The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Synopsis

The authoritative guide to teaching Shakespeare&’s A Midsummer Night&’s Dream, The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Night&’s Dream is an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and Shakespeare fans alike.In A Midsummer Night&’s Dream, Shakespeare stages the workings of love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus&’s Athens, two young men and two young women sort themselves out into couples—but not before they form first one love triangle, and then another. Also in the woods, the king and queen of fairyland, Oberon and Titania, battle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into that of a donkey by a hobgoblin or &“puck,&” Robin Goodfellow. Finally, Bottom and his companions ineptly stage the tragedy of &“Pyramus and Thisbe.&” The Folger Guide to Teaching A Midsummer Night&’s Dream Includes: -An explanation of the Folger methodology for teaching Shakespeare -Scholarly essays from experts in the field -A five-week breakdown of digestible lesson plans -Resource links for a deeper dive into the world of Shakespeare This guide is an essential part of any teacher&’s toolkit.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781668017616

Related ISBNs:

9781982105662

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Date of Addition:

03/11/25

Copyrighted By:

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Study Guides, Education, Drama, Plays and Theater

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Peggy O'Brien