A Midsummer Night's Dream Analytical Essay

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Natalie is a nice girl who ended up dating the wrong boy. Caleb was Natalie’s boyfriend who ended up going to jail for drugs. Natalie started having episodes of schizophrenia and was sent to therapy at Winter Oaks. Winter Oaks is where she meets Lucas. Lucas is a nice boy but they don’t get to know each other too well at therapy. Natalie wakes up one morning to her brother named David threatening to tell their parents about all of the bad things she did with Caleb if she doesn’t try out for “A Midsummer Nights Dream” with him. The reason David wants to try out for the play is that a guy he likes is going to be in it and he doesn’t want to do the play by himself. The guy he likes is named Colton. Grumpily, Natalie gets up and goes to try out

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