A Midsummer Night’s DreamY7 Study Booklet

Plot SummaryOn a Midsummer’s night, four young lovers find themselves wrapped in the dream-like arms of an enchanted forest where sprites lurk and fairies rule. While a feuding Fairy King and Queen are at war, their paths are crossed by Bottom, Quince and their friends presenting a play within a play. Chief mischief-maker Puck is on-hand to ensure that the course of true love is anything but smooth, and games of fantasy, love and dreams ensue in Shakespeare’s most beguiling comedy.

William Shakespeare Biography – fill in the blanks

William Shakespeare born in ___________________ in 1564. William's father was a successful merchant who once held the public position of ___________________. He was the third of six children including two older sisters and three younger brothers.

He went to the local grammar school where he learned languages such as ___________________ and ___________________. When William turned eighteen he married ___________________. They soon had a family including a daughter named Susanna and twins named ___________________ and Judith.

William was part of an acting company called ___________________. Shakespeare wrote plays for them. He worked as an actor as well. Some of Shakespeare's early plays include The ___________________ of the Shrew, Richard III, ___________________ and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

These plays were put on at a theater called the "___________________ ". Many of Shakespeare's greatest plays were written in the last half of his career. These included Hamlet, Othello, King ___________________, and a play about killing a king called ___________________. His success in the theatre, as well as his investments in land and the Globe, made Shakespeare a wealthy man. He purchased a large home in Stratford for his family called ___________________.

Shakespeare also became famous for his poetry. His most famous poem of the time was ___________________ He also wrote fourteen line poems called ___________________. A book of 154 of these published in ___________________.

William retired to his home in Stratford and died at the age of ___________________.

Complete a summary for each act. Aim to write five sentences.

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Complete the following quotations from the play using the box below

1. Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; four nights will quickly ___________ away the time.

2. Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough ___________, over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire.

3. Ill met by __________________, proud Titania.4. I’ll put a ___________________ round about the earth in forty

minutes.5. I know a bank where the wild _______________________ blows6. Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art ________________.7. I am the merry _______________________ of the night.8. I am ___________________ and know not what to say.9. My hear is true as _____________________.10. So we grew ___________________, like to a double cherry,

seeming parted;11. Cupid is a _______________________ lad.12. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of

___________________ all compact.13. But all the story of the ______________________ told over.14. If we shadows have ______________________.15. Give me your hands, if we be friends and Robin shall

restore ____________________.

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Character profiles – complete a profile for the following characters.

Include: three adjectives to describe them, two important quotations and an important event they are involved with in the play

Puck1)Three adjectives:

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2)Two important quotations--

3) Important event____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Titania

1)Three adjectives: __________________________________________________________________

2)Two important quotations--

3) Important event____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Oberon1)Three adjectives:

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2)Two important quotations--

3) Important event____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hermia1)Three adjectives:

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2)Two important quotations--

3) Important event

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Lysander1)Three adjectives:2)Two important quotations

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3) Important event____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Letter writing taskChoose one of the two scenarios and write a letter from one character in the play to another

1)A letter from Oberon to Puck describing his arguments with Titania and the tricks he wants his servant to play on the Fairy Queen

OR2)A letter from Hermia to her father describing why she wants

to marry Lysander and her reaction to the sentence of Egeus.

Remember to include lots of emotive language, description of the events and even some Shakespearean language!

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Diary entry taskChoose one of the two characters and write a diary entry from their perspective on the events of the play

1)Puck2)Bottom

Remember to include lots of emotive language, description of the events and even

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