A Midsummer Night’s Dream

After watching the trailer for the 2015 film of the
stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
respond to the following in 500-1000 words:
1. What adjectives would you use to describe the
aesthetic of Julie Taymor’s production of A
Midsummer Night’s Dream?
2. What stood out to you about the technical
elements (scenery, costumes, lighting, etc.) or
the performance style (movement, vocalization,
pace, etc.) of the production? Do the various
elements of the production fit together, or does
anything feel out of place?
3.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is four unwitting
humans who run away to a magical forest,
where a fairy Puck places love spells on them
while they sleep. What choices in this
production seem informed by this plot?
4. Do you believe that Julie Taymor succeeded in
creating a unified vision for this production, and why or why not ?
Your essay will be
scored based on the following:
a central idea or thesis (1 point)
adequate support for that idea (1 point)
clear and logical organization (1 point)
awareness for the conventions of standard
written English (1 point)
proper formatting (1 point)
quality of response to essay prompt (5 points)
Formatting: Please use: size twelve, Times New
Roman, double-spaced text; one-inch margins; a
heading including name, date, course title, instructor
name, and word count; a title; and a works cited page.
Please use MLA formatting for parenthetical citations

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