1. As you come in…
Get out your materials for your #MidsummerNights project and begin working with your group.

2. Act V, Scenes i Others: Lovers: Fairies: Hippolyta Lysander Titania
Theseus
Lovers:
Lysander
Fairies:
Titania
Oberon
Robin (Puck)
Mechanicals:
Philostrate
Turn to page 143

3. Example Thesis
With several female characters that don’t adhere to the stereotypical feminine roles of the time period, Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is revolutionary in the way that it portrays gender. This tells me that you are going to explain “several female characters that don’t adhere to the stereotypical feminine roles of the time period” and you are going to further explain how that proves the story to be revolutionary.
Mention that this is not the only “correct” answer and that they could also write about how the story is not revolutionary in terms of gender (i.e. all the strong

4. Example Thesis
With several female characters that don’t adhere to the stereotypical feminine roles of the time period, Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is revolutionary in the way that it portrays gender.
Body Paragraphs:
Female character #1 (Hermia)
Female character #2 (Helena)
Female character #3 (Titania)
How do each of these women defy gender stereotypes? What about their actions are “revolutionary?”

5. Homework #MidsummerNights Project (due 3/22)
Reading Comprehension Quiz 2 (3/22)