Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Acts 4-5

.:.Prompt.:.Shakespeare, William, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Acts 4-5 (Folger pp 119-173)

    BLOG: Ancient Athens is a totally patriarchal world. Shakespeare likes to overturn power dynamics in his plays, and especially expectations regarding gender. Give several examples in this play of gender roles being overturned.  Also, how does Puck explain the title of Midsummer Night’s Dream in his epilogue? Find Mendelssohn’s wedding music for this play. Listen to it and imbed Naxos link. Include several different images of Puck.

Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Acts 1-3

.:.Prompt.:.Shakespeare, William, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Acts 1-3 (Folger pp 3-117)
    BLOG: Write a brief description of each of the plots that are going on simultaneously in this play, including the names of the characters involved. Why does everyone end up in the forest? Include an image of the Globe Theater and of the “rude mechanicals.”