The Shakespearian play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is a light-hearted comedy, based on the themes of love, appearance and reality. It was written to be performed to Queen Elizabeth at the end of the 16th century. Most of Shakespeare’s comedies begin with a problem, as does this one. In this comedy, the problem arises when a nobleman named Egeus tells his daughter Hermia that he will have her put to death unless she marries Demetrius, even though she loves Lysander.
Hermia and Lysander flee to a wood near Athens, hoping to travel to his aunt’s, where they can escape the sharp Athenian law. Hermia’s friend Helena told Demetrius and both follow them; Helena because she loves Demetrius while Demetrius hopes to find Hermia.
In most Shakespearean plays various characters must move away to a quiet place in order to unravel the problem arisen. ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is no exception.
The play is entitled ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ as it contains magical, dreamlike qualities such as Hermia’s nightmare and Helena’s confused dream. Bottom also has a wonderful dream where a beautiful lady loved him, whereas Titania has an awful nightmare! The play is set in midsummer and all are left to believe that it is all just ‘a midsummer night’s dream’.
The characters are interwoven, and there are lots of characters! It is easy to understand in Shakespearian language. Three storys involving and influenced by magic are all delicately interwoven, to create a masterpiece that won't be easily forgotten. I leave you with... ''How now my love, why is your cheek so pale, how chance the roses there do fade so fast?'' ''For reading your boring review, that's why!''
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Night's Dreamhas more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen ...
Night's Dreamhas more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen ...
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