William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; what’s in a comedy?
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a story written by William Shakespeare. It was written around 1590. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. A Midsummer Night’s Dream has many serious elements. It shows the reader the exploration and treatment of many of life’s serious experiences and themes. There is also a comedic element that is present. This element keeps the reader enticed. The one question I kept asking myself, is this story a comedy or tragedy?
Comedy or tragedy? That is the question. William Shakespeare has written many plays. According to Shakespeare online, the general consensus stands at thirty seven plays, …show more content…
Elements of the happy endings, include things such as the triple wedding. Oberon and Titania’s reconciliation. Oberon and Titania’s reconciliation, only after this reconciliation can all this be put right and order be restored. Because without the restoration of natural order, the happiness of the play 's ending could not be complete. The second happy ending we have in this story is that of the triple wedding. This story shows that marriage is the true fulfillment of romantic love. By the end of act IV all the relationships that were damaged throughout the story have been sorted out. Act V is used to celebrate the idea of marriage in a festive way of happiness. The triple wedding at the end is seen as a sign of resolution of the romantic problems that hit the young couples from the very beginning, when Hermia’s father, Egeus, tried to force Hermia to marry the man he had chosen to become her husband. The mature and finally stable love of Theseus and Hippolyta is conflicted with the relationship of Oberon and Titania, who’s fighting has really created such a negative impact on the world around them. There is peace in the kingdom and the world beyond, only when the marriage of the fairy King and Queen is put …show more content…
Even though it seems to be at the time we experience it. William Shakespeare creates this comedy’s dreamlike state in a number of different ways. Many of the characters of this play frequently fall asleep and wake having dreamed. They also awake having had magic worked upon them so that they are in a dreamlike state; or thinking that they have dreamed. Much of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” takes place at night, and there are references to moonlight. One difference that is explored in this play is between appearances and reality. It is explored through the play-within-a-play, to particularly show comic effect. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” fantastically expresses the human uncertainty about love. The title of the play “A Midsummer Night 's Dream” can have many interpretations. These interpretations give great insight and overall meaning to the nature of Shakespeare 's work. Although, there are many other meanings to the title. The first interpretation of the title of the play that comes to mind would be the magical dream-like night in the woods, when Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, and Oberon, the king of the fairies, used several kinds of love potions, and messed everything up. The central theme of this play remained. The difficulty reflected the problem of differencing what is real and what is an
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a story written by William Shakespeare. It was written around 1590. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta. A Midsummer Night’s Dream has many serious elements. It shows the reader the exploration and treatment of many of life’s serious experiences and themes. There is also a comedic element that is present. This element keeps the reader enticed. The one question I kept asking myself, is this story a comedy or tragedy?
Comedy or tragedy? That is the question. William Shakespeare has written many plays. According to Shakespeare online, the general consensus stands at thirty seven plays, …show more content…
Elements of the happy endings, include things such as the triple wedding. Oberon and Titania’s reconciliation. Oberon and Titania’s reconciliation, only after this reconciliation can all this be put right and order be restored. Because without the restoration of natural order, the happiness of the play 's ending could not be complete. The second happy ending we have in this story is that of the triple wedding. This story shows that marriage is the true fulfillment of romantic love. By the end of act IV all the relationships that were damaged throughout the story have been sorted out. Act V is used to celebrate the idea of marriage in a festive way of happiness. The triple wedding at the end is seen as a sign of resolution of the romantic problems that hit the young couples from the very beginning, when Hermia’s father, Egeus, tried to force Hermia to marry the man he had chosen to become her husband. The mature and finally stable love of Theseus and Hippolyta is conflicted with the relationship of Oberon and Titania, who’s fighting has really created such a negative impact on the world around them. There is peace in the kingdom and the world beyond, only when the marriage of the fairy King and Queen is put …show more content…
Even though it seems to be at the time we experience it. William Shakespeare creates this comedy’s dreamlike state in a number of different ways. Many of the characters of this play frequently fall asleep and wake having dreamed. They also awake having had magic worked upon them so that they are in a dreamlike state; or thinking that they have dreamed. Much of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” takes place at night, and there are references to moonlight. One difference that is explored in this play is between appearances and reality. It is explored through the play-within-a-play, to particularly show comic effect. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” fantastically expresses the human uncertainty about love. The title of the play “A Midsummer Night 's Dream” can have many interpretations. These interpretations give great insight and overall meaning to the nature of Shakespeare 's work. Although, there are many other meanings to the title. The first interpretation of the title of the play that comes to mind would be the magical dream-like night in the woods, when Robin Goodfellow, also known as Puck, and Oberon, the king of the fairies, used several kinds of love potions, and messed everything up. The central theme of this play remained. The difficulty reflected the problem of differencing what is real and what is an