mid summer
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Beliefs about the Universe
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Bear Baiting
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letters and seals
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heralds and heraldry
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signs
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bowls
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Great Household
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Fencing
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Hawking
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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The BasicsThe Basics• A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy
by William Shakespeare written sometime in the late-1500s.
• It is a comedy, set in Athens, and the nearby woods
• Themes include love, friendship and the idea of illusion versus reality
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The Athenians
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Theseus
• Good friend of Egeus • He is the Duke of
Athens. He is a character who represents authority.
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Hippolyta
• She is Theseus' bride and Queen of the Amazons.
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Egeus
• Egeus is a member of the Duke's court. As Hermia's father, he objects to her love for Lysander and wants her to marry Demetrius.
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Hermia
• Egeus' daughter is a spirited, petite brunette who will defy her father to be with the man she loves
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Lysander
• He loves Hermia
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Helena
• Hermia's childhood friend, she is a tall blonde who is in love with Demetrius.
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Demetrius
• He is Hermia's suitor, with her father's approval. Formerly Helena's love interest, he broke her heart.
• in love with Hermia but ends up in love with Helena
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The supernatural characters
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Oberon
• King of Faerie, he is handsome, jealous, and moody. He is currently quarreling with his queen over custody of a small child
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- Queen of Faerie. She is concerned with beauty, sweetness, and pleasantness.
Titania
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Puck
• As Oberon's jester, he contributes to the romantic confusion of the play.
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The Mechanicals
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Peter Quince
carpenter, who leads the troupe
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Nick Bottom
weaver; he plays Pyramus in the troupe's production of "Pyramus and Thisbe," and receives a donkey head from Puck so that Titania will magically fall in love with a monster.
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Francis Flute
• He plays an embarrassed "Thisby" but his regular job is as a bellows-maker.
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Tom Snout
• The most visually comic player, he plays the "Wall" and is usually a tinker.
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Snug
• His intelligence makes him a perfect "Lion" but he is actually a joiner.
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Robin Starveling
• the tailor who plays Moonshine .
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