Green Worlds In A Midsummer Night's Dream And As You Like It

Shakespeare’s writing can be identified by many different characteristics. One of these characteristics is his use of green worlds, specifically in his comedies. Shakespeare uses green worlds to introduce a deviation of society to his characters. In these spaces, the rules and obligations of the other world do not apply, his characters are allowed play with different identities in the green world. Two plays that particularly highlight this are A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It. In these plays some of the characters travel through their green world, realize something about themselves or their place in life, and are forever changed once they leave. In this essay I will discuss Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Rosalind in As …show more content…
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream the green world is about love and the power, or more, magic of it. Shakespeare creates an interesting balance in this green world. By introducing magic and the supernatural into the forest he allows his characters to experience extraordinary things. For example, becoming a donkey, but because almost every character in the forest is bewitched he limits their personal freedom. The characters are not allowed to make decisions for themselves. While they do come to realizations about themselves, they do not have the personal freedom that …show more content…
They are forced to come to these conclusions and accept these parts of themselves. For Oberon he is forced to recognize that he enjoys arguing and having his wife’s attention more than getting his way. Which can be argued, why he placed the spell on her anyway. He believed what he wanted was just the changeling boy, but in actuality, he wanted his wife’s attention and affection. We leave the play with Oberon having changed personally, but with the hope that his and Titania’s relationship made