Lesson 3 – Project Text

LESSON TOPICS:

  • Theme vs. Main Idea
  • Theme vs. Moral
  • Theme vs. Motif
  • Watch the Course Hero Theme Video on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • In-class reading of “Impatient Griselda” by Margaret Atwood
  • Completion of in-class activity

UNDERSTANDING THEME

THEMES IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

  • Love & Marriage
  • Order & Disorder
  • Appearance & Reality
  • Patriarchy
  • Jealousy

MOTIFS IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

  • Nature
  • The Moon
  • Sleep & Dreams
  • Plays, Rehearsals, & Robes
  • Magic

KEY TERMS RELATING TO THE THEMES

  • Arranged Marriage
  • Betrothal
  • Dowry
  • Elopement

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY

As a class, we will perform a reading of Margaret Atwood’s newest short story “Impatient Griselda” which she wrote at the request of The New York Times Magazine Decameron Project in their search for quarantine-related short stories. Select the link below to access this story.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/07/magazine/margaret-atwood-short-story.html

POST-READING QUESTIONS

  • List three themes in “Impatient Griselda”
  • List three motifs in “Impatient Griselda”
  • List two morals in “Impatient Griselda”

Be prepared to share your responses with the class.

HOMEWORK

PROJECT TEXT – WRITING EXERCISE 3

Write a 200-word entry in Egeus’s diary explaining why he thinks he is right to choose his daughter’s husband. 

Assignment Value: 25 Points.