A Critical Analysis of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" William Shakespeare, born in 1594, is one of the greatest writers in literature. ... One of which is "A Midsummer Night's Dream." ... The themes of the play are dreams and reality, love and magic. ... "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a comedy combining elements of love, fairies, magic, and dreams. ... (Scott 382-385) Mark van Doren explains the language and poetry in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as an immense expanse of Shakespeare's extraordinary poetic imagination. ...

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In the summer days, the sun, "the eye of heaven" (ll. 5), often shines "too hot," or too dim, "his gold complexion dimmed" (ll. 6), that is there are many hot days during the summer but soon the sun begins to set earlier at night because autumn is approaching. ... With this the speaker is able to accomplish what can only dream of; to give the gift of an eternal life to someone that they believe is special and o...

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