Context & Writers Techniques (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Shakespeare's birth month & year
Shakespeare's birth month & year
April 1564
Years 'Midsummer Night's Dream' written
Years 'Midsummer Night's Dream' written
1595-1596
Acting troupe Shakespeare wrote for
Acting troupe Shakespeare wrote for
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Genre of 'Midsummer Night's Dream'
Genre of 'Midsummer Night's Dream'
Romantic Comedy
Characters who use blank verse
Characters who use blank verse
Noble characters
Mechanicals' play-within-a-play title
Mechanicals' play-within-a-play title
Pyramus and Thisbe
Classical work by Ovid that influenced the play
Classical work by Ovid that influenced the play
Metamorphoses
Puck's main characteristic
Puck's main characteristic
Mischievous fairy
Three plotline groups in the play
Three plotline groups in the play
Athenian lovers, fairies, Mechanicals
What the moon symbolises
What the moon symbolises
Romance and passage of time