Direction: Short answer Questions/Prompts.  In complete sentences, answer fully

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Direction: Short answer Questions/Prompts. 
In complete sentences, answer fully the Questions/Prompts below in 4-5 sentences. 
1. What is the significance of magic and fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Why would Shakespeare introduce such fantasy into the play?
2. What does the following quote from a A Midsummer Night’s Dream mean to you:
‘Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.’
3. Explain how Shakespeare portrays the theatre production process of The Lord’s Chamberlain’s Men in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
4. Explain the conflict of Love versus The Law in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. How does this conflict begin? What is the high point of this conflict in the Forest of Arden? How is this conflict resolved at the end of the play?
5. Choose a complete scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 
Who are the characters in the scene?
What conflict or issues does the scene address (Name characters, problems, and actions).
How does the scene advance the overall plot? Give an example from the play.
How does the Dialogue in the scene advance the overall plot? Give an example from the play.