A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Class 16: Review (Act 2)

Video Integration for Act 2

Pay attention to the way the director incorporates our expectations of both Western and Eastern mythology and folklore.

Western influences and mythology:

  • Fairies are seen as points of light, which may play on “Tinkerbell” from Peter Pan.
  • All sorts of creatures from Greek mythology are seen during the revelry scene: Medusa, centaurs, sprites, and horned male creatures.
  • The bubbling mud may be associated with hell.
  • Puck and the other male fairies are depicted with horns. In English mythology,...

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