Ninus

crack in the wall. The poem states “... They owed their first encounters to their living close / beside each other—but with time, love grows (7-9). Pyramus and Thisbe had been planning on getting married for a period of time before leaving to meet at Ninus’ tomb. This lessens the intensity of their love because they fall in love over a longer period of time. Because Romeo and Juliet met spontaneously and their love develops quickly, the theme of…

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night Dream brings together different worlds, representing each level of society: powerful politicians, young lovers, workmen, figures from both the city and the spirit world of our dream: beckoning us from the restrictions civilization. Lysander and Hermia concoct the typical young lover’s scheme of eloping to the forest, a place where they will not be controlled by what appears to them the force structure of convention. Shakespeare operates the play within a nature…