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A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the way in which the theme of reality vs. illusion is portrayed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of illusion. He could take tales steeped in reality and transform them into fantasies with a simple scene change, taking full advantage of "the audiences... willingness- to-be-fooled... [by] the
power of illusion" (Bloom 9). Shakespeares exploration reality and illusion took a whimsical turn in his most enduring comedies, A Midsummer Nights Dream, but was considerably more somber in
his dark farewell to the theater, The Tempest. However, despite the differing tone in these respective plays, there were marked similarities as to how this literary device was developed
in terms of how a very physical phenomenon can generate an illusion; how the setting of nature is employed as an escape from a reality for the characters, in which
people are not always as they seem; the way in which magic and fairies perpetuate an illusion that is more desirable than reality; a specific character who serves as a
counterpoint between the two extremes; and the innovative employment of music to assist the audience and the characters to distinguish between reality and illusion. The title, A Midsummer Nights Dream,
is a reference to the summer solstice, which is believed to be a time when people take temporary leave of their senses and become crazy from the heat, so to
speak. While preparations are commencing for the upcoming wedding between Theseus, the Duke of Athens and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, the summers heat seems to temporarily misguided cupids
arrows, and as a result, insanity appears to have overtaken all of the citizens of Athens. An angry Egeus bursts into the palace and implores the Duke to force
his daughter Hermia to marry Demetrius, with whom Hermias friend Helena is madly in love. Unfortunately, Hermia has refused to comply with her fathers demand because she is in
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