comedy		the character who wishes his daughter to marry Demetrius
Helena		the area of the stage closest to the audience
scenes		falls in love with an ass
PyramusandThisbe		removes the love spell
changeling		the technical terms for Bottom's frequent misuse of words (i.e., deflowered for devoured)
Hermia		another name for furniture, swords, and articles used by actors
AnneHathaway		the name of Shakespeare's theatre
LoveInIdleness		calls Hermia a bead, acorn, and minimus
Demetrius		how Puck suggests the audience view the play
London		speech in which a character speaks his private thoughts aloud
Lysander		subdivisions of acts
Titania		how Puck chooses to "translate" Bottom
WilliamShakespeare		conversations between characters on stage
donkeyears		the name of the flower that causes one to fall in love with the next "live creature" one sees
properties		why Shakespeare's theatre closed for two straight years
dialogue		shows compassion to the lovers as they quarrel in the woods
onlyadream		Puck's alias
RobinGoodfellow		the name of Shakespeare's wife
MidsummersEve		is the only character who remains under a spell
poetry		the manner in which the fairies speak; diction
AthensGreece		the setting for this play
soliloquy		characterized as jealous, obsessive, and desperate for love
downstage		where all of Shakespeare's plays were performed originally
malapropism		considered the shorter, dark-haired one of the lovers
minotaur		Queen of the Amazons
Egeus		author 38 Elizabethan plays
Globe		creature that Theseus, the Greek hero, slew
Hippolyta		the type of play that ends happily
DianasBud		the title of the play put on by the craftsmen
Oberon		the Indian boy taken in by the Queen of the Fairies
BlackPlague		June 23rd, the shortest night of the year