A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 英三丙利軒慧吳佩璇曹可筠陳佩怡霍萱 101/11/03

William Shakespeare’s Introduction • He is the famed playwright, poet, and actor. • He has earned such nicknames as the Bard and England’s national poet.

William Shakespeare’s Introduction • His plays have been translated into every major language. • He plays fall into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. • He has an impressive 37 plays and 154 sonnets. • .Work four big comedies :As You Like It , Twelfth Night or What You Will, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Character • Oberon • King of the fairies • Husband of Titania • Quarrel with her over who doesn’t want to lend her servant

Character • Titania • Queen of the fairies • Wife of Oberon • In love with a donkey by the power of magic flow

Character • Puck • Fairy • Pluck the pansy for Oberon • Play a joke on persons

Helena In love with Demetrius Tell Demetrius that Hermia and Lysander make their elopement together Demetrius In love with Hermia At the end, Demetrius marry Helena Character

Lysander In love with Hermia Make his elopement with Hernia Hermia In love with Lysander Refuse Demetrius’s proposal Character

Summarize • Hermia’s father compelled her to marry Demetrius. But, Hermia refused and decided to make her elopement with her lover, Lysander in woods at night. Hermia told her plan to her best friend Helena. Then, Helena told to Demetrius. At night, Hermia went to the woods to meet Lysander in hurry. Therefore, she wasn’t aware that she was tracked by Demetrius and Helena. In the woods, Oberon and Titania had a quarrel. Oberon asked Puck to pluck pansy and made into juice.

Summarize • Then, Puck dripped the juice into Titania’s and the others’ eyes. This would make them love person at the first sight. Puck played a joke on Titania at first. Titania loved the donkey at her first sight. Then, Puck also played a joke on other’s people, but they had a wrong lovers. When Oberon discover it, he asked Puck for using antidote. Finally, these four people came back to Athens. Then, they married with their lovers.

Conclusion • A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays for and is widely performed across the world. There are many people who knew the more works of Shakespeare’s by A Midsummer Night's Dream. Because the play includes the element of the dream, it makes a lot of psychoanalysts like it. women’s principle to discuss the drama.

Conclusion • Then, the introduction of the content references father wants to control his daughter, and the king wants to control the queen. As a result ,there are many people quotes

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream