METHODS CHART FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CODES for THEME COLUMN (use one or more per quote): LM (love and marriage); AVR (appearance vs. reality); CLVWL (city-life vs.
wood-life); GE (gender expectations); C (change); O (other)
CODES for PURPOSE COLUMN (use two or more per quote): STSP (significance to scene or play); STC (significance to character); STT
(significance to theme); STBP (significance to bigger picture)
SYMBOLS & METAPHORS
QUOTE
(Include context, Act, scene, and line)
THEME(S)
PURPOSE
METHODS CHART FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CODES for THEME COLUMN (use one or more per quote): LM (love and marriage); AVR (appearance vs. reality); CLVWL (city-life vs.
wood-life); GE (gender expectations); C (change); O (other)
CODES for PURPOSE COLUMN (use two or more per quote): STSP (significance to scene or play); STC (significance to character); STT
(significance to theme); STBP (significance to bigger picture)
ALLUSION
QUOTE
(Include context, Act, scene, and line)
THEME(S)
PURPOSE
METHODS CHART FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CODES for THEME COLUMN (use one or more per quote): LM (love and marriage); AVR (appearance vs. reality); CLVWL (city-life vs.
wood-life); GE (gender expectations); C (change); O (other)
CODES for PURPOSE COLUMN (use two or more per quote): STSP (significance to scene or play); STC (significance to character); STT
(significance to theme); STBP (significance to bigger picture)
DREAMS & SUPERNATURAL
QUOTE
(Include context, Act, scene, and line)
THEME(S)
PURPOSE
METHODS CHART FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CODES for THEME COLUMN (use one or more per quote): LM (love and marriage); AVR (appearance vs. reality); CLVWL (city-life vs.
wood-life); GE (gender expectations); C (change); O (other)
CODES for PURPOSE COLUMN (use two or more per quote): STSP (significance to scene or play); STC (significance to character); STT
(significance to theme); STBP (significance to bigger picture)
WORDPLAY
QUOTE
(Include context, Act, scene, and line)
THEME(S)
PURPOSE
METHODS CHART FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CODES for THEME COLUMN (use one or more per quote): LM (love and marriage); AVR (appearance vs. reality); CLVWL (city-life vs.
wood-life); GE (gender expectations); C (change); O (other)
CODES for PURPOSE COLUMN (use two or more per quote): STSP (significance to scene or play); STC (significance to character); STT
(significance to theme); STBP (significance to bigger picture)
PLAY WITHIN A PLAY
QUOTE
(Include context, Act, scene, and line)
THEME(S)
PURPOSE
METHODS CHART FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
CODES for THEME COLUMN (use one or more per quote): LM (love and marriage); AVR (appearance vs. reality); CLVWL (city-life vs.
wood-life); GE (gender expectations); C (change); O (other)
CODES for PURPOSE COLUMN (use two or more per quote): STSP (significance to scene or play); STC (significance to character); STT
(significance to theme); STBP (significance to bigger picture)
PICK YOUR OWN METHOD: _______________________
QUOTE
(Include context, Act, scene, and line)
THEME(S)
PURPOSE