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This 3 page paper discusses the main theme of Shakespeare’s great comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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but it remains possibly the most popular of his comic masterpieces. It is virtually idiot-proof: even the worst production will amuse its audience, given the antics of the Rude Mechanicals,
the magic and mystery of the fairies, and the risqu? adventures of the young couples, caught outside all night. This paper discusses the main theme of the play. Discussion Simply
put, Shakespeare is examining the differences between appearance and reality. In a recent adaptation of the play for the BBC, Puck says "Things arent always what they appear to be
... The eyes are a window to the soul. But now and again we all need a good window cleaner" (Ford 33). Indeed we do, if we are to untangle
the relationships in the play. The play starts on a very serious note, with Egeus and his daughter Hermia at an impasse: she doesnt want to marry the man of
his choice, while he demands that she do so (Shakespeare). Failing that, she can either enter a convent or die (Shakespeare). When the case is brought before the Duke, he
is noticeably unsympathetic, and tells the girl she has to obey her father (Shakespeare). She decides the only thing she can do is run away, thus setting up the main
action of the plot, because the man she loves, Lysander, agrees to run away with her. They end up in the wood outside Athens, and things take off from there.
Another young couple, Demetrius and Helena are also involved: she loves him but he fancies himself in love with Hermia who, as noted above, adores Lysander (Shakespeare). Many critics
have noted that its hard to keep the couples straight, since the names "Hermia" and "Helena" are very similar; likewise, the two young men are virtually interchangeable. They are young,
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