Year 7

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare (Act 4&5)

Lessons (3)

  • In this lesson, we will explore the contrasting settings and how the magical forest changes Hermia and Lysander's future completely. We will look at how, despite Egeus' attempt to enforce the 'law', love can triumph thanks to the fairies intervention: disorder creates order.
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  • In this lesson, we will look at whether the play ultimately has a happy ending. We will also explore the play's content as a Shakespearean comedy.
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  • In this lesson, we will look at the ultimate ending of the play. We will explore when the play could have ended with key speeches and suggest why Shakespeare resolved to end it how he did.
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