Starter quiz
- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', there is a fight between Oberon and Titania. Titania speaks many more lines than Oberon. What could we infer about the relationship between the two?
- Oberon relies on Puck to speak for him.
- Titania is not scared of Oberon. ✓
- Titania feels inferior to Oberon.
- Titania is more dominant. ✓
- Titania is of a higher status than Oberon.
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- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', after Titania leaves Oberon in the forest, what is the first thing he does?
- decides to put the love potion on Demetrius
- calls Titania proud and jealous
- states he will get Puck to steal the boy from Titania
- states he will make Bottom fall in love with her
- states he will get revenge on Titania because she continues to disobey him ✓
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- When considering 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', you should explore Shakespeare's dramatic methods. Which of the following are examples of dramatic methods?
- actors
- the Elizabethan audience
- Shakespeare's life
- language choices ✓
- stage directions ✓
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- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon asks Titania, "Am I not thy...?".
- 'lord' ✓
- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon asks Titania, "Am I not thy lord?". Titania replies, "Then I must be thy..."
- 'lady' ✓
- When Oberon and Titania first appear on stage in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon calls Titania a "wanton". What does this word mean?
- a sworn enemy
- a rebellious woman ✓
- a powerful queen
- a supernatural being
- a proud ruler
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Exit quiz
- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why might we describe the character of Oberon as malevolent?
- he is a King
- he is supernatural
- he has a servant
- he plots revenge on Titania ✓
- he asks Titania to give him a little boy
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- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what does Titania want to do as soon as she sees Oberon?
- convince him to stay
- leave ✓
- cast a spell
- run away
- give him the boy
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- When given a question about 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', you should annotate it. What kinds of notes might you annotate it with?
- the plot of the play
- how an Elizabethan audience would answer the question
- the focus of the question ✓
- facts about Shakespeare's life
- everything you know about the play
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- In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon, just like Egeus, is in conflict with an important person in his life. What are other similarities between the two men?
- they both feel they are being disobeyed by women who should obey them ✓
- they both use the supernatural to punish the person they are arguing with
- they both threaten to kill the person they are arguing with
- they both ask someone to support them punishing the person they are fighting ✓
- they both dominate the dialogue when they talk to the person they are fighting
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- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon says, "Give me that boy" and Titania replies, "Not for thy ..."
- 'fairy kingdom' ✓
- In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Titania says of Oberon, "I have ______ his bed and company."
- 'foresworn' ✓
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Key learning points
- Annotating a question about ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ensures you focus on the right topic.
- Dramatic methods are the tools a playwright uses to create their work e.g. characterisation, setting, stage directions.
- When writing about the play, you should explore Shakespeare's dramatic methods.
Common misconception
Analysis means zooming in to individual words and explaining what they mean.
Exploring quotations is more than just looking at individual words and offering paraphrase or synonym. Your exploration of the quotation should develop your ideas about the question, and look at dramatic methods (more than just individual words).
Keywords
Evaluate - to look at something carefully and make a judgement about it
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
Dramatic methods - the tools a playwright uses to create their work; for example, characterisation, setting, language choices, stage directions
Malevolent - cruel, malicious, evil
Annotate - to add short notes to a piece of text with your own ideas and comments; a key skill in English
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