A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1

Scene 1

• Theseus and Hippolyta talk about their upcoming wedding.
• Egeus gets Theseus' help to make Hermia marry Demetrius, or die.
  • Theseus feels pitty for Hermia, and gives her another option, which is to become a nun.
• Lysander and Hermia plan to leave Athens and elope, and tell Helena about their plan.
• Helena desides to tell Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander's plan, thingking that Demetreus would love her afterwords.

Scene 2

• The machanicals plan on where they are going to reherse the play for Theseus' wedding, and Quince hands out the scrypst to the workers.
  • Bottom want's to play all of the parts, but is told to only play Pyramus.