Develop an interpretive thesis that explicates Shakespeare’s development of a theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Your essay should offer an engagement with some of the formal features we’ve discussed as you analyse your
play or poem (for example, plot, characterization, diction (word choice), verse form, alliteration/assonance,
figurative language (metaphor, simile, imagery), rhetorical figures, etc.), but you need not feel obliged to address
them all. Indeed you’ll need to narrow down your topic in order to come up with a coherent thesis and focus.
Required format: You must double-space, using 12-point Times New Roman. All margins must be 1-inch wide.
Your essay must have a specific, descriptive title. Do not put unnecessary blank spaces in the heading, and do
not use extra line spacing between paragraphs. Number your pages. Include a word count at the end of the essay.
Use MLA style for citations.