Hello, welcome to today's lesson as we continue to explore "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A fantastic Shakespearean comedy.

My name is Mr. Barnsley, and I'm so glad to see you here today.

Welcome to today's lesson as today we're gonna be looking at the impact of Puck's magical potion, right? I think it's time for us to get started.

Let's dive in.

So our outcome today then is that we are gonna be evaluating how the magical potion is used, and the impact it has on different characters.

The key words in today's lesson are malicious, vile, anoint, mock, and consequence.

Some of these words actually come from Shakespeare's own writing, and some of them are gonna be really useful for describing what happens in this scene, what happens with the magical potion and the impact that it has.

Let's have a look at each of these words mean, shall we? Malicious, is deliberately cruel.

So we are gonna be thinking about whether we think the use of this potion has been malicious or not.

Vile means horrible.

Again, this is a word that we actually see in Shakespeare's own writing, but we can use it ourselves to think about the actions of some of the characters.

Anoint is a verb and it means to apply or put something on someone.

So we're gonna be thinking about how the love potion is anointed on the eyes of some of the characters.

To mock means to make fun of.

And again, we'll think about whether anyone uses the love potion to mock other characters.

And consequence is the result, the outcome, the effect.

So we're really gonna be thinking in today's lesson, what is the consequence of using this love potion, Right.

Let's have a look at the lesson outline then.

There are two learning cycles today.

First of all, we're gonna be thinking about the difference between Oberon and Puck, and particularly how they use the love potion and their intentions behind it.

And then we're gonna be moving on to thinking about the effects of the magical potion.

And by the end of the lesson, you are gonna be able to write an argument where you argue who you think has had the most negative consequences due to the use of the magical potion.

But let's start by thinking about Oberon and Puck, as these are the two characters we know who use the love potion on others.

So in act two, scene two, we know the magical potion is used twice.

Once by Oberon who anoints to Titania's eyes, and also by puck who anoints Lysander's eyes.

I'd like us to remind ourselves why these characters do this.

Why does Oberon anoint Titania's eyes? What's his purpose? What's he trying to do? And why does puck anoint like Lysander's eyes? So pause, have a think.

If you've got a partner, you may wish to discuss this with them, but don't worry if you're working by yourself, you can just think through these questions independently.

And then press play, when you're ready to continue.

Over to you, welcome back.

Some really nice discussions there.

It was great to see you reminding yourself of the plot.

Really well done to those of you who have your own copy of the play who were looking back to double check that you were right.

So you might have said something along the lines of Oberon was using it because she really wanted to humiliate Titania.

He was using it in a malicious way, because she wasn't following her orders.

She was disrupting the hierarchy, the patriarchy.

Whereas Puck used his incorrectly.

He thought he was putting it in the eyes of Demetrius, but he got Demetrius and Lysander mixed up.

So we could definitely argue that Puck was doing this in a much less malicious way than Oberon.

So this is what Oberon says when he anoints to Titania's eyes.

He says, and I'm gonna read this to you.

Any words in square brackets are just some definitions that will help you understand this task.

I'm not gonna read them out, but it is worthwhile you reading through what's on the screen with me as I read.

"What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true love take; love and languish for his sake.

Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, pard or boar with bristled hair, in thy I that shall appear when thou wak'st, it is thy dear.

Wake when some vile thing is near." Okay, let's have a think.

How does Shakespeare emphasise Oberon's malicious intentions, that he's deliberately doing this to be spiteful? How does he do that? Pause the video, have a think.

Have a discuss if you've got partner, just think independently and press play when you're ready to continue.

Welcome back.

I heard some really interesting discussions and some of you were saying that this feels really intentional.

Oberon wants Titania to to fall in love with the first thing she sees.

And he's hoping it's something particularly awful, a bear or a boar.

He even says, "Wake when some vile thing is near." Some disgusting, horrible thing.

He wants her to fall in love with the most awful thing he can think of.

This feels really malicious on Oberon's part.

Let's have a look at what Puck says when he anoints Lysander's eyes then.

He says, "Through the forest, I have gone, but Athenian found I none.

On whose eyes I might approve this flowers force in stirring love.

Night and silence.

Who is here? Weeds of Athens he doth wear.

This is he my master said." He drops the juice on Lysander's eyelids.

"So awake when I am gone for I must now to Oberon." Let's take a moment to think.

How does Shakespeare emphasise how Puck is trying really hard to complete Oberon's orders correctly? Pause the video, have a discussion or think independently, how is Shakespeare really emphasising here that Puck isn't trying to deliberately create disorder, he's just trying to follow Oberon's orders.

What do you see? Okay, pause the video over to you, and press play when you're ready to continue.

Really well done if you picked out that first line where he says, "Look, I've been through the forest, I've been everywhere, but I just cannot find the Athenian." And then when he says, well he sees he says, "Oh, who is here?" He notices him.

He notices the clothes, the Athenian clothes and he goes, "Well this must be who my master is speaking of, this must be what I'm supposed to do." So you can see there is no malicious intent here.

All Puck is trying to do is follow the orders of Oberon.

