Deception In A Midsummer's Night Dream And Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare is an English poet and playwright is most notably known for his tragedies which deal with the internal combat between familial obligations and emotions, the need to seek vengeance, and overpowering ambition he composed. However, he also produced numerous lines of prose and multitude of dramatic works that dealt with the enigmatic and dangerous human experience that shrouds the feeling of love. Shakespeare’s writings scrutinize the multiplicity of relationships that can derive from the different facets of one emotion. By focusing on a particular type of love, Shakespeare can depict some different relationships throughout his comedies, including the love of siblings, romantic partners, and friends. Deception is a thread the is sewed through all of Shakespeare's analysis of love. Shakespeare’s comedies A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Twelfth Night, serve as prime examples of this them. With deception seeped into every relationship addressed in each of …show more content…
That is to say, the many acts of deceit in A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Twelfth Night can be separated into two types: deception that is caused by an outside force and fraud that is self-inflicted.. By seperatin the instances of dishonesty in it is easier to compare the occurrences in the two comedies based on where the trickery is originating from and how those affected respond. The most easily examined deception is that which is brought on by others. This type of deception is oft used to create a fake sense of equality between the lover and their intended. In the world that Shakespearan plays take place the easiest way to close the gap between social classes is by disguising oneself as someone of means. By doing this, the one who is pursuing is actively deceiving their beloved in an attempt to make their relationship seem more plausible in social