A Midsummer Night's Dream

course of love is rarely harmonious, and is often susceptible to lack of reason and sense. Unrequited love is a tragically universal theme experienced by most that cruelly targets its victims with little discretion. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love’s uncontrollable power is reflected through a metaphor mouthed by an emotion-blinded Helena after she follows Demetrius to find Lysander and Hermia in the woods during Act Two, Scene One: “You draw me, you…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Transitions of The Court and The Forest A transition is defined as the passage from one scene to another with the effects of music or other sound effects. Transitions are an art form in themselves and actually offer some insight into the two completely different worlds of love depicted in Shakespeare’s play. In Peter Hall’s film version of the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he uses transitions to differ between the unbending and strict truths of the…

Often times, stories do not have a main protagonist. Without them, can the story still go on? William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream does have a fixed protagonist, although many claim otherwise. Obviously, Oberon, the king of the fairies, best encapsulates the main protagonist. He is the main protagonist because he is hero-like, is involved with the plot and is extremely significant in the play. A protagonist must dictate the story; Oberon exhibits this quality. To begin with,…

bad experiences in one’s life? Most of humanity would probably say that the less bad, the better, but tragedies and obstacles are necessary in order for one to appreciate the good moments in life. In William Shakespeare’s comedic play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare utilizes the different settings to demonstrate the many aspects of emotions that are needed in order for love to thrive. In this play, the city of Athens represents structure and realism whereas the fairy forest embodies the…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about 2 lovers Hermia and Lysander that run away into the woods. They run away because Hermia’s dad wants her to marry Demetrius who follows them into the woods, but Hermia doesn’t want to marry Demetrius. Helena, Hermia’s friend loves demetrius into the woods. Fairies see the arguments and stuff and try to fix it but make it worse by making the wrong people fall in love. They end up fixing it and get who wants to love each other, to love each other. I think that…

First, I would like to start off saying that Shakespeare’s plays aren’t all bad. I mean, they can have some interesting stuff in them. And this is the case for a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sure, it has some interesting stuff in it, but it’s mostly bad. Well, it’s not necessarily bad, but it’s boring. And when I say boring, I mean boring. There were some pretty good parts, though. Like when Demetrius falls in love with Helena from a love potion. Or when the two stories come together and make…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream a romantic comedy is a full play written by the great William Shakespeare between 1594 and 1595 (Shakespeare 1265). Shakespeare had written this play to only be displayed on stage and only displayed on stage not read. The play is mostly considered romantic comedy and it is about the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, and dramatizes the idea that “the course of true love never did run smooth” (Shakespeare 1265). There are plentiful characters…

and men determined what was best for the females in society. The concept of gender roles has roots dating back to the beginning of the time, and in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare addresses this issue by illustrating the effects firsthand. Society promotes the inferiority of women by limiting their roles in society. In A Midnight Summer’s Dream, women are viewed as men’s possessions. In the first scene of the play, Egeus decides that his daughter, Hermia, will wed Demetrius. Demetrius is…

Controlling another's actions may be wrong but all in all you can get what you want by doing it. Control is a reoccurring topic in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. In A Midsummer Night's Dream the two character’s Demetrius and Oberon both use their ability to control others and are even controlled by each other. Oberon is the king of the fairy world, he puts a spell on his wife, Titania. The spell will make her fall in love with the first thing she sees when she wakes up, he…

Midsummer Night’s Dream Rough Draft Shakespeare unfortunately died on his birthday. A Midsummer’s Night Dream, the play is about a controversial circle of relationships. Hermia is a girl in love with Lysander but he father is completely against her love. Hermia’s decisions to disrespect her father and run away affect the plot of the play by causing controversy in the woods. There is a girl named Hermia who is deeply in love with someone named Lysander, but her father doesn’t approve of…