The last third of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream begins with Titania doting over her new love, Bottom (still with the head of an ass.) Oberon sees the two, and begins to regret what he did to Titania, he squeezes the juice of the second flower into her eye to reverse the spell. Robin is also ordered to change Bottom’s head back to its usual form. Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus find the sleeping young Athenians. Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius wake up, and Lysander’s feelings for Hermia are back. Furthermore, Demetrius still loves Helena. Theseus overrules Egeus and plans to have both couples married alongside he and Hippolyta. Bottom, too, awakes, his head back to normal. He quickly thinks up a brilliant song to sing to the
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The setting of Acts four and five was, at first, the woods off of Athens. However, the setting was changed back to Athens eventually. No new major conflicts were introduced, though, the main conflicts were resolved. As it turns out, my predictions were pretty much spot on. The ending of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was relatively predictable. I like more surprising endings, so this was a bit irritating. Furthermore, the ending was very cliche by modern standards. Though it may not have been cliche to end the story that way in Shakespeare’s time. I was glad the five commoners were able to put their show on, That may have been my favorite part of the book. The scene when Bottom, Flute, Quince, Snout, and Snarvling put on their play stood out the most to me by far. I though that scene was one of the best in the whole play, and Theseus’s commentary made it even better. The scenes with the five commoners were good comedic relief that tied in well at the end. The theme of A Midsummer Night’s Dream seems to be something related to true love not always running smoothly. The couples Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, and Titania and Oberon all had trouble with their relationships. They all had to go through a lot of hardships, time, and effort to stay together. Eventually, in the end of the story, all couples are together and happy. It really shows how, sometimes, even if love can be rough in the beginning, it can still be stronger in the
The setting of Acts four and five was, at first, the woods off of Athens. However, the setting was changed back to Athens eventually. No new major conflicts were introduced, though, the main conflicts were resolved. As it turns out, my predictions were pretty much spot on. The ending of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was relatively predictable. I like more surprising endings, so this was a bit irritating. Furthermore, the ending was very cliche by modern standards. Though it may not have been cliche to end the story that way in Shakespeare’s time. I was glad the five commoners were able to put their show on, That may have been my favorite part of the book. The scene when Bottom, Flute, Quince, Snout, and Snarvling put on their play stood out the most to me by far. I though that scene was one of the best in the whole play, and Theseus’s commentary made it even better. The scenes with the five commoners were good comedic relief that tied in well at the end. The theme of A Midsummer Night’s Dream seems to be something related to true love not always running smoothly. The couples Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, and Titania and Oberon all had trouble with their relationships. They all had to go through a lot of hardships, time, and effort to stay together. Eventually, in the end of the story, all couples are together and happy. It really shows how, sometimes, even if love can be rough in the beginning, it can still be stronger in the