These three independent groups and their stories are bound with the theme, "love". ... The concepts of love in Athena youth In ACT I, after the exit of Theseus who offers Hermia the choice of the nunnery or death, Lysander soothe Hermia and tells her the insurmountable difficulties to obtain true love: "Ay me! ... Without this desire, man cannot give his eyes toward anything else. Athena craftsmen and their performance The most important role of the craftsmen is their contribution to the theme of true love in this play. Their performance, Pyramus and Thisbe, is contrast and parallel wi...

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This is a very imaginative story and many supernatural powers are included, which helps strengthen the play and grasp a better understanding of the plot and qualities of the characters. ... Hermia and Helena then start to call each other names: "O me! ... After that Puck try's to right his wrongs by giving an explanation. ... -And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream,"" (V, i, 418-419). ...

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In this essay I will try to give you the plot, the play and I will also try to show the obstacles that prove "The course of true love never did run smooth." ... Oberon is jealous of the attention that the boy receives so he demands that Titania gives him the boy. ... Even though the play involves a number of romance elements, it is not truly a love story it does not give me a lot of emotions from the characters. This allows me to be able to enjoy the torments and conflicts that the lovers suffer. ... The theme of love's difficulty is explored trough the motif of love out of balance. ...

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