Key vocabulary for studying this play at KS3 and GCSE.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transformation | A thorough or dramatic change. Bottom is physically transformed; the lovers are emotionally transformed. |
| irrational | Not logical or reasonable. The love potion makes the lovers act irrationally. |
| enchantment | A state under a magic spell. The forest is a place of enchantment. |
| reconciliation | The restoration of harmony after conflict. Oberon and Titania are reconciled. |
| lunatic | In Elizabethan usage, one affected by the moon; irrational. Theseus links the lunatic, the lover and the poet. |
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