Shakespeare - A Midsummer’s Night Dream Previous
- The woods in a place of unpredictability.
- Fairy War (We meet Puck who’s is a shapeshifter, he's not good or bad)
- Oberon’s revenge (Magic flower)
- Helena chases Demetrius (Rejected)
- Oberon orders Puck to dose Titiana & “Athenian”
- Titiiana dosed & Lysander dosed by mistake
- Lysander loves Helena
- Titania loves Bottom
Shakespeare - Main Terms Of A Midsummer’s Night Dream
- Status Quo: Athens Arranged Marriage with Hippolyta & Hermia
- Catalysts: Runaway to the woods
- Turning Points Act 3: Oberon: Success? Lovers argue. Titania & Lovers restored.
- Protagonist: Lovers, Oberon, Mechanicals
- Antagonist: Society (Egpus & Theseus), Titania, Puck
- Themes:
a. Act 1: Arranged Marriage
b. Patriarchy
c. Obedience
d. Love Rebellion
e. Act 2: Jealousy
f. Love
g. Drug
- Ideas:
a. Patronage - When a wealthy powerful person supports an artist. (Shakespeare was
supported by King James).
b. Cliche - How People In Love Really Behave.
c. Star Crossed Lovers - Interfering with love isn’t a good idea.
d. Fickleness Illogical “Love not in the eye but in mind.”
Shakespeare - A Midsummer’s Night Dream Act 3
- Scene 2:
- Robin tells Oberon everything went according to plan.
- Hermia is looking for Lysander (who left her for Helena). Hermia accuses Demetrius of
killing him. He asks what he’ll get if she tells him & she says she’ll never speak to him.
- Oberon scolds Puck for putting the juice on the wrong guy. He tries to fix it by telling
Puck to find Lysander & Helena.
