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Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hoffman, Leslie Urdang Screenplay: Michael Hoffman, based on the play by William Shakespeare Cinematography: Oliver Stapleton Music: Simon Boswell U.S. Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox A Midsummer Night's Dream is arguably the best loved and most frequently performed of Shakespeare's...
 A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic edition of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night...
hurry to the Duke’s palace? ACT V 1. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? 2. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? 3. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he sa...
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hurry to the Duke’s palace? ACT V 1. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? 2. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? 3. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus from seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? 4. What does Theseus mean by the lines, “For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it”? 5. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then
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hurry to the Duke’s palace? ACT V 1. Why does Theseus dismiss the stories of the four young people? 2. Why does Theseus choose to see the play about Pyramus and Thisby rather than the other entertainments? 3. Why does Philostrate try to keep Theseus <span class="highlight">from</span> seeing the play? What does he say is wrong with it? 4. What does Theseus mean by the lines, “For never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it”? 5. What is accomplished by having the Prologue tell the whole story that the actors are then
EDSITEment: Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps
lower-case letters. Ask students what the rhyme scheme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 is. They should be able to quickly show that the poem follows this rhyme scheme: a b a b c d c d e f e f g g After writing this pattern down, ask students to speculate on the arrangement of the po...
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