MSND Theme Of Love And Reality
Illusions can transform what we see, what we think, and what we love. MSND was the story of a love square turning around and around again, altered by real love and illusions of love. The recurring themes of this story were love, friendship, and reality vs. illusion. These themes made the characters stick together even in the toughest times, past all of the hinderings that were sought toward them.
Love is what kept the characters together. It shined through potions and spells and still stayed strong. It became so strong that it altered the characters actions drastically from one another. A man, Pyramus, loved this woman, Thisbe, so much that he was governed over his surroundings instead of himself. “Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams. I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright.” - (5.1.255-256). The moon is shining a new night so that meant he was content. He then found out that his love had died. Leading the the end of …show more content…
If enough people think the same thing, is that thing true? It’s a prevalent topic in MSND. People all think and see the same thing but it’s never there. People are under a spell but it’s never true. It makes it hard to see what’s real and what’s not. “But all the story of the night told over, And all their minds transfigured so together, More witnesseth than fancy’s images And grows to something of great constancy, But, howsoever, strange and admirable.” (5.1.23-27). What if everything was an illusion. How would we get out of it. Would it sometimes just be better to have our situation stay an illusion? “That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream.” (5.1.18). One can ponder on illusions and the many outcomes, but they will never change the fact that illusions have the power to change our decisions. Though it seems rather melancholy, it could be for the
Love is what kept the characters together. It shined through potions and spells and still stayed strong. It became so strong that it altered the characters actions drastically from one another. A man, Pyramus, loved this woman, Thisbe, so much that he was governed over his surroundings instead of himself. “Sweet Moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams. I thank thee, Moon, for shining now so bright.” - (5.1.255-256). The moon is shining a new night so that meant he was content. He then found out that his love had died. Leading the the end of …show more content…
If enough people think the same thing, is that thing true? It’s a prevalent topic in MSND. People all think and see the same thing but it’s never there. People are under a spell but it’s never true. It makes it hard to see what’s real and what’s not. “But all the story of the night told over, And all their minds transfigured so together, More witnesseth than fancy’s images And grows to something of great constancy, But, howsoever, strange and admirable.” (5.1.23-27). What if everything was an illusion. How would we get out of it. Would it sometimes just be better to have our situation stay an illusion? “That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream.” (5.1.18). One can ponder on illusions and the many outcomes, but they will never change the fact that illusions have the power to change our decisions. Though it seems rather melancholy, it could be for the