Starter quiz
- Who says the last lines of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
- Oberon
- Puck ✓
- Theseus
- Titania
- Bottom
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- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what are some of the things the fairy says Puck likes to do?
- be a loyal servant to Oberon
- make people lose their way ✓
- frighten young women ✓
- transform people into animals
- disobey Oberon's orders
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- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what are some of the things Puck says to the fairy about how he makes Oberon "smile"?
- transforming himself into animals and objects ✓
- saying epilogues
- humiliating people ✓
- playing pranks on Titania
- bringing Athenian nobles into the forest
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- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' ends with an ______ said by the character of Puck in which he makes a comment on what has happened in the play, apologising for any offence it might have caused.
- 'epilogue' ✓
- What are some of the things Puck says in his epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
- that the Athenian nobles are foolish
- that he will make up for any offence caused ✓
- that he found the chaos of the play funny
- that he is sorry if the play caused offence ✓
- that we should think of the play as a dream ✓
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- In the epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck speaks directly to the audience. What is this called?
- breaking the wall
- breaking the epilogue
- breaking the fourth wall ✓
- breaking characterisation
- breaking the conclusion
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Exit quiz
- What would be a powerful way to include quotations in a paragraph about 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
- use one quotation per paragraph
- translate the quotations into modern English
- include long quotations so you have a lot ot say about them
- include multiple quotations per paragraph ✓
- link quotations from across the play together ✓
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- The character of Puck is central to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Match the Acts and Scenes to his key plot points.
- Act 2, Scene 1⇔is established as both a trickster, and a loyal servant to Oberon ✓
- Act 2, Scene 2⇔applies the magical potion to Lysander by accident ✓
- Act 3, Scene 1⇔transforms Bottom's head into that of a donkey ✓
- Act 3, Scene 2⇔restores order to the Athenian nobles ✓
- Act 5, Scene 1⇔apologises if the play has caused any offence ✓
- In Puck's epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck refers to himself as "Robin" but also " an ______ puck"
- 'honest' ✓
- In Puck's epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck says, "Give me your hands, ______ we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends."
- 'if' ✓
- In his epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck suggests that if the audience finds the play offensive, they can imagine that they have "but ______ here" and that the play is a "dream."
- 'slumbered' ✓
- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', the fairy calls Puck "that shrewd and ______ sprite Called Robin Goodfellow".
- 'knavish' ✓
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Key learning points
- ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ends with an epilogue given by the character of Puck.
- Puck’s epilogue breaks the fourth wall and offers to make “amends” for any offence caused by the play.
- Puck’s characterisation in the epilogue could be considered different to his characterisation in the rest of the play.
- Perceptive analysis can involve making thoughtful connections between different moments in a text.
Common misconception
You should only analyse one quotation per paragraph.
Analysing multiple quotations, and exploring the connections between them, makes for the most powerful analysis.
Keywords
Epilogue - a speech or piece of writing that comes at the end of a text and makes a comment on what has happened in the story.
Breaking the fourth wall - when a character in a play speaks directly to the audience, acknowledging the audience exists.
Foreshadow - a hint or indication of what will happen later in the story.
Perceptive - thoughtful, noticing small details.
Methods - the tools a writer uses to create their work; for example, characterisation, setting, language choices, foreshadowing.
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