A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Just the Facts, Ma'm

Describe Following Essential Elements in "Midsummer Night's Dream:"
Author (include date of birth, birthplace), Type of Play, Setting, Tone of the Play, Two Sentence Synopsis, Conflicts, Resolution. Key each of these topics and then your answer.

City Editors Creatively Cover Local Characters

All through his life Shakespeare was inventing words.

Please sum up EACH of the characters: Theseus, Hippolyta, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia, Puck, Bottom, Titania and Oberon with only one word. 10 total words. Key the character and then the word.
HINT: One way Shakespeare invented words was with the hyphen.

Editorial Editors Talk about Trouble-Makers

Some Athenian Characters Add Tension

Who are the 2 or 3 trouble-makers in Midsummer Night's Dream? How do they specifically add tension?

Community Editors Herald Helpers

Some Athenian Characters Are Helpful

Who are the 2 or 3 most helpful characters in Midsummer Night's Dream? How do they specifically help?

Arts and Leisure Editors Review Relevance

Review the Play

Is MSND relevant to today? Does anything happen in MSND that may also happen in 2006? Would it make an interesting TV show? Why or Why not?

Technology Editors Tweak dot Coms

Tweak Today's Headlines in the Bard's Language

One of the newest tools of technology is RSS Feed. An RSS Feed is up-to--the-minute news posted to newsreaders. To create your own Shakespeare RSS feed, go to a national or state online news source of your choice. Read the copy and choose at least four headline stories and re-write them in the language Shakespeare would use. (Be sure to include your original headline and link source.)

Web Media Editors Search for MSND Links

Midsummer Night's Dream Online
The complete play online.
Midsummer Night's Dream Game
This game, from "Fling the Teacher" asks young scholars to answer 15 questions. As they answer correctly, a Trebuchet is built to "Fling the Teacher" upon completion. Fun!
The Oxford Shakespeare
The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Statford Upon Avon
A rare, honey-tongued jewel.
Absolute Shakespeare
Branch out to other plays of the bard! The name of this website says it all! :)

Editors-At-Large Invoke Inquiry

Editors-At-Large Write on What They Find Interesting

What else should we include in our online MSND webpage? Add your ideas here...

  • M_S_Beltran May 10, 2011 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Very cool lens; this play is near and dear to my heart.Good job.

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