Okay, let's check how we're getting on then, shall we? How do we know that Oberon's plan for Titania is malicious? Is it a, he doesn't care what creature Titania ends up falling in love with? Is it B, he anoints her eyes knowing she will fall in love with Bottom? Is it C, he wants Titania and Lysander to have the same outcome, to love and to languish so they can be punished? Or is it D, he seems to want her to fall in love with something horrible? Pause the video, select your response and press play when you're ready to continue.

A little hint here.

There might be more than one right answer.

Okay, over to you.

Really well done.

If you said A and D.

Oberon doesn't really seem to care what creature Titania ends up falling in love with, but he also wants it to be something pretty horrible.

So that's how we can see that Oberon's plan for Titania is actually very malicious.

So onto our first task then.

You are gonna complete this Venn diagram explaining the similarities and the differences between Puck and Oberon's use of the magic potion.

You're gonna need to refer to act two, scene two from lines 33 to 40, and 72 to 89.

Now you might have your own copy of the play, but if you don't, the scene that you need can be found in the additional materials.

So you might wish to pause the video, and make sure you've got that in front of you before you continue with this activity.

Okay, hopefully everyone has a copy of the scene that they need in front of them 'cause you're gonna need this to inform your responses.

So just a reminder how a Venn diagram works.

You can see two overlapping circles.

The overlap, in the middle is where we will write down any similarities in the way that puck and over on use the magical potion.

However, where there is differences, you will put them in the corresponding parts of the circles which don't overlap.

So on the left hand side, you can write how Oberon uses the potion in a different way to Puck.

And on the right hand side you'll be explaining how Puck uses the potion in a different way to Oberon.

But if you can see any similarities, remember they have to go in the overlap in the middle.

Okay, over to you now.

Pause the video, give this a good go, and press play when you're ready to continue.

Okay, welcome back.

Some really great work there.

I'm really pleased.

What I want us to do now before we move on is to take a moment to reflect on our writing and we're gonna do that by comparing our work to the work of one of the eight pupils.

So we can see what Alex wrote.

He said.

"Be ounce, or cat, or bear, pard or boar with bristled hair." The list is of animals and Titania is a queen.

So he's hoping something humiliating will happen.

The list is long suggesting he doesn't know or even care what will happen to Titania." So let's have a look at our success criteria here.

What has Alex done really well? Well, he's used a quotation specifically from the text, but he's also explored that quotation.

Thought about what it mean and what it shows us about Oberon and his intentions.

What I'd like you to do now, is pause the video and compare your work to Alex's.

See, does it meet this success criteria? Have you used quotations, and have you explained how that quotation or what that quotation shows you about Oberon and Puck's intentions? Alright, pause the video over to you and press play when you're ready to continue on with the lesson.

Okay, welcome back.

Great that we've already started thinking about the differences between Oberon and Puck and their intentions.

Now it's time for us to think about the actual impact that the magic potion had.

So let's think firstly about how Puck uses the magical potion on Lysander.

We know that after he is done this, Lysander wakes up and Lysander immediately sees Helena and falls in love with her.

And let's remind what he says.

He says, "I do repent the tedious minutes I have spent.

Not Hermia, but Helena I love." So he's saying, I don't love Hermia.

And remember, you know, Hermia and Lysander have betrayed the laws of Athens to run away, to fall in love.

And now he's saying, "Oh, that was tedious, that was boring.

I've wasted my time.

I regret the time I spent loving Hermia because it is Helena that I love." Now Helena does not believe Lysander.

She thinks he's making fun of her pretending to be in love with her.

And she says, "Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? When at your hands did I ever deserve this scorn? Oh, that's a lady of one man refused, should have another be abused." What I want us to think about, is who do you feel most sorry for and why? Is it Lysander who's forgotten that he loves Hermia, but instead thinks he loves Helena? Or do you feel sorry for Helena? Who feels that actually this is just Lysander being mean to her? He's mocking her, he's making fun of her, and actually that's leaving her feeling really upset.

Who do you feel most sorry for and why? Pause the video and have a think.

Welcome back.

It was great to hear some disagreement there, and not everyone will feel exactly the same way.

Personally, I can understand why we might feel sympathetic for Lysander.

He's risked everything by running away with Hermia, just to forget about the fact that he loves her.

But I have a real kind of sympathetic spot for Helena here really.

I feel that she feels like that her friends are mocking her and that must feel really horrible.

So I feel sorry for her as well.

I'm sure we can have a bit of sympathy for both characters in this case.

Okay, so we know that Helena runs away from Lysander, but Lysander follows her and this leaves Hermia all alone sleeping.

When Hermia wakes up, she's alone in the forest.

She has no idea where Lysander is.

Let's have a look at what she says.

Alack, where are you? Speak and if you hear, speak of all loves I swoon almost with fear.

No? Then I well perceive you or not nigh.

Either death or you, I'll find immediately." Now Alex says in this scene, Hermia is presented as being really brave, but across the play.

But in this scene in particular, what might have led Alex to have this idea and do you agree with him? Pause and have a think.

