A Midsummer Night's Dream (Comedy)
By William Shakespeare (1595)
Shakespeare's most joyful and magical comedy: four tangled young lovers, Oberon and Titania's fairy quarrel, mischievous Puck, and Nick Bottom with the head of an ass. Dramatis Personae: Puck, Oberon, Titania, Bottom, Hermia, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, Theseus.
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Week 1 — Act I, Sc 1: The Law of Athens and the Lovers
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Week 1 — Act I, Sc 1: The Law of Athens and the Lovers
Scene Summary & Living Narrative: Theseus prepares his wedding; Hermia's father demands she marry Demetrius or enter a nunnery; Lysander and Hermia plan their midnight flight into the woods.
Key Quotation for Recitation & Copywork: 'The course of true love never did run smooth.'
[Public Domain: William Shakespeare, First Folio / Globe Edition.]
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Week 1 — Act I, Sc 1: The Law of Athens and the Lovers
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Week 2 — Act I, Sc 2: The Mechanicals Meet to Rehearse
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Week 3 — Act II, Sc 1: Puck and the Fairy Kingdom
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Week 4 — Act II, Sc 1 (End) – Sc 2: The Magic Flower 'Love-in-Idleness'
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Week 5 — Act II, Sc 2 (End): Puck's Mistake
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Week 6 — Act III, Sc 1: Bottom Transformed
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Week 7 — Act III, Sc 2 (Part I): The Tangle of the Four Lovers
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Week 8 — Act III, Sc 2 (Part II): Puck Restores the Balance
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Week 9 — Act IV, Sc 1: The Waking from the Dream
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Week 10 — Act IV, Sc 2 & Act V, Sc 1 (Part I): The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet
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Week 11 — Act V, Sc 1 (Part II): The Play of Pyramus and Thisbe
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Week 12 — Act V, Sc 1 (End): The Fairy Blessing and Puck's Farewell
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