msnd

TOPICS

• GENERAL FACTS

• GENERAL OVERVIEW

• ANALYSIS

• COMIC STRIP

• SOURCES

GENERAL FACTS

- written between: 1595/96

- first performance: 1598

- main characters

--> Lysander, Hermia, Helena, Demetrius,

Theseus, Hippolyta, Oberon, Titania, ...

- acting places

--> Athens, enchanted forest

- time

--> indefinite time in summer

--> allusion to St. John’s Day

GENERAL FACTS

GENERAL OVERVIEW

• the spirits of the wood use a love potion--> Demetrius love Helena instead of Hermia

• Lysander tells Hermia he doesn't love her anymore (because he gets a dose of the love potion)

• Lysander fell in love with Helena

• Hermia can't understand what happened to her love Lysander 

ANALYSIS

COMIC STRIP