Midsummer

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved plays, which mixes both romance and comedy. It has a very dense plot with various moments of comic relief. In Shakespeare’s play, however, there are many different types of love; some of which hinder the main plot and cause conflict while some help resolve the dilemmas within the play. An example of parental love - which is not very common throughout the play, is Egeus’s love for Hermia. Even though it seems as he is forcing…

In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, William Shakespeare makes effective use of scenery to illustrate the recurring themes and motifs expressed throughout his play. The two biggest contrasts employed within this literary work are those of Athens and the forest. Athens, during the day, expresses the rationality and stability that is not seen elsewhere expressed throughout “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. On the other hand, the forest, especially at night, expresses the more mystical and magical side of…

Two of the main themes discussed in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are love and magic, and one must reflect on how the two correlate between the main characters. Lysander, Hermia, Helen, Demetrius, and Titania are all greatly affected by the use of magic in this story. They seem to already struggle with developing relationships, and the tricky, unpredictable use of magic is of no help to them. In this essay, I will prove that magic undeniably has a negative effect on love and…

Order and chaos have been popular literary elements in all types of literature throughout history. In Shakespeare’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, order and chaos play important roles in all the acts of the play. The backgrounds and locations of the play reflect these different themes in various ways. Additionally, the characters are very representative of control and anarchy. Moreover, the actions of the characters are also mediums with which Shakespeare conveys these two important aspects of the…

Biblical Love- Midsummer Night’s Dream “The more we learn about God and feel his love for us, the more we realize that the infinite sacrifice of Jesus Christ is a divine gift of God.” (Dieter F. Uchtdorf). Biblical love is real and sacrificial, while earthly love is fake and untrusting. Although earthly love can be sacrificial, it is very rare. While reading Midsummer Night’s Dream, some learned that two characters stand out, one showing sacrificial love, and the other shows non sacrificial and…

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the hardship of love is the love triangle among the four young Athenians: Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Hermia, Helena loves Demetrius, and Demetrius loves Hermia instead of Helena. The first major obstacle Hermia and Lysander face is Hermia’s father, Egeus, who wants her to marry Demetrius instead of Lysander (1.1.22-45). Duke Theseus is the ultimate law in Athens. Egeus says to Theseus, he has the right under Athenian Law to decide Hermia's fate. “I beg…

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, acts in a way that is like a child. Puck is well known for his mischievous and careless behavior. Due to the fact that Puck is a static character, his foolishness stays with him throughout the entirety of the play. His position under the King of Fairies, Oberon, and his childlike behavior result in the main conflict between the lovers. Puck also contributes to some of the conflict involving Titania and her love for…

everything, it’s hopes are fadeless, and it endures everything” (1 Corinthians 13:7). But, the Bible is not the only source of love related themes. In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, the theme of love is scattered among the many pages and are all related because of said theme. In A Midsummer Night 's Dream, the theme of love is displayed through looking beyond appearances, respect, miscommunications, jealousy, and accepting flaws. In The Book Thief,…

Ever noticed that there are similarities in Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream? These plays are both tragedies that are written by William Shakespeare. Not only are some of the characters alike, some of the things that happen in the plays are as well. To start off, both plays include some kind of comedy in them. In Romeo and Juliet, the nurse tells her long story about how she raised Juliet because Lady Capulet could not. The nurse refused to stop talking which embarrassed Juliet.…

Let’s start from the very beginning. In the play, Midsummer Night’s Dream, there's some issues among gender equality. But I suppose that was expected from a play that takes place in a time where there was no such thing as gender equality. Now let’s get into some examples of gender inequality! One example of a time where I thought there was an issue in Midsummer Night’s Dream, was when Egeus was forcing Hermia to marry Demetrius, even when she had clearly told him that she wanted to marry…