William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream

UNRAVELING A MIDSUMMER NIGHT 'S DREAM

Unraveling A Midsummer Night 's Dream

Love . Fantasy . Intrigue . These are the elements that make A Midsummer Nights ' Dream one of the most popular of all Shakespearean plays Written sometime in the 1950s , it is a romantic comedy which circled on the love farce of four Athenian lovers , the quarrel between Oberon and Titania , and the journey of Quince 's company

The play started with Hermia 's reluctance to marrying Demetrius , whom Egeus wants for Hermia . Under the Athenian law , she has to marry whom

her father chooses for her or either vow to single blessedness or be executed . Apparently , Hermia decided to elope with Lysander , the man she loves . The two told Helena , Hermia 's friend , their plans of escaping to the woods the next day , who then tells Demetrius . The four went to the woods where their farce begun

Meanwhile , Oberon and Titania , king and queen of the fairyland , are quarrelling over whom shall keep an orphaned Indian boy . Oberon summoned Puck to get a juice from the magical flower so that he can enchant Titania to falling in love to an ugly creature and thus give the boy to him . He also asked Puck to put some love juice to Demetrius so that he will pursue Helena instead of Hermia . But then Puck put the love juice to Lysander 's eyes mistaking him for Demetrius . Oberon seeing Demetrius still pursuing Hermia , ed Puck to put some love juice to Demetrius eyes . Turning things upside down , the two men , Lysander and Demetrius followed Helena and quarreled over her instead . Hermia was left behind Helena could not believe what was happening because she knows not one of them loves her originally

On the other hand , a company is rehearsing for their play Pyramus and Thisbe for the celebration of the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta Bottom , the weaver , was chosen to play the role of Pyramus . Puck saw Bottom near Titania 's bower and turned his head into that of an ass Titania heard him sing and looked for him . Titania , still with the love juice in her eyes , fell in loved with Bottom . She treated him like a noble man despite his appearance . Titania forgets about the orphan boy and gave him to Oberon . Apparently , Titania was released from the enchantment and Puck also removed the ass head from Bottom . In to fix things up , Oberon ed Puck to remove the love juice on Lysander 's eyes but not on Demetrius . Theseus found the two couples at the wood and since Demetrius is in loved with Helena , Hermia was freed of marrying Demetrius . All confused with the night 's happenings , they thought that everything was a just a dream . They had a triple wedding and watch the horrible play of Pyramus and Thisbe

Shakespeare , in this story , played on the theme of love . Friedlander writes , The theme of a daughter who wants to marry against her father 's desires was a...