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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts these plays on the basis of mood, setting, imagery, theme, magic, characters and plot structure. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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to be forever fascinated with magic and how it could be used to disrupt the order of the cosmos. Perhaps he feared mans development of technology would destroy the
natural world. Whatever the reason, magic figured prominently in several Shakespearean plays, most notably, in A Midsummer Nights Dream (1596) and The Tempest (1612). In the time that
elapsed between these two works, the Bard had finely honed his literary skills and had evolved from a youthful dreamer seeking success into a seasoned veteran dramatist who seemed to
recognize that The Tempest would be his final play. His creative journey, beginning with the early A Midsummer Nights Dream and ending with The Tempest magically take a man
and his art full-circle. While there are differences between the two works, the similarities in terms of mood, setting, imagery, theme, magic, characters, and plot structure, are striking. The
mood of A Midsummer Nights Dream is whimsical, and the comedy is broad and oftentimes outrageous. However, the mood of The Tempest, as implied in the title, is considerably
gloomier, with clouds and stormy seas abounding. While spirits are bright in A Midsummer Nights Dream, and young love and mischief reigns supreme, The Tempest is more contemplative and
probes the more sinister side of humankind. The mood, setting, and themes are intertwined in both plays. In The Tempest, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been shipwrecked
on an uninhabited island for a dozen years, in which time he practices black magic, tries to establish a colonial based upon law and order far away from civilization, and
attempts to educate the primitive Caliban. This is in stark contrast with aristocratic class society of Milan. The setting in A Midsummer Nights Dream is the courtly Athenian
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