Setting: 1. What do you see, hear, and notice for the setting of the play? What Greek and Elizabethan references are present? Characters: Names, characteristics, and contributions to the plot 1. Human characters: 2. Fairies:
Plot Sequence: 1. Exposition: What is going on when the story begins? 2. Rising action: What conflict causes Hermia and Lysander to run off to elope? 3. Climax: What events cause the story to take a turn for the worse? 4. Falling action: What does Puck do to try and fix the situation that has occurred due to his errors? 5. Resolution: What happens to the four lovers at the end of the movie? Exploration of Themes: 1. Complexities of love 2. Rewards of parent/child relationships 3. Destructive magic/trickery 4. Refreshing nature of dreams/sleeping Final Thoughts: 1. How does the addition of fairies add to the complexity of the story? 2. What can be inferred about the relationships between children and their parents from watching the interaction between Hermia and Egeus? 3. How might the story be different if the elements of trickery and deception had been left out? 4. What was your favorite part of the movie and why?
This seems to be based off of a book or short story. Without reading it (which you apparently haven't either), none of us can answer any of these questions.
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