A Midsummer Night's Dream Research Paper (with Cited)
The play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare, is about four lovers and their "dreamlike" adventure through a fairy ruled forest. There are many different characters in this play and they each play their own individual role in how the play is performed and read. Three main characters that showed great characteristics are: Puck, Tom Bottom, and Helena. The play, "A Midsummer Nights Dream" by William Shakespeare, uses characters and their conflicts to give meaning to this piece of literature.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" was written in the early part of William Shakespeare's life in 1596. It was written to be played at artistic carnivals and tried to please all parts of society; the carpenters to please all the galleries, the theme of the "nature of love" to please women, and characters like Puck and Nick Bottom to please all children. The way Puck sweeps the dust at the end of the play is suppose to relate the English monarchs to lower class people.
It is a very sweet and beautiful play filled with plenty of music and dancing. It is also extremely hard to act out because of all the characters and the way it is suppose to be performed. This type of play was composed to be a comedy but at times it seems to almost resemble a tragedy.
The plot may seem more complex, but briefly it's about four lovers who each, because of their own conflicts, can't be together. Two of the lovers try to elope in a forest ruled by fairies, while the other two lovers follow because of jealousy and love. When all goes wrong because of a love potion given to the wrong person, one of the main characters, Puck, tries to undo his mistake. Since the play is a comedy the play ends with a happy ending and all the right lovers with the right person.
There are many different characters in this play separated by two different regions: the Athenian's and the characters in the forest. Egeus is the stubborn father of Hermia. He wants her to marry Demetrius but she is in love with
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" was written in the early part of William Shakespeare's life in 1596. It was written to be played at artistic carnivals and tried to please all parts of society; the carpenters to please all the galleries, the theme of the "nature of love" to please women, and characters like Puck and Nick Bottom to please all children. The way Puck sweeps the dust at the end of the play is suppose to relate the English monarchs to lower class people.
It is a very sweet and beautiful play filled with plenty of music and dancing. It is also extremely hard to act out because of all the characters and the way it is suppose to be performed. This type of play was composed to be a comedy but at times it seems to almost resemble a tragedy.
The plot may seem more complex, but briefly it's about four lovers who each, because of their own conflicts, can't be together. Two of the lovers try to elope in a forest ruled by fairies, while the other two lovers follow because of jealousy and love. When all goes wrong because of a love potion given to the wrong person, one of the main characters, Puck, tries to undo his mistake. Since the play is a comedy the play ends with a happy ending and all the right lovers with the right person.
There are many different characters in this play separated by two different regions: the Athenian's and the characters in the forest. Egeus is the stubborn father of Hermia. He wants her to marry Demetrius but she is in love with
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