Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, A (Sparknotes Literature Guide)

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Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. A Midsummer Night's Dream opens with Theseus and Hippolyta planning their wedding, which takes place in four days. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

The plot twists when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. After criticizing each other's infidelities — Titania was supposedly in love with Theseus and Oberon with Hippolyta, among others — Titania reminds Oberon that their argument has led to chaos in the natural world.Theseus is upset because time is moving so slowly, but Hippolyta assures him the four days will quickly pass. And with everything covered--context; plot overview; character lists; themes, motifs, and symbols; summary and analysis, key facts; study questions and essay topics; and reviews and resources--you don't have to go anywhere else!

He has chosen the play "Pyramus and Thisbe" to perform for Theseus' wedding and is in the process of casting roles. As one of the premier rare book sites on the Internet, Alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. The play ends with Puck's final speech, in which he apologizes for the weakness of the performance and promises that the next production will be better. En conséquence, toutes les commandes passées en ligne entre le 26 et le 31 janvier seront retardées.Taking pity on Helena, Oberon instructs Puck to put some love juice in Demetrius' eyes at a moment when Helena will be the first person he sees upon waking. In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy.

Use it alongside (say) the RSC's excellent complete works and you'll soon find yourself appreciating and understanding the Bard's language like never before. These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Wird die altenglische Sprache mal zu kompliziert oder unverständlich, kann man bequem die neuere Fassung auf der anderen Seite lesen.They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Schon mein zweites Buch aus der no-fear-Shakespeare Reihe und ich bin, wie bereits mit dem ersten Buch, sehr zufrieden. This comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets, and more provides teachers with everything they need to engage middle- and high-school students in the study of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.