Midsummer

In this irrational play, Robin Good fellow is asked to rub a special type of flower on Demetrius’ eyes so that he would fall in love with the next thing that he sees, hoping that he would start to woo Helena. Since Oberon gave Robin such vague details of who the boy was, Robin accidently applies the flower onto Lysander’s eyes, causing him to rapidly fall in love with Helena instead of Hermia. This accident also follows one of the main themes of the play which is the course of love never did run…

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedic play that was written by William Shakespeare between 1595 and 1596. It is based around four interconnecting plots, all connected to the celebration of the wedding between the Duke of Athens—Theseus and the Queen of the Amazon—Hippolyta. The play is set in the woodland, under the light of the moon. Marriage, courtship and relationships are explored throughout the duration of the play. There are several relationships, love, hate and yearning between the The…

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…

This comedy is set in ancient old Greece, more particularly Athens. This plays plot if concentrated on one major couples chaotic love triangle. It begins off that while Hermia and Lysander both love one another Demetrius also adores Hermia. Meanwhile Helena loves Demetrius, and no one seems to be in love with Helena. To muddle things Egeus Hermia 's father wishes Hermia to wed Demetrius in the event that she doesn 't she will be in sent to a convent or even executed at the direction of the law.…

Have you ever fallen in love with someone who has no interest in you and doesn’t love you back? Did that person suddenly start loving you out of nowhere? In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Helena’s hunger for love brings out a desperate side in her and takes her through interesting adventures with love. One can infer that love is hurtful by how Helena reacts to love in a foolish manner and remains skeptical about it even near the end of the play. The strong effects of love…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, has a unique storyline that focuses on the theme of love. This becomes a major conflict for the characters to overcome because this conflict confuses the characters. However, the characters always seem to be protected by some element of magic or parental control. A Midsummer Night’s Dream exhibits love this love is portrayed in innumerable ways. These different types of love can be perplex and hard to identify, but they all lead to the…

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream love is fleeting, mad and marvelous. All of the characters have different views on love. Some believe it is worth giving everything for and others believe it is worthless. The characters spend a night in a forest where they go through a roller coaster of emotions. The mischievous Oberon and Puck are the culprits for causing this roller coaster for the other characters. Lysander is a character that will do anything for love because it can go by so…

The use of magic and supernatural power in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is evident throughout which helps to create love and fun and also mischief. In fact in this play, Shakespeare make it mysterious, comic, and romantic to grasp the audience and thus make it entertaining. Another thing to note is that imagination and many uses of supernatural powers in the story strength the play (Moffatt, 2004). Entertainment would be absent in this play if it were not for the use of supernatural…

In Midsummer Night 's Dream and The Tempest women are portrayed young and passed between their father 's care to their eligible husband, making them safe. However, the Hermia, from Midsummer Night 's Dream, and Miranda, from The Tempest, say they should have a say in who they wed. Both women defend themselves against their masculine counterparts and go after their real love regardless of obstacles set before them. Miranda, though presented as just a child, is not afraid to speak up on her own…

Love is like a chemical reaction, a rush of dopamine in the human brain. In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream the psychological lens reveals how, many characters acted out in psychological distress due to a mix of love and dreams which form a potent “magic” or drug that can result in self discovery when love is blind and becomes revealed. Love is like a drug, especially in this tale of lovers. Dreams are a window to the soul and this dream could be a window into the audience's soul…