A Midsummer Night’s Dream Intro

Agenda Review Annotation Expectations Review Standards and Expectations associated with play Plot Overview Theme Overview HOMEWORK TIME!!!!

Amundsen Annotations _________ (underline) main ideas !!!!!!!!!!!!! (exclamation points) by something that interests you, surprises you, invokes any emotion…make sure you WRITE in the margins! ??????? (Question marks) any questions that you have, open-ended or content related. Make sure you WRITE in the margins!!! Ooooo (circle) any words or phrases that you do not know!

Shakespeare Why am I making you read Shakespeare??!?!!?!?

Shakespeare To torture you. Just Kidding. Kind of.

Shakespeare Why am I making you read this? 1 – Common Core standards 2 – This is Brit Lit! 3- College Benefits 4 – Workplace Benefits

A midsummer nights Dream Complicated love story….but actually meant as a comedy. Look to the board for a character break down. HIGHLY recommend you copy that down!!!

Character Breakdown Theseus Hippolyta Egeus Hermia Lysander Demetrius Helena Oberon Titania Puck Bottom Quince Flute Snug Snout Straveling

Plot Overview There are essentially four different stories going on here…

Plot 1 Theseus and Hippolyta are getting married A huge royal wedding

Plot 2 Hermia loves Lysander Demetruis loves Hermia Hermia’s dad loves Demetrius Helena is CRAZY in love with Demetrius. Demetrius wants NOTHING to do with Helena. NOTHING. NOTHING.

Plot 3 The fairies are crazy. Oberon and Titania are angry at each other and use the playgroup to try and make a point about who is right.

Plot 4 Misfit group of guys just trying to be actors. Quince: carpenter Snug: joiner Bottom: a weaver Flute: bellows-mender Snout: a tinker Starveling: a tailor

Themes Love Magic Loyalty

Homework Complete the reading for homework. Quiz on Monday?!