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Midsummer Night's Dream

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

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COMEDY, FANTASY, ROMANCE, FARCE

NO REAL CLIMAX

THE REAL PROTAGONIST IS PUCK

HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF THE PLOT
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MASK

MISUNDERSTANDINGS
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ATHENS AND THE FOREST OUTSIDE

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SYMBOLS

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LOVE POTION

INCONSTANCY IN PASSION
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THESEUS

REPRESENTS ORDER, THE GOOD RULER
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THEMES

  • The difficulties of love; magic; the nature of dreams; the relationships between fantasy and reality and between environment and experience

TONES

Romantic; fantastic; satirical; dreamlike; joyful

PLAY-INTO-PLAY

DRAMA AS A SORT OF ILLUSION
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WITTY DIALIGUES

WORDS RECREATING NEW WORLDS
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