Metatheater: November 7, 2018

Focus: What larger themes emerge through the tradesmen's performance of Pyramus and Thisbe?

1. Warming up with a scoreboard check:

• What conflicts were set up in the early acts?

• In the later acts, who won each one?

• How was each one won?

• What patterns can you find among the nature of the conflicts, who won them, and how they were won?

2. Performing the end of Act 5 with a focus on metatheater: How does the tradesmen's performance reflect the motifs, dichotomies, tone and/or themes of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

3. Considering the significance of Puck's final speech

HW:
1. FOR TODAY: Please make sure your essay is printed with the checklist initialed and stapled to the top. It must be turned in by 4:00.

2. For FRIDAY: Compose your big question post on A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

3. For MONDAY: If you own your own copy of Toni Morrison's Beloved, start bringing it to class on Monday.