Starter quiz
- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who is Titania?
- Theseus's wife
- the woman Demetrius wants to marry
- Hermia's mother
- Queen of the Fairies ✓
- Puck's master
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- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who is Oberon?
- Puck's master ✓
- King of the Fairies ✓
- one of the poor Athenian actors
- the man Egeus wants Hermia to marry
- Duke of Athens
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- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why are Titania and Oberon in conflict?
- Oberon wants Titania to marry Demetrius.
- Titania is angry Oberon made her fall in love with Bottom.
- Titania wants the magical potion from Oberon.
- Titania won't give Oberon a little boy he wants. ✓
- Titania won't give Oberon Puck, his servant back.
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- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what does Oberon do when Titania refuses to give him the little boy he wants?
- He puts a sleeping potion on her.
- He makes Bottom fall in love with her.
- He turns her head into that of a donkey.
- He puts a love potion on her. ✓
- He makes Demetrius and Lysander fall in love with her.
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- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is a play. Which of the following are features of plays?
- dialogue ✓
- stanzas
- stage directions ✓
- the supernatural
- scenes ✓
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- In Act 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', the setting changes. How does the setting change?
- from a magical forest to Athens
- from Titania's kingdom, to Oberon's
- the setting doesn't change - the characters are on the same stage
- from Athens to a magical forest ✓
- from Theseus's court, to Egeus's house
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Exit quiz
- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what do the stage directions state Oberon and Titania have with them when they first appear on stage?
- jewels and other rich items
- a range of love potions
- the Athenian lovers
- a train of loyal followers ✓
- the Athenian actors
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- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what are some of the similarities between Titania and Hermia?
- they both fall in love with Bottom
- they both live in the magical forest
- they are both in conflict with a powerful man ✓
- they are both monarchs
- they are both in conflict with their partner
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- ______ are important to many play scripts. They are text in a play script which gives information about how a scene should be staged, or how an actor should say a particular line.
- 'stage directions' ✓
- In Act 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon says to Titania, "I do but ______ a little changeling boy/ To be my henchman".
- 'beg' ✓
- In Act 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', after Titania leaves Oberon without giving him what he wants, he says "Thou shalt not from this grove [forest]/Till I ______ thee for this injury."
- 'torment' ✓
- In Act 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', when Oberon and Titania first enter, the stage directions read, "Enter Oberon the King of the Fairies, with his ______, and Titania [...] with hers."
- 'train' ✓
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Key learning points
- Act 2 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ begins, like Act 1, with a conflict.
- Shakespeare uses dramatic methods to draw attention to the differences between the two conflicts.
- Dramatic methods are the tools a playwright uses to create their work e.g. characterisation, setting, stage directions.
- You should explore dramatic methods when annotating, discussing or writing about a text.
Common misconception
You can't compare one scene to another. You must focus on one at a time.
A play is not a sequence of unconnected scenes and characters. They all work together to present and explore particular ideas. You should compare characters and scenes in order to understand a play, its characters and ideas more deeply.
Keywords
Stage directions - text in a play script which gives information about how a scene should be staged, or how an actor should say a particular line
Train - in the context of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, it means followers, entourage, servants
Dramatic methods - the tools a playwright uses to create their work; for example, characterisation, setting, language choices, stage directions
Annotate - to add short notes to a piece of text with your own ideas and comments; a key skill in English
Equality - the state of being of the same status as someone else, with the same rights