysander watches. this could represent the betrayal of Lysander when he falls in love with Helena.
-as tensions rise, everyone gets a happy ending and stays with the people they love]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132162 Lysander 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132164 -wants to marry Hermia
"And, which is more than all these boasts can be, 
I am beloved of beauteous Hermia:
Why should not I then prosecute my right?"
-makes a plan with Hermia to run away to the forest, where the law doesn't apply, to marry her
-he is so motivated by his love for Hermia that it seems like he won't let anything get in the way of their love
-he gets a love potion placed on him and he falls in love with Helena
-through his sudden change of heart for Helena, even though it's because of a potion, could represent the fickle nature of love
-when the potion is reversed, he realizes he loves Hermia]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132164 Demetrius 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132165 -wants to marry Hermia for her beauty
-was engaged to Helena
-gets angry with Helena for leading her into the woods, and tells her he doesn't love her anymore (but there is still obvious tension between them)
-he kind of went through a quick change of love to hate; he loves Helena but then he suddenly loves Hermia and hates Helena (he juggling love and hate)
-he is under the spell of a love potion and he falls back in love with Helena; the thing is he's never releived of the spell
-the way he describes his love for Helena is somewhat profound
Was I betroth'd ere I saw Hermia:
"But, like in sickness, did I loathe this food;
But, as in health, come to my natural taste,
Now I do wish it, love it, long for it,
And will for evermore be true to it."]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132165 Helena 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132166 -loves Demetrius
-was engaged to Demetrius prior to the Demetrius/Hermia forced relationship; she still loves Demetrius
-she leads Demetrius in the woods, in hopes of winning him back, but it backfires
-when both Demetrius and Lysander fall in love with her, she feels very disrespected because she thinks they're mocking her
-she has been used to being alone and unwanted, so when she suspects that Hermia is in on the mockery, she's heartbroken. Hermia is supposed to be her bestfriend but with all the love potions, she feels absolutely betrayed
-her quotes about love really outline the different perceptions people seem to have on love; she explains how people will see what they want to see for the sake of love
"Love can transpose to form and dignity:
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind;"
-she has a very detestable view on love that highlights how different people will interpret love different from others]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132166 Theseus 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132167 -Duke of Athens
-Engaged to Hippolyta
-Defeated Hippolyta in battle for the right to marry her.
-Agrees that Hermia should respect her father's (Egeus) decision to marry Demetrius
-he shows himself to be controlling like Egeus
"What say you, Hermia? be advised fair maid:
To you your father should be as a god;
One that composed your beauties, yea, and one
To whom you are but as a form in wax
By him imprinted and within his power
To leave the figure or disfigure it."
-he seems to play the authoritative figure in the way of love; he's one of the main reasons their is a story at all
-at first it seemed weird that he wasn't in much of the play, but it was interesting to see how someone who isn't shown much could drive the story into what it is]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132167 Hippolyta 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132168 -Queen of Amazons
-Engaged to Theseus
-Defeated by Theseus and now has to marry him
-she's similar to Theseus in the way that they both represent order and authority in the play; they're what causes the characters to go into the forest
-she seems very calm and pacient and accepting; unlike Titania
-maybe Hippolyta was used in the play to represent reason and understanding; in contrast to almost everyone in the play]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132168 Oberon 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132169 -the Fairy King to Queen Titania
-he wants a young India prince to become a knight, but Titania refuses
-he seeks revenge on Titania by sending Puck to put a love potion on her
-at the same time, he finds sympathy in his heart with Helena to cause Demetrius to fall in love with her (even though things go sideways he had pretty good intentions)
-his plan with Titania ultimately works, and they both live in love together again
-he's a very interesting character because while he's seeking revenge on his queen, he's also trying to help love prosper; it's like he's trying to grant peace, but at any cost almost]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132169 Titania 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132171 -the Fairy Queen to King Oberon
-she confidently lets Oberon know her objections and storms off into the woods, away from Oberon
-oppose to Hippolyta (they're played by the same actress), she's very confident, powerful and  stubborn with what she wants and makes sure Oberon knows it
-she falls in love with Nick Bottom, as an ass, because she was under the love potion; their relationship symbolizes how love can be confusing at times, but it only makes sense to the ones in love
-when she is released from the love potion, she falls back in love with Oberon
-her relationship with Oberon is kind of toxic, but at the end of the day they seem to really like each other, despite their differences; I wonder what that kind of relationship would look like today.]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132171 Puck (Robin Goodfellow) 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132174 -gets the love flower for Oberon and is sent to use some of it to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena
-makes Lysander fall in love with Helena (he mistakes Lysander for Demetrius)
-he ends up mixing all the love relationships up and creates a strange mess
-he seems to enjoy messing with the characters emotions, like they are his puppets

And so far am I glad it so did sort
As this their jangling I esteem a sport.
]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132174 Nick Bottom 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132177 -the diva (self-important, difficult to please)
-he plays the main character, Pyramus, in Peter Quince's play
-while in the woods, Puck transforms his head into a donkey's head; Nick is now a literal ass, matching his personality
-Titania falls in love with him, while he's an ass, because of a love spell; their relationship could represent how love can be nonsensical and make people look stupid
-while asleep, he's tuned back into normal and he's convinced his whole experience was a dream.]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132177 Peter Quince 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132179 -the director
-gives everyone roles in his play; deals with the selfish Nick Bottom wanting to please him
-he desperately wants to portray the tragedy of love through his play (even though in the end it isn't portrayed that way)
-his play has significance in this play because it mirrors the love of the Athenians; expresses how their predicament could've went very differently
-his commentary on artistic representation highlights the end of the play with great comedic effect]]> 2021-01-19 19:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132179 Key 8250921 https://padlet.com/8250921/bseswpl1jd76i8nz/wish/1103132181 Blue = City Plot
Red= Lovers Plot
Green = Fairy Plot
Purple = Worker's Plot

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