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Read Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!

Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular study guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.

Each No Fear Shakespeare guide contains:

• The complete text of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the original play
• A 
  line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language for students
• A
  complete list of characters, with s
• Plenty of
  helpful commentary

Description

Shakespeare everyone can understand—now in this new EXPANDED edition of MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM!
 
Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, this popular guide makes Shakespeare accessible to everyone. And now it features expanded literature guide sections that help students study smarter.
 

The expanded sections include:

Five Key Questions: Five frequently asked questions about major moments and characters in the play.
 

What Does the Ending Mean?: Is the ending sad, celebratory, ironic . . . or ambivalent?
 

Plot Analysis: What is the play about? How is the story told, and what are the main themes? Why do the characters behave as they do?
 

Study Questions: Questions that guide students as they study for a test or write a paper.
 

Quotes by Theme: Quotes organized by Shakespeare’s main themes, such as love, death, tyranny, honor, and fate.
 

Quotes by Character: Quotes organized by the play’s main characters, along with interpretations of their meaning.