Objective: SWBAT describe the denoument of a play and explain how it is used to tie together any of the play’s loose ends.
Do-Now: In the beginning of the play, Theseus refused to allow Hermia to marry Lysander and wanted her to marry Demetrius instead. Now, Theseus is willing to allow Hermia and Lysander to marry and Demetrius to marry Helena. Why do you believe he changed his mind? What does this change of heart reveal about his character?
Today: 1) Teacher will review plot, focusing on denoument. Class will recall the denouments of the plays they have read so far this year. What is the purpose of continuing a play after the play’s main conflicts have already been resolved?
2) Class will being to Read Act 5, Scene 1, examining the play’s denoument.
3) Students will read the epilogue of the play. How is the epilogue used as an addition to the denoument? How does it add closure to the play?
Homework: Epilogue Re-Write: Re-Write the Epilogue of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to make it sound more modernized.
Exit Slip: What do you believe is the purpose of Puck’s apology to the audience? What parts of the play may have “offended” audiences in Shakespeare’s time? Would any parts of the play offend a modern audience? Explain.
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