William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

by CliffsNotes, Michael McMahon (Editor)

In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

CliffsComplete A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. Its magical atmosphere, farcical plot, hilarious play-within-a-play, and general air of celebration have been enjoyed by nearly every generation since it was written.

Everything is not what it seems in this play. Stay on top of what’s really going on — and save valuable studying time — all at once. Enhance your reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with these additional features:

A summary and insightful commentary for each act Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare A look at the historical context and structure of the play Discussions on the play’s symbols and themes A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites

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192 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2001

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Reviews

[Shelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I do not believe I have ever purchased a “Cliffs Complete” version of cliff notes before and was surprised to find it included the entire play A Midsummer Night’s Dream not just all the insightful and in-depth look at the characters, plot, time & setting. The vocabulary assistance in the margins of the play was extremely helpful with deciphering some of the more antiquated words and phrases. This edition is Shakespeare 101 stop-shopping.

[Stover 75 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent version of this play, which is a favourite Shakespeare play for me. The language is wonderful. as are the extensive notes. I read along with an audio version of the play. And later watched a movie version from 1999, starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dominic West and Calista Flockhart.

It was fun to read, listen to, and watch this play in the summertime.

Now, if only I could see a live, open-air performance!
Maybe one year I will.

[Hania · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ever since I've finished "Upstart Crow" I started seeing Shakespeare's work in a different light

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Bottom the weaver. Actually, I love all the crazy village actors. This is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. The fairies remind me of what we hope to accomplish in a lifetime (of course they do it in one night) and all ends well. Ahh, to have magic dust...

[Marianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another of Shakespeare great works!This book has too many great things in it to explain! Reads it and you will find out!

[Allenhuss · Rating 4 out of 5]

"What fools these mortals be!"

Cute graphic novel with original text. Great way to introduce kids to Shakespeare. Book includes a synopsis, discussion Qs, and fun facts.