a speech or piece of writing that comes at the end of a text and makes a comment on what has happened in the story.

when a character in a play speaks directly to the audience, acknowledging the audience exists.

a hint or indication of what will happen later in the story.

the tools a writer uses to create their work; for example, characterisation, setting, language choices, foreshadowing.

Analysing Puck's epilogue in Act 5 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

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The plot of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Understanding the genre of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

The patriarchal world of William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

The presentation of Egeus in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, Act 2, Scene 1: Titania and Oberon’s conflict

Model paragraphs about Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

The character of Puck in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

The character of Oberon in Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Exploring the character of Puck in Acts 2 and 3 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Including context when writing about Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

The significance of the magical forest in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

The impact of the magical potion in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

How is Puck presented in Act 2, Scene 2 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’?

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: Puck - obedient servant or irreverent joker?

Act 3 of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: disorder in the forest

'A Midsummer Night's Dream': How is Puck presented in Act 3, Scene 2?

Act 3, Scene 2 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': order is restored in the forest

How is Puck presented in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Puck's epilogue in Act 5

Exploring key themes in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': love, power, disorder

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: Shakespeare and the supernatural

'A Midsummer Night's Dream': powerful topic sentences about Puck

Creating an argument about the character of Puck in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Introductions to essays about Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Analytical paragraphs: Puck and the supernatural in ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Conclusions to essays: Puck and the supernatural in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

'A Midsummer Night's Dream': reviewing and refining an essay about Puck

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', pupils learn about marriage conventions within Shakespeare's patriarchal society. In 'Macbeth: Lady Macbeth as a Machiavellian Villain', pupils explore the ways in which this female character subverts the expectations of women in her day and question whether modern and contemporary audiences are likely to sympathise with her. 

In 'The Tempest', pupils explore the ways in which Ariel and Caliban, as 'outsiders', might be perceived by modern and contemporary audiences. In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', pupils use context to develop their understanding of marriage rituals and attitudes to magic in the play. 

In this unit, pupils read and explore Shakespeare's comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. They focus on the character Puck and the theme of the supernatural, and analyse their role and importance at different points in the play. Finally, they plan and write an essay about Puck and the supernatural.

'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

translate the quotations into modern English

include long quotations so you have a lot ot say about them

include multiple quotations per paragraph

link quotations from across the play together

What would be a powerful way to include quotations in a paragraph about 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

is established as both a trickster, and a loyal servant to Oberon

applies the magical potion to Lysander by accident

transforms Bottom's head into that of a donkey

apologises if the play has caused any offence

The character of Puck is central to 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Match the Acts and Scenes to his key plot points.

In Puck's epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck refers to himself as "Robin" but also " an {{}} puck"

In Puck's epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck says, "Give me your hands, {{}} we be friends, And Robin shall restore amends."

In his epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck suggests that if the audience finds the play offensive, they can imagine that they have "but {{}} here" and that the play is a "dream."

In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', the fairy calls Puck "that shrewd and {{}} sprite Called Robin Goodfellow".

Who says the last lines of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what are some of the things the fairy says Puck likes to do?

transforming himself into animals and objects

In Act 2, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what are some of the things Puck says to the fairy about how he makes Oberon "smile"?

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' ends with an {{}} said by the character of Puck in which he makes a comment on what has happened in the play, apologising for any offence it might have caused.

that he will make up for any offence caused

that he found the chaos of the play funny

that he is sorry if the play caused offence

that we should think of the play as a dream

What are some of the things Puck says in his epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

In the epilogue at the end of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Puck speaks directly to the audience. What is this called?

Analysing Puck's epilogue in Act 5 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

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