Abstract
This paper discusses "Midsummer Night's Dream" as the author believes Shakespeare intended the play to be - as a delightful, fun frolic, and contrasts it to Moshinsky's film version which emphasizes the darker elements of the script and loses much of the comic elements of the story.

From the Paper
"This sentence would be a perfect introduction to Elijah Moshinsky's film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", since it is not delightful, but instead stresses the tragic elements of the play. Shakespeare's language, rich of colorful images, creates a flower-scent and magical atmosphere. "The descriptions breathe a sweetness like odors thrown from beds of flowers." Though Moshinsky adapts Shakespeare's original text, the language loses nevertheless a part of its imaginative power. He focuses rather on the tragic elements of the play and renders it thus more serious and less bland."





""We do not come, as minding to content you, our true intent is. All for your delight, we are not here. That you should here repent you, the actors are at hand; and, by their show you shall know all, that you are like to know (p.57)."

This sentence would be a perfect introduction to Elijah Moshinsky's film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", since it is not delightful, but instead stresses the tragic elements of the play.

Shakespeare's language, rich of colorful images, creates a flower-scent and magical atmosphere. "The descriptions breathe a sweetness like odors thrown from beds of flowers." Though Moshinsky adapts Shakespeare's original text, the language loses nevertheless a part of its imaginative power. He focuses rather on the tragic elements of the play and renders it thus more serious and less bland."

Tags:elizabethan, bard, comedy

Abstract
An analysis of the idea of desire in the play Midsummer Nights Dream, and how the characters of Shakespeare's play portray this in the text. By analyzing how love and relationships play into this theme, we can see relate how madness plays a part in their demise.

Abstract
The paper examines a passage from the beginning of the final, short scene of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", that is, Act V Scene ii. The paper discusses the speech by Puck, who is preparing the way for the final appearance of the fairy king and queen, Oberon and Titania. The paper relates that the whole of Act V is unusual, in the sense that the story has already ended by the end of Act IV, and thus, this passage is part of an extended, joyful bookend to the play. The paper explains that the passage's primary function within the play may be seen as clearing the way for a final blessing to be bestowed on the happy ending of the play, and of course on the happy lovers.

From the Paper
"This passage is the beginning of the final, short scene of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", that is, Act V Scene ii. It is a speech by Puck, who is preparing the way for the final appearance of the fairy king and queen, Oberon and Titania. The whole of Act V is unusual, in the sense that the story has already ended by the end of Act IV. Thus, this passage is part of an extended, joyful bookend to the play. The passage's primary function within the play may be seen as being to clear the way for a final blessing to be bestowed on the happy ending of the..."

Tags:midsummer, nights, dream

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to understand what Shakespeare meant by the title "A Midsummer Night's Dream" following the clues in key speeches. It also looks at the theme of the title, midsummer madness and supernatural elements.

From the Paper
"The themes embodied in Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream recall the line that questions whether all that we see or seem is merely a dream within a dream. Unlike his other plays the title of Shakespeare's fantastic..."

Tags:Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, Dreams

Abstract
In this article, the writer studies Act III Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare. The writer focuses on Sir Philip Sydney's defense of poetry in the play.

From the Paper
"This paper discusses Act III Scene 1 in the light of Sir Philip Sydney's contention in his "A Defence of Poetry" that "Poesie therefore, is an Art of Imitation: for so Aristotle termeth it in the word mimesis (24), that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth to speak Metaphorically. A speaking Picture, with this end to teach and delight." Act III begins when the craftmen bumble in to set up their attempt at drama. Puck asks ironically, "What hempen ..."

Tags:midsummer, night's, dream

Abstract
This paper discusses Shakespeare's play; "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and analyzes how it satisfies the functions of literature, raising a heightened sensitivity of the complexities of life. The paper also discusses plot devices.

From the Paper
"A Midsummer Night's Dream: One of the functions of literature is to force the reader to question the things he has taken for granted; another is to heighten his sensitivity to the complexities of life and individuals. Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" fulfills both functions masterfully. Shakespeare's play creates an intricate juxtaposition of plot and characters that reduces even the careful reader to a state of confusion."

Tags:A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare, literature

Abstract
The paper discusses the sinister undercurrents in William Shakespeare's comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

From the Paper
"Although Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is regarded by critics as a comedy, at times there are more sinister undercurrents in the play that suggest it has a darker side. This essay will examine specific elements of the play to argue that Shakespeare balanced his comedic intent with a desire to explicate the aspects of human nature that are less than perfect and benevolent. Several characters i.e. Theseus, Egeus, Demetrius and Titania are each capable of using their..."

Tags:Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

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In this paper, the theme of love relationships in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare are analyzed. By understanding the often unpredictable nature of love that arises within these characters, the two main love relationships between Hermia and Lysander and that of Helena and Demetrius are analyzed, revealing their very similar changes of loyalty and devotion that occur throughout the play. The writer discusses that without a stable sense of love that is often provide through forced marriages and through fairy world intervention, the lovers eventually sort out their differences, but without a great deal of betrayal and desire driven factors that simply cannot be controlled.

Tags:love, midsummer

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The paper asserts that Shakespeare's well known early comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is very true to its title, as it is entirely founded on the themes of dream, sleep and magic. The paper discusses how the three themes are closely related to each other and in the context of the play it is not easy to discuss one without bringing in the others as well. The paper describes how these magical effects, these alterations and transformations, are frequently performed while their unwilling subjects or victims are asleep, and often dreaming. The paper clearly shows how the connection between dreams, visions and magic as such is very tight in the play.

From the Paper
"Shakespeare's well known early comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is very true to its title, as it is entirely founded on the themes of dream, sleep and magic. In fact, the three themes are closely related to each other and in the context of the play it is not easy to discuss one without bringing in the others as well. One thing that is interesting is that the word "magic" itself is not to be found anywhere in the play, even though it is central to a lot of the workings of the plot and even plays a role in the subplot of the mechanics' play. The nature of the fairy-folk, who motivate the story, is..."

Tags:shakespeare, magic, dreams

Abstract
This paper analyzes one of William Shakespeare's most celebrated comedic plays, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The author examines how the throughout the play the characters attempt to find a way to understand the mechanism of love in a rational way and experience self-alterations that they believe to be a dream in the end. The paper also looks at how the recurring reference to the ever-changing moon parallels the transformation of the characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

From the Paper:

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" brilliantly expresses the profound human uncertainty about love. Dream world and reality merge undetectably so that the characters are not sure themselves in which sphere they move, nor whether what they have experienced has been imagination or truth. What seems to be a fantasy or a dream for the characters in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is actually reality. However, the dreamlike atmosphere of the play accentuates the fact that the lovers appear to be quite removed from any criteria applicable to reality."

Tags:Shakespeare, theseus, hippolyta, bottom, titania, moon, puck, helena, oberon