Some of William Shakespeare’s most famous pieces are Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, where two people from feuding families fall in love and are forced to keep it a secret. Romeo and Juliet get married in secret and in the end, they die in each other’s arms. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, however, is quite the opposite. This story is about the four lovers Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia, and Helena. Lysander and Hermia are in love but Hermia’s father disagrees and wants her to marry Demetrius, who is in love with her. Then there’s poor Helena who’s in love with Demetrius, and all he thinks of her is that she’s annoying. Finally are the Fairies: Oberon, Titania, and Puck/Robin Goodfellow. Oberon and Titania
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It is the tone and mood of the plot that makes them so different. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is very funny and calm. It has lots of humor to it. Romeo and Juliet, however is very dark and gloomy. In fact, at the end of the story the Prince states “...For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. (5.3.309-310)” Then, at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck, a fairy, ends the story with “If we shadows have offended,/ Think but this and all is mended:/ That you have but slumbered here/ While these visions did appear./ And this weak and idle theme,/ No more yielding but a dream,/ Gentles, do not reprehend./ If you pardon, we will mend…(5.1.400-407)” Both of these quotes are the last lines in the stories. Romeo and Juliet have just died and you can tell that people are miserable. He says that their story is the most tragic to exist. The mood throughout the story is kinda depressing. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is almost the opposite. The fairies have just blessed the palace for the lovers lives to be filled with joy and healthy children. The line is very light-hearted and jokey, as is the rest of the
It is the tone and mood of the plot that makes them so different. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is very funny and calm. It has lots of humor to it. Romeo and Juliet, however is very dark and gloomy. In fact, at the end of the story the Prince states “...For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. (5.3.309-310)” Then, at the end of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck, a fairy, ends the story with “If we shadows have offended,/ Think but this and all is mended:/ That you have but slumbered here/ While these visions did appear./ And this weak and idle theme,/ No more yielding but a dream,/ Gentles, do not reprehend./ If you pardon, we will mend…(5.1.400-407)” Both of these quotes are the last lines in the stories. Romeo and Juliet have just died and you can tell that people are miserable. He says that their story is the most tragic to exist. The mood throughout the story is kinda depressing. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is almost the opposite. The fairies have just blessed the palace for the lovers lives to be filled with joy and healthy children. The line is very light-hearted and jokey, as is the rest of the