Midsummer

to make the amazing story that is William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Each one brings a new aspect of and an air of magic. They all are able to be their own stories, but together create a masterpiece that has survived throughout the years. By way of love, magic, and the fairies is how they all combine. Dr. James Olson once said that “Mixing sprites and lovers, fantasy and reality, William Shakespeare’s work is truly A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”1 The fairies are a major part of the…

An abounding number of people try to control people to get what they want, but are they really successful? In A Midsummer Night's Dream by WIlliam Shakespeare, the main theme is control. Egeus controls Hermia telling her to marry Demetrius, or die. Since she loves Lysander they run away together to escape the control. Helena finds out and tells Demetrius and they run after them. Soon, Puck and Oberon starts tooling around and creating more problems. In the end, everyone is allowed to marry who…

In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck serves as Shakespeare's voice in the play. He is no regular character, shown by the fact he is the only single person in the play, taking him out of both the fairy and mortal world. Puck not only uses the characters to his liking, but also his audience. Puck is the mischievous sprite who serves Oberon, the Fairy King. Puck or Robin Goodfellow is a sprite or fairy who plays annoying tricks on people or helps them out with their chores…

people who read the play A Midsummer's Night's Dream might think that Shakespeare is trying to convey the message that it is possible to control another's actions, but others may argue that it isn't possibles to control another's actions. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare makes the case that it is not possible to control another person’s action because you cannot change one's mind if you're not convincing enough or if they care deeply about something. Body Paragraph 1: Shakespeare…

of love in the world. Sometimes, when people read a book, they can relate to everything from certain places all the way to specific love situations. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare uses parental love, forced love, true love and complicated love to keep one of the most famous tales of love going. In the beginning of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, parental love is described as a parent who loves their child so much that they watch out for them and make sure that they do not…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play written by the English playwright William Shakespeare on 1590-1596. Shakespeare's plays are known to revolve on 3 genres- comedy, tragedy, and history. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a tale that combines the genres of comedy, fantasy, and romance, which are the play’s ingredient to make it significant even until today. The writing style of the play is also deemed very impressive during the time of his people and also to us today. Aside from its genres and…

In Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oberon is the fairy king; his right-hand man, and quite possibly one of the most important characters in the play, albeit unexpectedly, is Puck, or Robin Goodfellow. When first encountering Puck he seems to be merely a “jester” in service to Oberon, nothing more. However, upon further reading the audience quickly discerns that he is much more than Oberon’s entertainment. Puck is crucial to the plot progression and overall tone of Midsummer Night’s Dream.…

love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit” (Khalil Gibran). In reality, everyone falls in love and it cannot be prevented or avoided. People believe that love is a wonderful emotion where no one could come in the way and ruin it. In the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” love is not portrayed to be magical, but rather the opposite. It is shown that love is not just an emotion that people choose but instead it is something more powerful than that. It could control anyone and they could end up…

emotions and human nature are certainly forces to be reckoned with. When allowed to run awry or shine through, they can lead to less than desirable situations. For example, in the search for power, one may make rash decisions to obtain said power. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, focuses on a power struggle between two fairies, a mischievous servant, a group of star crossed lovers, and some disorderly rude mechanicals. Oberon, the fairy king, and his wife Titania…

Characters In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cassius and Oberon share the tendency of allowing their jealous nature to dictate their meddling actions. Both characters long to acquire something from their superiors and are willing to meddle in their lives to receive it. Oberon yearns for a changeling boy that is in his wife’s possession, and he begins to demand that Titiana “give [him] that boy and [he] will go” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2.1.85). Oberon’s jealousy for…