a play designed to make you laugh, often involving misunderstandings and ending in marriage

the phrase Puck uses to describe the poor Athenian actors, referencing their day jobs as skilled manual labourers

to return something back to its original state

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

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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?

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

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

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

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'

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

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

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

At the end of Act 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who does Demetrius love?

He asks for him when Titania is preoccupied with loving Demetrius.

He steals him from her when she is sleeping.

She gives him to him because she's humiliated that she fell in love with Bottom.

He asks for him when Titania is preoccupied with loving Bottom.

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', how does Oberon get the little boy from Titania?

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who has the antidote to the magical potion applied to them?

Oberon blames Puck for the chaos that has been created amongst the Athenians.

Puck defends himself saying he didn't mean to create chaos.

Oberon orders Puck to restore order amongst the Athenians.

Oberon says he will ask Titania for the little boy.

Puck leads the four Athenians to the edge of the forest.

The four Athenians falls asleep in the forest.

Starting with the first, order these plot points from Act 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in chronological order.

At the end of Act 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', after Puck has applied the antidote to the magical potion to Lysander, he says "All shall be...".

At the end of Act 3 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Oberon says he will get the boy from Titania, and then remove the magical potion from her eyes. Once he has done this "all things shall be..."

Her father won't let her marry the man she wants.

Her friend, Hermia, is running away from Athens.

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why is Helena so unhappy at the beginning of the play?

They disagree about how to use the magical potion.

Titania refuses to give Oberon a little boy he wants.

Oberon refuses to give Oberon a little boy she wants.

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', why are Oberon and Titania in conflict at the beginning of Act 2?

At the beginning of a 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', both Lysander and Demetrius love...

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', after having the magical potion applied to them, both Athenian men love...

He transforms Bottom's head that of a donkey.

He transforms himself into different things to scare them.

He brings them before Titania, Queen of the forest.

He transforms himself into disappearing chairs so they fall down.

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', how does Puck create chaos amongst the Rude Mechanicals, the poor Athenian actors who are rehearsing the play in the forest?

to transform Bottom into a ridiculous creature

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which of the following are orders that Oberon gives Puck?

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