The Wood
We have visited several woods so far, from the clearly natural such as Sylvie's wood where she
protects the white heron to the clearly unnatural Wood that Charlie travels through. One thing
that is true of all the woods is that they are outside the control of human society. This is a good
thing for the lovers in A Midsummer Night's Dream as they flee to the wood to escape the
excessively strict laws of Athens, but they do not find what they expect.
How do you see the Wood of A Midsummer Night's Dream? Is it inhabited by magical creatures.
Does that make it magical? Can Sylvie's wood be considered magical, even if it doesn't have
fairies? Are the woods welcoming, or scared? What about the wood Young Goodman Brown
experiences? What kind wood is it? What is the Wood that Charlie travels through?9
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