仲夏夜之梦英文版.pptxVIP

A Midsummer Nights Dream---The drama made by shakespeare in 1596 ContentsⅠ.BackgroundⅡ.RelationshipsⅢ.SummaryⅣ.CharacteristicsⅤ.AnalysisⅥ.ExtractsBackground There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of compelling their daughters to marry whomsoever they pleased ; for upon on a daughter’s refusing to marry the man her father had chosen to be her husband, the father was empowered by this law to cause her put to death. Man’world（人间）RelationshipsEgeus(father)Wanted Hermia marryHermiaDemetrius Good friendLysanderHelenaFairy（仙境）Oberon (King)Belong toPuck (fairy)Have a contradiction with each other Titania (Queen)ass(蠢驴)Special relationship After finishing the relationship about the characters , you may these questions. ①What is the relationship between the man’s word and the fairyland ? ②How did shakespeare combine the all the character from the different places ? ③What happened between the Queen and the ass ? And what is the “special relationship”mean ? Now ,let me tell you some details…… SummaryPart 1 Egeus complained to duke that his daughter Hermia , whom he had commanded to marry Demetrius , refused to obey him, because she loved Lysander. Egeus wanted to use the law to force his daughter . So Hermia and Lysander planed to escape from Athens to another place . And they decided to meet in the wood . Hermia told their plan to her good friend Helena . As the result of love for Demetrius , Helena told him what Hermia had told her . Demetrius wanted to stop Hermia in the wood , and Helena followed him . Part 2 The wood in which Lysander and Hermia planed to meet was the fairyland. Oberon was the king and Titania was the queen. At the same time , they were quarrelling about a little changeling boy. Oberon wanted to have the boy as his henchman, but