A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1. Jan Kott "Titania and the Ass's Head"

   • Puck is devlish
     • caused Titania to sleep with a man with an ass's head
       • takes Bottom to bed by force
     • "pulls all the characters on strings"
   • lovers are exchangeable
     • each is indistinguishable
   • ashamed
     • night to day
     • sexual madness

2. Maya Angelou "Phenomenal Woman"

   • Titania's power in her relationship with Oberon
     • Types of love
       • erotic
       • romantic
       • sad
       • classic
       • young
         • infatuation
   • evocative of Titania
     • powerful female leader
   • feminism
   • men do not understand strong women