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Shakespeare’s ComediesA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM INTRODUCTION
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Let’s start with a quiz!
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in the year
1564
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Shakespeare wrote three types of plays. What are they?
Tragedies
Comedies
Histories
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The name of Shakespeare’s famous theater was
The Globe
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Shakespeare wrote much of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter, also known as
Blank verse
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Shakespeare has his characters speak in prose to show their
Low social class / behavior
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Comedies vs. Tragedies
Why are tragedies considered tragic? Comedies, on the other hand, have happy
endings. Comedies often include
◦ Greater emphasis on situations rather than characters◦ A struggle for young lovers◦ Deception (often mistaken identity)◦ Multiple plots◦ Different types of comedy, including slapstick, puns,
practical jokes, and bawdy humor◦ Pastoral setting◦ Often ends with marriage
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Written early in Shakespeare’s career
Intertwined plots: Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding; the artisans; the lovers in the woods
Set in Athens, Greece
Fairies, sprites, and laborers
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AMND continued
What is Midsummer Night? One of the nights of the year when sprites were
powerful
Flowers gathered on MN were magical
People dream of their true loves; sometimes go insane
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AMND continued
Important questions: What is love?
How and why do people fall in and out of love?
Are lovers in control of themselves and their destinies?
Which is more real: reason or passion?
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream does not always do exactly what we might expect, and in this way it
keeps its audience guessing…”
-Catherine Belsey