1. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2. Elements of Shakespearean Romantic Comedy
Main action/conflict is about love and its complications.
Would-be lovers must overcome obstacles before being united.
Frequently contains aspects of the supernatural, the fantastical, or the improbable.
Happy ending occurs through supernatural or “divine” intervention.
Frequently a philosophical aspect involving a weightier issue or a lofty theme.

3. Dual settings for the Play
Athens, Greece
Wooded forests, where fairies and magical nymphs and sprites live.

4. Why do you think Shakespeare borrows from Greek mythology to compose this play?
Theseus, Duke of Athens and
Hippolyta,
Queen of the Amazons

5. Lover’s triangle (conflict!!!)
Hermia
Lysander
Demetrius
(arranged marriage by Hermia’s father, Egeus)
Helena
(Hermia’s best friend since childhood)

6. Character bank
Hermia
Helena
Lysander
Demetrius
Oberon
Titania
Puck

7. For your quiz:
Consider your character’s arguments/feelings/personality as you write from his/her point of view. Include each assigned vocabulary word as ½ point of credit. Please underline the word as you use it in context. Read act four for Monday!

8. Robin Goodfellow, or “Puck”
Shakespeare did not create the character of Puck. He is a well- known character in many earlier works about magic.
In some cases, he is an evil goblin; in others, he is merely mischievous.
His name comes from fire spirits who purposely mislead travelers for amusement: “We call them pucks.”
0gHTNJVFtA Mendelssohn’s overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

9. Wednesday/Thursday:. Finish work on discussion and. cited report
Wednesday/Thursday: Finish work on discussion and cited report. Friday: Submit cited report: one copy with all group members’ names. Work on presentation. Monday: Group presentation of “world” Tuesday: Unit test on Midsummer

10. Unit Test format
25 multiple choice questions on plot, character and conflict
15 matching character with coordinating lines
10 matching vocabulary with coordinating definitions in context
Return Midsummer books tomorrow, please!