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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Play Summary

William Shakespeare Biography

Family Background
Education and Marriage
Life in London
Shakespeare's Work

About A Midsummer Night's Dream

Introduction
Sources and Allusions
Performance History
Structure of the Play
Theme
The Elizabethan Theater

Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act I: Scene 1
Act I: Scene 2
Act II: Scene 1
Act II: Scene 2
Act III: Scene 1
Act III: Scene 2
Act IV: Scene 1
Act IV: Scene 2
Act V: Scene 1

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

Hermia
Helena
Bottom
Puck
Oberon
Theseus

Critical Essays

Moon Imagery in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Imagining Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Brief Movie Review of Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Study and Homework Help

Famous Quotes from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Film Versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Full Glossary for A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act IV: Scene 2

transported (2) carried off by the fairies, or transformed.

strings to your beards (26) the actors used strings to tie their false beards on.

preferred (28) presented for acceptance.

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