A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1 Details

Scene 1

• Hermia stands up for herself and gives Theseus and Egeus a piece of her mind
  • Normally in Shakespearean days, women always did what their parents or husbands told them to do.  What hapenes here is abnormal to traditional happenings in that era
• Theseus gives Hermia another choice to chose from along with Egeus' options
  • Theseus giving Hermia another choice is proving that Theseus is a good ruler and more humane than Egeus
• When Hermia is talking to Helena, Hermia hints that Demetrius loved Helena before he saw Hermia.

Scene 2

• Quince is the one who plans out the play at first, then Bottom slowly becomes in charge and the leader, by telling what the rest of the mechanicals should do.