A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Major Comedic Elements of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Like most comedies, Shakespeare’s comedies also aimed to entertain the audience
and to conclude with a somewhat happy ending. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no
exception to that rule. Also like most of his comedies, the main theme of this play is
marriage or the celebration of a marriage. Although marriage is the main theme of this
play, Shakespeare conveys many other themes though the lyrical expressions of the
work. These themes and many more will be explored throughout this paper in an attempt
to prove that A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy.
Like most comedies of this time period, this play opens with the discussion of marriage. Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, the man that her father (Egeus) has chosen for her to marry. He then quotes an ancient Athenian law, which states that the daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father or die. Her only other option is lifelong......
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