If you want to discuss with a partner, you can do so.

If you're working by yourself, you can just think through this question independently.

Pause the video, have a think and press play when you're ready to continue.

Welcome back.

I really liked how some people were thinking of the text as a whole and seeing Hermia's bravery by fleeing Athens to be with the man she loves.

But actually there's some bravery here.

She's found herself alone in this terrifying mystical forest.

And yes, she's afraid, she says, "Oh I'm almost gonna faint with fear." But she says, "Do you know what? I'm gonna find the man I love and if I die trying to find you, so be it." That seems really brave to us.

So Well done if you use that evidence to support Alex's understanding.

Meanwhile, while all this is happening, we know that Titania falls in love with Bottom.

And hen she opens her eyes, she says, "What angel wakes me from my flowery bed? My ear is much enamoured of thy note.

So my eye enthralled to thy shape.

I love thee." And when Bottom tries to leave, Titania says, "Out of this wood do not desire to go, thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or no." She then orders for all of her fairies to look after Bottom to make sure he does not escape from the forest.

I want us to think about Alex's inference here.

He says, even under the influence of the potion, we still get a sense that Titania is very powerful.

What do you think led to this thought of Alex's, and do you agree with him? Pause video, have a think and press play when you are ready to continue.

Some really nice discussions there.

And I liked how you said, look, Titania is the queen.

You know, she's the queen of the forest.

When we think of the great chain of being, she's really high up in the hierarchy and you know she's fallen in love with this man, but she's not gonna let him escape.

And she uses the power and the fairies that she has at her disposal to keep an eye and look after Bottom.

So we can still see she's a very powerful character.

Alright, let's check our understanding of the consequences of the magical potion.

So on the left you've got four characters who all suffer some kind of consequence because of Oberon and Puck's use of the magical potion.

And on the right hand side we have the consequence itself.

So can you match those? Pause the video, have a go at this activity and press play when you are ready to continue.

Over to you.

Really well done.

Let's check how we got on with that.

So we know Lysander forgets the very real love he has for Hermia, and instead he falls in love with someone else who he wasn't really interested in.

The consequence for Hermia is that she's left isolated in a really dangerous place.

The consequences for Helena is that she feels that her friends are ganging up on her, and we know that Titania is left humiliated.

Well done if you've got all of those correct.

So we are gonna do some writing.

Let's have a look at what Alex wrote first of all.

He wrote that arguably Hermia is the worst affected by the magical potion.

She suffers terrible consequences despite the facts that it is not used on her.

More specifically, she wakes up alone in the forest, apparently abandoned by Lysander.

Even though she says she's determined to find him or die trying, she's clearly frightened as she says, she almost faints with fear.

Furthermore, Hermia left her home, father, and her city for Lysander, and now it seems it was all for nothing.

She's really isolated, and in a scary unknown and unpredictable forest.

So Alex is arguing that her Hermia suffers or is the most affected, worst affected by the magical potion.

Let's have a look at why his writing so good.

Well, firstly, he has a really clear idea.

He really justifies why hernia is the most badly affected by the magical potion.

He uses some really close reference to the play, including a word directly from the play to justify and support his argument.

But he also connects this to more than one moment to the play.

He's not just looking at this one isolated moment and using that to argue why Hermia is most badly affected, but links to other sections of the play.

So now it's over to you.

You are gonna use some of Alex's sentence stems and his checklist for success to write your own response to the question, who suffers the worst consequences of the magical potion? I want you to refer to act two, scene two.

The lines are on the screen.

And act three, scene one.

And in the table below you've got the checklist and the sentence starters, to really help you write a fantastic paragraph.

So time for you to pause the video and give this a go.

Best of luck, press play when you are ready to continue.

Okay, welcome back.

Fantastic work there.

Really good to see all of your pens moving so quickly.

You clearly had so much to say.

That's great to see.

Let's remind ourself that Alex's response was so powerful because he had a clear idea, because he made close reference to the play, including using quotation and he connected one moment in the play to another.

What I'd like you to do is use Alex's checklist to reflect on your own work.

Have you managed to do all three of those things? Time to pause the video, re-read your work and see how you got on.

Right, that's it.

What fantastic work you have done today.

Thinking about the impact of the magical potion.

On the screen you can see a summary of all the learning that we have covered.

Let's quickly go through it and make sure you're feeling really confident with it all before you move on.

So we learned today that the magical potion is used twice in act two, scene two.

We know that Oberon had malicious intentions, whereas Puck is just trying to carry out Oberon's orders.

We know that Lysander falls in love with Helena, and she believes Lysander is mocking her.

We know that Titania falls in love with Bottom and makes him stay with her in the forest.

And when writing about "A Midsummer Night's Dream," it's really great skill if you can connect different moments of the play together.

Okay, that's it.

What fantastic work you've done today.

It's been a pleasure learning alongside you.

I hope you've enjoyed today's lesson, and I really hope we see you in a future lesson.

Alright, have a lovely rest of your day and I hope see you all soon.

Thank you very much.

Goodbye.