Portfolio: Act 3

Act III Scene I Questions:

Choose one of the following questions to answer (in paragraph form) on your blog:

1. Like Helena in the previous scene, Bottom discovers that he is the object of someone's affection. How does his reaction to the discovery compare with Helena's? What does his reaction reveal (or confirm) about his character?

         Bottom is all like, 'of course you are in love with me'. He just thinks he is better than everyone so he accepts that she loves him. But unlike Bottom, Helena is shocked that Lysander is in love with her, and thinking he is making fun of her. His reaction doesn't compare with Helena's because they think complete opposite of each other's situations. But both tried to run away from their situation. Bottom from the fairies and Helena from Lysander to find Demetrius. This confirms that he is what he has turned into, an ass, and it reveals that he is just a 'cocky' person, who think highly of himself. 

2. When Titania falls in "love" with Bottom in Act III Sc. I, he says: "Reason and love keep little company together." What does this mean and how is it an appropriate statement for the play?
like some people don't know the reason why they love the person that they have fallen for. Like what Titania has now done, she all of a sudden fell in love with Bottom, someone she hasn't see ever and she knows nothing about him. Because she was under the spell she had fallen for Bottom without finding out who he is, she needed to fall for someone because of the potion.