1. Queen Elizabeth I and A Midsummer Night's Dream
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare not only composes a simple and thoughtless comedy, but he constructs a social commentary that investigates the various gender roles and explores the inferiority of women in Elizabethan society. In A Midsummer Night's Dream elements of social critique are present in the opening seen with the conflict between Hermia and her father Egeus. ...
- Word Count: 866
- Approx Pages: 3
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate