Act 3, Scene 1
"Reason and love keep little company."
(Bottom, 120)
Check your understanding of the scene by attempting the quiz below before watching the Course Hero recap.
Key Extracts
Skill Builder!
Click the heading or the image to access the analysis table. In this activity, you've been given three different claims to work work with. Choose at least one and practice developing a piece of analysis. There's space at the bottom of the table to reflect on your work.
Director's Notebook
Imagine that you are directing a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and answer the following questions:
How would you instruct the actors playing the mechanicals to perform their roles knowing that they are described by Shakespeare as "Clowns"?
Titania is asleep throughout the first half of this scene. How would you make sure that she was visible on stage whilst the main action takes place during the rehearsal?
How might Puck's observation that the mechanicals are "hempen homespuns" impact the decisions you make in regard to the mechanicals?
Puck is transformed so that he posses the head of an ass. How would you you convey this to the audience for maximum impact?
Titania can be seen to be both infatuated by and dominating of Bottom. How could you visually convey that to the audience?