The Happy Ending Of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is a comedic play, with a complex plot, that was written for entertainment. In this play Hermia and Lysander are in love, but Hermia is being forced to marry Demetrius, who is loved by Helena. Hermia and Lysander run away, Demetrius and Helena follow them, they all get lost in the woods. The King and Queen of fairies, Oberon and Titania, are in an argument which leads to a love spell being cast on Lysander and Demetrius which causes conflict with Helena and Hermia. An acting group is planning to perform at Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding but one of their actors turns into a donkey, gets lost in the woods, and falls in love with Titania. In the end Lysander’s love spell is gone, Titania and Oberon solve their problems, the actors perform their play, and Lysander and Hermia, and Demetrius get married. A Midsummer Night’s Dream has a happy ending because the majority of the characters have a positive conclusion. …show more content…
In this play, Bottom was participating in the production of “Pyramus and Thisbe”, he wants to be the star of the show and in the end, he acts as the lead of the play, Pyramus. At the beginning of this story Puck turned Bottom into a donkey, even though he didn’t know it. In the conclusion of the story, Puck turns Bottom back into a human, “Robin (removing the ass-head from Bottom)” (stage direction after 4.1.85). Once Bottom woke up on the last morning, he was able to find his way out of the forest and perform at the wedding. Bottom’s happy ending contributes to the fact that the story has an overall happy