A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by Shakespeare, is a comedic play about several parties, taking place just outside of the city of Athens. One of the main parties include Oberon the Fairy King, Titania (his wife), and a puck called Robin Goodfellow. Another group of characters incorporates the lovers Hermia and Lysander, and another man and woman named Demetrius and Helena. The third party, composed of several actors named Bottom, Flute, and Snug, plan to perform the play Pyramus and Thisbe at the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Oberon’s actions propel the plot forward when he orders Robin to put the juice of a magical flower onto Titania and Demetrius’s eyes, to make them fall in love with something else. The comedy of the play
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One of the ideas incorporates the contrast between reality and what seems to be reality. Evidence for this claim is shown many times in the play, because at the end, the couple's think what they went through didn’t really happen-- for the whole experience simply seemed like a dream. Not only that, but once Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena arrive in the forest, most scenes take place at night, and the characters are often sleeping. In addition to that, it is also assumed from some of the scenes that when the light from the moon lights up an object, it seems different from its actual appearance. Another point supporting this theme incorporates the fact that there is a play written within this play. To be exact, the play Pyramus and Thisbe is acted out within the plot. This creates a semblance to an illusion that the reader (or audience) falls under, feeling as if Snug, Flute, and Bottom suddenly become real people, and that this segment of the plot isn’t even fake. But aside from that, the other contradicting theme within A Midsummer Night’s Dream includes the theme of stability and instability. Several examples of this is contained within the relationships of the characters. For example, the relationship between Theseus and Hippolyta seems stable, for they got married at the end of the play, but the relationship between Titania and Oberon is unstable, for they argue all the time …show more content…
Unlike anything I have ever read before, this play almost seemed like it was in another language. The sentence structure and vocabulary made it much harder to read and understand than any other average book, and while reading it, I felt that I had barely grasped the tip of the iceberg of the plot and characters-- I was much more than just a little confused. However, after researching online about the play and watching several explanatory videos, the words from the play became a little bit less bewildering and nonsensical. The next time I read a play by Shakespeare, I believe that my level of confusion will drop, even if it’s just by a small
One of the ideas incorporates the contrast between reality and what seems to be reality. Evidence for this claim is shown many times in the play, because at the end, the couple's think what they went through didn’t really happen-- for the whole experience simply seemed like a dream. Not only that, but once Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena arrive in the forest, most scenes take place at night, and the characters are often sleeping. In addition to that, it is also assumed from some of the scenes that when the light from the moon lights up an object, it seems different from its actual appearance. Another point supporting this theme incorporates the fact that there is a play written within this play. To be exact, the play Pyramus and Thisbe is acted out within the plot. This creates a semblance to an illusion that the reader (or audience) falls under, feeling as if Snug, Flute, and Bottom suddenly become real people, and that this segment of the plot isn’t even fake. But aside from that, the other contradicting theme within A Midsummer Night’s Dream includes the theme of stability and instability. Several examples of this is contained within the relationships of the characters. For example, the relationship between Theseus and Hippolyta seems stable, for they got married at the end of the play, but the relationship between Titania and Oberon is unstable, for they argue all the time …show more content…
Unlike anything I have ever read before, this play almost seemed like it was in another language. The sentence structure and vocabulary made it much harder to read and understand than any other average book, and while reading it, I felt that I had barely grasped the tip of the iceberg of the plot and characters-- I was much more than just a little confused. However, after researching online about the play and watching several explanatory videos, the words from the play became a little bit less bewildering and nonsensical. The next time I read a play by Shakespeare, I believe that my level of confusion will drop, even if it’s just by a small