Use these questions for guided reading, discussion or written analysis.
Discussion Questions
- How does Shakespeare use the three plots to comment on each other?
- Is the play's treatment of love romantic or cynical — or both?
- Theseus says imagination creates things that are not real. Does the play agree or disagree with him?
- How does Bottom respond to being treated as a nobleman by Titania? What does this tell us about his character?
- Puck asks the audience to forgive the play as a dream. Is this a satisfying ending?
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