A Midsummer Night's Dream | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Athens - This is the location that opens and closes the play. It is the world of the non-magical mortals.

The Woods - This setting encompass the middle three acts and the bulk of action for the play. It is a world where fairies reign, magic is ubiquitous, and fantasy is reality.

Quince's house - This setting represents the lower class and the commoners. It is also the locale of most of the rehearsals for the mini-play.

Pyramus and Thisbe - This is the play that the commoners put on...
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