A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act III, scene i Synopsis The _______________ meet in the woods at the appointed time to ___________ their play. Since they will be performing in front of a large group of __________ (and since they have an exaggerated sense of the delicacy of noble ladies), _____________ declares that certain elements of the play must be changed. He fears that Pyramus’s suicide and the ___________ roaring will frighten the ladies and lead to the actors’ executions. The other men share Bottom’s concern, and they decide to write a _____________ explaining that the lion is not really a lion nor the __________ really a sword and assuring the ladies that no one will really______. They decide also that, to clarify the fact that the story takes place at night and that ____________and Thisbe are separated by a wall, one man must play the wall and another the moonlight by carrying a bush and a lantern. As the craftsmen rehearse, _________ enters and marvels at the scene of the “hempen homespuns” trying to act. When Bottom steps aside, temporarily out of view of the other craftsmen, Puck transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ________. When the ass-headed Bottom re-enters the scene, the other men become terrified and run for their lives. Delighting in the ___________, Puck chases after them. Bottom, perplexed, remains behind. In the same grove, the sleeping __________ wakes. When she sees Bottom, the flower _______ on her eyelids works its magic, and she falls deeply and instantly in love with the ass-headed _________. She insists that he remain with her, embraces him, and appoints a group of ________—Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed—to see to his every wish. Bottom takes these events in stride, having no notion that his ________ has been replaced with that of an ass. He comments that his friends have acted like asses in ____________ him, and he introduces himself to the fairies. Titania looks on him with undisguised _________ as he follows her to her forest bower. craftsmen nobles rehearse head die lion’s love Bottom Puck Pyramus mischief sword juice prologue leaving weaver fairies Titania ass