A Midsummer Night’s Dream

🎭 Glossary Term Definition

Ordinary written or spoken language – not poetry.
1 Prose

A one-stanza, 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter. The Italian word

2 S______________________
means, “a little sound or song,"

3 Protagonist

A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another;

4 A______________________ opponent; adversary. the adversary of the hero of a drama or other literary
work.

5 Midsummer

A man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to

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marriage.

7 Amateur

8 T______________________ Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.

9 Mendelssohn

The theatre in London built by Shakespeare’s company, The Lord

10 T___ G_______ T_________
Chamberlain’s Men.

11 Parallels

12 T______________________ Cruel and oppressive government or rule.

13 Nuptial

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or
14 I__________ P___________ unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example
Two households, both alike in dignity.

15 Comic Relief

by William Shakespeare