From a Midsummer Night's Dream: 1. What can you infer about the role of women in Athenian society based on the events in Act I, Scene 1? Make a claim and support it with at least two specific details from the text. In your answer, you must refer to the figurative language in Scene 1, Lines 46-51.

2. Discuss Shakespeare’s use of iambic pentameter in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. How does the language used by the Athenians in Scene 1 differ from that of the mechanicals in Scene 2? Why do you think Shakespeare chose to have some characters speak in verse while others speak exclusively in prose?