A Midsummer Night's Dream SparkNotes Literature Guide

by SparkNotes

Overview

SparkNotes Literature Guides:
Making the reading experience fun!
 
When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying and paper writing.
 
Includes:

• An A+ Essay—an actual literary essay written about the Spark-ed book—to show students how a paper should be written.
• 16 pages devoted to writing a literary essay including: a glossary of literary terms
• Step-by-step tutoring on how to write a literary essay
• A feature on how not to plagiarize

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411469617
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	02/04/2014
Series:	SparkNotes Literature Guide Series , #44
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) wrote 37 plays. King Lear and Macbeth are widely considered his finest and most popular. They are, perhaps, the most frequently produced works on the planet.

Table of Contents

	Context	1
	Plot Overview	3
	Character List	5
	Analysis of Major Characters	8
	Puck	8
	Nick Bottom	9
	Helena	10
	Themes, Motifs & Symbols	11
	Love's Difficulty	11
	Magic	12
	Dreams	12
	Contrast	13
	Theseus and Hippolyta	13
	The Love Potion	14
	The Craftsmen's play	14
	Summary & Analysis	15
	Act I, Scene I	15
	Act I, Scene II	17
	Act II, Scene I	19
	Act II, Scene II	22
	Act III, Scene I	24
	Act III, Scenes II-III	26
	Act IV, Scene I	29
	Act IV, Scene II	31
	Act V, Scene I-Epilogue	32
	Important Quotations Explained	37
	Key Facts	43
	Study Questions & Essay Topics	45
	Study Questions	45
	Suggested Essay Topics	48
	Review & Resources	49
	Quiz	49
	Suggestions for Further Reading	54