Literacy Blog #6

          I chose this book cover to be most effective for the play A Midsummer Night's Dream because as you can see a lot of action happening in the background which represents most of what  happens in the book. You can see that is placed in the woods because of all the green and brown colors used around the picture. In the front center you can see Titania and Oberon talking over the changeling, since the child is standing behind Titania. Following Titania is her trail of fairies.  To the right of Oberon, is Puck and you can see him "jumping" into some sort of scheme he has planned "That frights the maidens of the villagery" (II, i, 35). Puck is known for his mischievous behavior, so him jumping into something, perhaps a conflict, would be a great way to describe Puck. Between Oberon and Titania in the cover, there is a couple kissing and my guess is that it's Hermia and Lysander, since they have run away from Athens into the forest to be with each other. Under Oberon's pinkish cape seems to be Helena and Lysander together, with Hermia beside them wondering what's happening, since Lysander got the flower juice on his eyes and has fallen in love with Helena. Then there are the actors around all of this conflict practicing the play they are to perform at Theseus' and Hippolyta's wedding day, while being among  all the tension between the lovers. This book cover would be the most effective to represent the play A Midsummer Night's Dream because it tells the story within the book cover.