A Midsummer Night's Dream

Introduction In William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream tale between several lovers, the contrasting impacts of illusion against reality, allows the demonstration of conflict through love. Not able to be terminated by one’s own consciousness, there are an array of incidences where magic has aided in the detriment of reality leading into conflicting circumstances between the pairs; Demetrius and Helena, Lysander and Hermia. Directly through the concept of love using a supernatural ‘love…

Consider the special people you love at this time of your life. Can you imagine how you would feel if they suddenly disappeared or stopped loving you? I am sure that we would all feel devastated. Throughout the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare shows us the many aspects of love and how our affection toward our loved one’s can change so suddenly as we mature. This play forces us to consider what a supposedly absurd and irrational thing love is. Love symbolizes devotion and…

In Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare three stories are combined to make a comedy. One of these includes Oberon, king of the faries, has a jester named Puck. First introduced in Act 2, Scene 1, Puck loves to play tricks on people for laughter and fun. ”Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; Then slip I from her bum, down topples she”(II.52-3). Puck turns into a stool and when she is sitting on it, he moves away and she falls. Later, Nick Bottom’s head was changed into a asses…

Strong relationships go through struggles. In William Shakespeare's Midnight Summers Dream every couple had issues that they had to overcome. No matter what obstacles occur, people always end up with who they should be with. Body 1- Hermia is willing to do anything, even disobey her father and put her life in danger to be with Lysander. In ancient times, females were expected to respect and listen to the men around them, but Hermia does the opposite when she is told she cannot marry who she…

Still, no matter what the goal, the protagonist must achieve it for a play to classify as a “comedy”. But what if the goal of a protagonist is only created through the use of magic unwillingly forced onto the character? In Shakespeare 's “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the character Demetrius is forced into loving the character Helena due to the faerie king Oberon’s magic flower juice. While Helena, who views Demetrius as her true love, get her “happy ending” once the two wed, Demetrius’ side of…

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck is Oberon’s confidant throughout the play. He is also known as Robin Goodfellow, an elf with supernatural abilities. He can transform others, shapeshift, and imitate voices. Based on the in-class discussion, he is not necessarily evil, if one assumes. In fact, he loves to play tricks on others at the expense of the consequences, which result in a commotion. One example is mistaking Lysander for Demetrius as he applies the love potion on Lysander’s…

Shakespeare’s play includes the element of magical forms like fairies, ghosts, and witches. In Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare added fairy magic. The fairy magic is use in the fairy world and the human world. Oberon, king of fairies, manipulated Titania then meddled into the human world. Humans are greatly affected by the magic. Demetrius and Lysander are place under love potions which generates complication. The females, Hermia and Helena, are place into confusion of the men’s decision.…

Throughout the play, A Midsummer Night’s dream, by the well-known playwriter, William Shakespeare, provided that the antagonist, Oberon is the root of all the problems. Despite this, we can look at the novel in a different way. To give an illustration, take the case when Oberon orders Puck to get the enchanted flower and pours its juice on Titania’s eyes, or when after overhearing on Helena and Demetrius’s argument, he orders Puck to pour the rest of its juice on Demetrius so he can fall in love…

his non-comedic characters due to the fact that their behavior is their only defining factor. It can be argued that A Midsummer Night’s Dream can’t be psychologically deep because of that fact that is a comedy, consequently none of the character 's actions and/or words should be taken seriously, but Shakespeare is known for his three-dimensional characters and A Midsummer Night’s dream is no exception. Although Helena’s physical character is only characterized…

have confidence in him and follow him and to watch over them as if they are apart of his own family and protect them through selfless actions at any cost, as the citizens are the main priority. However, in Williams Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, the king of fairies Oberon is a man who desires power and control but also struggles with the choice of right and wrong. This is explored through his urge to control and manipulate the people around him, his acts of selfishness and his…