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A 4 page paper which examines the
themes of love’s difficulty, magic, and dreams in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
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story of great confusion, coupled with magic and resolution that all come together to make for an incredibly intricate and entertaining story. Within this story we have many different themes.
As one author illustrates, we see how "Love ultimately triumphs in the end....Appearances are deceiving...Father does not always know best" and "Dream the impossible dream" (Cummings). The following paper examines
three themes in the play: loves difficulty, magic, and dreams. Loves Difficulty Throughout the play we see, over and over, how love is not easy. There are always obstacles
to be overcome, people to convince, and difficulties to handle. "Though most of the conflict in the play stems from the troubles of romance, and though the play involves a
number of romantic elements, it is not truly a love story; it distances the audience from the emotions of the characters in order to poke fun at the torments and
afflictions that those in love suffer. The tone of the play is so lighthearted that the audience never doubts that things will end happily, and it is therefore free to
enjoy the comedy without being caught up in the tension of an uncertain outcome" (Sparknotes). But, at the same time difficulty in love reigns powerful throughout the story. Sparknotes
indicates that "The theme of loves difficulty is often explored through the motif of love out of balance-that is, romantic situations in which a disparity or inequality interferes with the
harmony of a relationship. The prime instance of this imbalance is the asymmetrical love among the four young Athenians: Hermia loves Lysander, Lysander loves Hermia, Helena loves Demetrius, and Demetrius
loves Hermia instead of Helena-a simple numeric imbalance in which two men love the same woman, leaving one woman with too many suitors and one with too few." And, the
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