Though most of the conflicts in the play stem from the troubles of romance, and even though the play involve many romantic elements, the play is not a romance. The play is actually a comedy; this is achieved because the play distances the audience from the emotions of the characters. ... Puck causes a minor catastrophe when he puts the love potion on Lysander's eyelids and he creates pure comedy when he turns Bottom's head into that of an ass. ...

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In the comic play of A Midsummer Night's Dream, there were many elements of fantasy and confusion. ... Change has a lot to do with the comedic relief and the disorder in the play. ... The elements of song and dance also make it more believable and authentic. ... Shakespeare does an extraordinary job at writing a comedic play. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They say that this play is the most purely romantic of Shakespeare's comedies. ... is a comedy combining elements of love, fairies, magic, and dreams. This play is a comedy about five couples who suffer through love's strange games and the evil behind the devious tricks. ...

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Although most of the conflict in the play stems from the troubles of romance, and although 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 difficulties that those in love face. 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. ... The juxtaposition of Bottom as we see him at first (as a rather pompous k...

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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. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare is the most popular comedy, it portrays the adventures of four young lovers, and their interactions with woodland fairies. ... The forest would be an extremely scenic effect because in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the forest creates a dark, wild, mysterious atmosphere in which the magical elements of Shakespeare's plot can be played out. ...

• Word Count: 1140
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• Grade Level: High School