"A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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This paper provides a summary of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and in particular, focuses on the theme of love within the play. It discusses how although the play and its plot deal with love, it is not really what we can call a love story and how indeed, the characters do not describe their love in long and emotional soliloquy. It contends that love, and the troubles it brings throughout the play, is just an excuse to introduce comical elements into the story. Initially, it is because of Theseus' and Hippolyta's wedding, and thus love, that the troupe of artisans/actors is present into the play, bringing with it the most comical character: Bottom.

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"However, each character has a different attitude toward love, and the use of a love potion does not help the matter. Indeed, at the beginning of the play, the situation is already unusual, since there is an imbalance: Hermia is loved by two men, Lysander and Demetrius, while Helena, who loves Demetrius, is not loved by anyone. But as the play moves on, there is a shift from Hermia to Helena, who is then loved by both men because of the love potion. Eventually, everything is restored and the lovers form two balanced couples: Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and Demetrius."

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