ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

PLAY BY SAKESPEAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ” who says “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (III.ii.15)?
A
Puck
B
Nick Bottom
C
Hippolyta
D
Helene
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A line from the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare. A mischievous fairy, Puck, addressing his king, is commenting on the folly of the human beings who have come into his forest.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” can be found in Act III, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The quote is spoken by Robin Goodfellow, or Puck, to Oberon and falls and can be seen in line 117.

Detailed explanation-3: -Finally the four lovers: Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, and Hermia. These four young adults are beyond silly, they are fools! It all starts with Puck, Oberon’s servant, squeezing the love potion in the eyes of the wrong man.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sometime a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound, A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire; And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar, and burn, Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn.

Detailed explanation-5: -What does Oberon tell Puck to do about Demetrius and Helena? He said that he had to put the flower’s juice on Demetrius’s eyes so that way he falls in love with Helena.

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