A Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare • Ages 13+

A Midsummer Night's Dream — Vocabulary Guide

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Key vocabulary for studying this play at KS3 and GCSE.

WordMeaning
transformationA thorough or dramatic change. Bottom is physically transformed; the lovers are emotionally transformed.
irrationalNot logical or reasonable. The love potion makes the lovers act irrationally.
enchantmentA state under a magic spell. The forest is a place of enchantment.
reconciliationThe restoration of harmony after conflict. Oberon and Titania are reconciled.
lunaticIn Elizabethan usage, one affected by the moon; irrational. Theseus links the lunatic, the lover and the poet.

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