Shakespeare Themes

The 3 witches that appeared at the beginning of Macbeth scene 1 most likely represents:

• Evil and darkness

• Fun and excitement

• Bad luck

• Power

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In Act 1, Scene 1 of a Midsummer Nights' Dream, Theseus Describes his courtship of Hippolyta and confusion of the 4 lovers begins with Egeus' complaint about his daughter's affair with Lysander. What themes emerge from this starting scene and continue throughout the play?

• Greed

• Egoism

• Love, Marriage, and the difficulty of relationships

• Human differences

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What is a good example of patriachry as a theme in a Midsummer Nights' Dream?

• When Hermia gets driven into a jealous rage.

• When Theseus tells Hermia that her father should be regarded as a God for creating her.

• The fact that Titania is beautiful and graceful and Bottom is clumsy and grotesque.

• The bizarre events that occur in the dreams of the characters.

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MacBeth wants to kill King Duncan because of his desire to become king. This stems from a central theme in Macbeth which is:

• Hate

• Politics

• Ambition

• The throne

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Symbolism is also used to represent themes. Lady Macbeth continuosly sees (imaginary) blood on her hands, and blood stains. Macbeth looks at the blood on his hands and laments. What do you think Shakespeare is representing with the blood?

• Human sadness

• Lady Macbeth's and Macbeth's Guilt

• Human injury

• Power

Symbolism is used extensively by Shakespeare. In Act 2 of a Midsummer Nights' Dream, the trickery of using the magic potion causes several characters to fall in love . What do you think the love potion represents?

• Shakespeare did this to be funny.

• That the love potion is like a poison.

• That love can only be caused by a chemical imbalance.

• The unreasoning, powerful and erratic nature of love.

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Each play has its own style of genre. Macbeth is best described as a ________.

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The genre that best describes A Midsummer Nights Dream is:

• Tragedy

• Romantic Comedy

• History

• melodrama

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Sometimes, characters are also symbolic. Puck is not human and laughs at the weakness of mortals. Which of the following is not a symbolic representation of Puck:

• Intellectual Reason

• The power of magic

• The difficulties of love

• The strange nature of dreams

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In a Midsummer Nights Dream, Titania gives the moon the human quality of crying. She states "The moon methinks looks with a water eye; and when she weeps, weeps every little flower." What symbolic method is being used by Shakespeare?

• Songwriting

• Dramatic Irony

• Personification

• Soliloquy

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