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Year 7 Learning Support

A Midsummer Night's Dream- Overview

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a funny play by William Shakespeare about love, magic, and mistakes. It takes place in a magical forest where four friends and a group of actors get mixed up in the tricks of Oberon, the fairy king, and his helper, Puck.

Oberon and Puck use magic to change who the friends fall in love with, causing lots of confusion and silly moments. The actors, who are practicing for a play, also get caught in the magic. In the end, everything is fixed, the friends are happy again, and the Duke marries his queen.

Finding Resources in Accessit

 

Here are some books that you may find useful during your studies.  Search the Bennies catalogue Accessit for more, or browse the Non-fiction collection NFS.

 

Infographic

Course Hero Infographic

SORA

Download a copy of a Midsummer's Night's Dream audiobook here. 

RSC

In STORY: A simple overview of the story

In CHARACTERS: Basic character descriptions

In LANGUAGE: Key language terms

In STAGING: Facts about the settings

Characters

Character Map

Storyberries

Theme Wheel

How does the Theme Wheel work?

  • Each wedge of the blue ring represents a scene.
  • Each row of colored boxes extending from a wedge represents a part of the scene. The closer to the blue ring, the closer to the beginning of the scene.
  • The colors in each row indicate which themes are “active” in that part of the scene.

The Theme Wheel is interactive.

  • Themes: Hover over or tap any of the themes in the Themes and Colors Key to show only that theme. Click a theme in the Themes Key to lock it.
  • Summary: Hover over or tap any row of colored boxes to read the summary associated with that row. Click the row to lock the summary.