Finally, comedies contain complicated plots with twists that often keep the audience guessing what will happen next. Having students create storyboards that depict the elements of this genre will help them to understand the comedy behind the play. It will also help them follow the multiple plots and interweaving of characters, while bringing the genre to life! Anon his Thisbe must be answered, and forth my [mimic] comes. Using a template, students can quickly come up with their interpretations and create amazing storyboards that look like this:.
These instructions are completely customizable. Create a storyboard that identifies the elements of a comedy. Illustrate instances and write a short description below each cell. Type of Activity: Shakespearean Play Genres. You can also create your own on Quick Rubric. Each version of Storyboard That has a different privacy and security model that is tailored for the expected usage.
All storyboards are public and can be viewed and copied by anyone. They will also appear in Google search results. The author can choose to leave the storyboard public or mark it as Unlisted. Unlisted storyboards can be shared via a link, but otherwise will remain hidden. All storyboards and images are private and secure. No one else can view anything. Nick Bottom, the weaver, is to play the lover Pyramus, while Flute, the bellows-mender, begrudgingly agrees to play Thisbe.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nearby, Oberon - King of the Fairies—has recently quarrelled with his queen, Titania. She acquired a magical child from one of her waiting women, and now refuses to hand him over to Oberon to use as a page. Oberon begins to plot a way to get revenge on Titania for her disobedience. He sends his fairy servant, Puck, to fetch a purple flower with juice that makes people fall in love with the next creature they see.
Afterwards, Oberon overhears Helena and Demetrius arguing in the forest. Oberon hears Demetrius mistreat Helena and tells Puck to anoint 'the Athenian', so Demetrius will fall in love with the first person that he sees. Puck mistakes the Athenian and puts the flower juice on the eyes of the sleeping Lysander. When he is woken by Helena, he immediately falls in love with her and rejects Hermia. When Demetrius rests, Oberon puts magic juice on his eyes, which makes him fall in love with Helena as well.
The workers' rehearsals in the wood are overheard by Puck, who plays a trick on them by giving Bottom an ass's head. After frightening the others away, Bottom is lured towards the sleeping Titania whom Oberon has anointed with Puck's magic flower juice.
Shakespeare is a huge fan of puns and snappy wordplay, so naturally his characters know how to get their witty repartee on. Shakespeare reserves some of the best dialogue for his warring lovers, especially Oberon and Titania, and even the "rude mechanicals" manage to wow us with their clever banter. Deception and disguise: Let's see… Hermia and Lysander try to sneak away from Athens to elope behind Egeus's back.
Also, Titania and the young lovers have no idea they've been drugged by Oberon and his magic love juice. So, check. Mistaken identity: Check In most of Shakespeare's other comedies, someone usually runs around in a disguise to mask his or her identity.
Sometimes, a lover is even tricked into sleeping with the wrong person by mistake. This isn't necessarily the case in A Midsummer Night's Dream , unless we count the fact that the love juice causes Titania to fall head over heels in love with an "ass. The same can be said of the other lovers who are dosed with Oberon's magic love potion. Multiple plots with twists and turns: Check. There are several lines of action in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Shakespeare invites us to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
The first plotline involves Theseus and Hippolyta's upcoming wedding. The second plotline involves the young Athenian lovers who run around the wood in confusion. But before the celebration begins, four star-crossed lovers must sort out their own romantic destinies.
Demetrius is pursued by Helena, whose passion goes painfully unrequited. When the Duke tells Hermia that she must obey her father or else die or enter a convent, she and Lysander flee into a nearby wood, where they are followed by Demetrius and Helena.
The actors are earnest if not very skilful, and they, too, make plans to rendezvous in the same wood. Photographer: Tristram Kenton. The wood in fact is a magical realm ruled by Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies. Yet all is not right, even among enchanted creatures.
The fairy couple are arguing over custody of an Indian boy, who, like Hippolyta, has been taken far from home. Oberon commands his chief mischief-maker, Puck, to play a wild trick on the queen. One of the actors, Nick Bottom, undergoes a shocking transformation, and the effect on Titania is anything but expected. Meanwhile, the young lovers are made to suffer the pain of betrayal, but they learn the transformational power of magic and love.
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