Women In A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare

An important part of the play is of course the play in the play itself. Shakespeare has put plays in his plays many times, however it is a bit different in A Midsummer Night`s Dream as the process of creating the play is shown. This not only is important to the play itself, but to Shakespeare`s work in general, providing a brief glimpse of Shakespeare`s opinions on the process and how other playwrights may handle a certain situation. As has already been said, the players in A Midsummer Night`s Dream are written as being incapable of intelligently presenting their play. Multiple prologues and odd design choices are used by the men to alleviate their own concerns that their soon to be audience may not be capable of understanding their play is fiction, especially the women. …show more content…
The men in A Midsummer Night's Dream are Shakespeare`s representation of playwrights and actors that are incapable of putting on a play, they assume it would be simple enough to do that they would be paid for the rest of their lives. The men of course were all laborers, men who have jobs already who sought to find another means of wealth, which still happens today with musicians, artists and anyone else who thinks they can simply create art. The scene could be compared to the Dire Straight`s song, Money for Nothing which begins with an apparent word for word recital of a conversation overheard by one of the artists in the