A Midsummer Nights Dreams Dreams If we shadows
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A Midsummer Night’s Dreams
Dreams ‘If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended: That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. ’ ‘If our performance has caused you any offence, think of it this way and all will be ok: imagine you were asleep and our play was just a dream!’
Dream Fragments It has been argued that, just as your dreams might be influenced by something that you’ve seen or heard, Shakespeare was influenced by myths and stories that he’d heard and that his audience might have been familiar with. This made his play seem even more fantastical and illusory to them. In Classical Greek mythology, Hippolyta was the Amazonian Queen who possessed a magical girdle that Hercules had to take from her as one of his Nine Labours. She has since been turned into a superhero by both DC and Marvel Comics! Theseus is another character from Greek mythology who battled the Minotaur and whose story intersects with Hippolyta’s. The story of Pyramus and Thisbe also comes from Metamorphoses. It bears great similarities to Romeo and Juliet. The name Titania was taken from Metamorphoses, a Latin narrative Poem written by Ovid, and first translated into English in 1480. Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck and Hobgoblin, is a kind of half-tamed woodland spirit from old English folklore.
‘Such stuff as dreams are made on…’ www. dreammoods. com/dreamdictionary To see the letter "A" in your dream represents the beginning of a new stage. You are moving on to something new and grand. Alternatively, the letter "A" invokes feelings of superiority and grandeur. It may indicate the name or initial of a person. A To see the letter "M" in your dream suggests that there is something that you are keeping silent about. Perhaps you have been sworn to secrecy. Alternatively, the dream may imply "Mmmmm". Your subconscious mind is hungering for knowledge or information. As a Roman Numeral, it could represent the number 1000. Midsummer To see the letter "N" in your dream implies the end of some habit, journey, relationship or condition. To see the letter "D" in your dream signifies mediocrity. Alternatively, the letter D refers to receptiveness and joy. As a Roman Numeral, it could represent the number 500. Night’s Dream
I Have a Dream Choose 1 task Write about a dream that you have had and explain why you think you dreampt about it. OR Write a dreamlike story, perhaps using one of your own dreams as inspiration.
