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Subject: English Literature Grade: 9o Topic: Act 4- Midsummer Nights Dream Act 4 Scene 1

1) While Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia and Helena sleep in the woods so that the lovepotion spell can be undone, Titania enters the woods with her fairies and Bottom with

his donkeys head. King Oberon follows them but he is invisible.

2) Titania is in love with Bottom. She caresses him and compliments him. Bottom also asksTitanias fairies to do a lot of favors for him. Titanias fairies willingly agree to complete

the errands.

3) Robin enters the scene and he and Oberon secretly mock Titania for loving Bottom.4) Oberon tells Robin that he met Titania earlier; he asked her for the Indian boy and she

agreed to give him up.

5) One of Titanias fairies carried the little Indian boy to Oberon and Oberon has nowdecided to undo the spell of the love juice.

6) Oberon also tells Robin to take off the donkeys head off of Bottom. Oberon tells Robinthat this will all be a dream for everyone who wakes up from the spell of the love juice.

7) To take away the spell of the previous love juice, Oberon applies another flower juice onTitanias eyes. This flower juice will make Titania return to her original self.

8) Titania now wakes up and tells Oberon that she has just had a bad dream in which shehad fallen in love with an ass.

9) Oberon shows her the ass (Bottom) she once loved and Titania cannot understandhow it all happened.

10)Oberon asks Titania to command her fairies to play music so that Bottom would fall indeep sleep. When he wakes up, he will return to his original self.

11)Titania and Oberon dance to music. They are now friends. King Oberon tells her they willalso dance at Duke Theseus wedding. He also tells her that Demetrius/Helena and

Lysander/Hermia will also get married alongside the Duke.

12)Titania, Oberon and Robin exit the scene.13)When Titania, Oberon and Robin exit, Theseus, Egeus and Hippolyta enter the woods.14)They are on a hunt for Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander who have run away

from home.

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15)They found them sleeping in the woods.16)A horn is blown to wake them. They awake and kneel before the Duke.17)The Duke commands them to stand and Lysander attempts to explain to the Duke how

they arrive in the woods. He confesses that they have run away to escape the law inAthens.

18)Egeus is upset. He wants Lysander to be punished for running away with his daughter.He also wants him to be punished for trying to spoil his plans to have Demetrius marry

his daughter.

19)Demetrius also joins in and try to explain to the Duke how they arrive in the woods. Hetells the Duke that he followed Hermia and Lysander who secretly planned to run away.

He also confesses that Helena is in love with him and she decided to follow him.

20)Demetrius confesses that he no longer desires Hermia but somehow he has come tolove Helena. He tells the Duke that he wants Helena; he loves her and he will always be

true to her.

21)After hearing the explanations, Duke Theseus overrides Egeus wish to have hisdaughter marry Demetrius. He tells him they will marry alongside him in his upcoming

wedding ceremony. It will be one big, happy celebration.

22)Theseus, Hippolyta and exit the scene.23)Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander and Helena all questioned what just happened. They all

thought they have just had a bad dream. They followed the Duke to the temple.

24)Bottom wakes up and he too thinks he has been dreaming. He exits.Act 4 Scene 2

1) After Demetrius, Helena, Lysander and Hermia exit the scene to follow the Duke topartake in their wedding ceremony, Quince, Flute, Snout and Starveling enter the scene.

2) Quince asks for Bottom.3) The other men think that Bottom has been kidnapped.4) They are worried that if Bottom does not show up, the play that they have been workingon will be ruined.5) While the men are concerned for Bottom, Bottom shows up.6) The men want to know what happened to Bottom and Bottom proposed to tell them;

however, he quickly refuses to tell them. Instead, he directs their attention to play that

they have been preparing for Duke Theseus wedding.

THE END