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Summary of A Midsummer Night's Dream


            William Shakespeare's theatrical comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," is a brilliant play, taking the audience into a world of fairies, magic and love. Two characters, Bottom and Titania, meet in the forest, where Titania falls in love with Bottom. Her love for him is so consuming that she says whatever she needs to say that will coerce Bottom to stay in the forest with her.
             "A Midsummer Night's Dream" begins in a courtroom, then a court, a magical forest. This forest is where Bottom meets Titania, the fairy. Bottom is wanting to leave the forest, but Titania is trying to get him to stay. One of the first things she says is, "Out of this wood do not desire to go " (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.1. 134), which means that Titania does not think that Bottom should even bother leaving the forest. By saying that she wants him to stay, Titania seems as if she is trying to get Bottom to understand how magical and wonderful the forest is, and how terrible going back to the court would be. Titania is making it seem as though she has the power to make Bottom stay in the forest with her. When saying, "Thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or no " (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.1. 135), Titania is stating this in the form of a command instead of a question. This could be for two reasons. Titania is queen of the fairies, and she thinks that she has power in what she says. She could also be stating this command because she is suddenly in love with Bottom from the love potion, and needs him to stay in the forest. Because Titania is using a statement instead of a question, it could be used to portray her seriousness, making Bottom think that he has no choice but to stay in the magical forest with her.
             Bottom can be considered foolish, so Titania is exposing this quality about him by telling him all of the things that she could get for him. Titania says, "I'll give thee fairies to attend on thee. And they shall fetch thee jewels from the deep, and sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep " (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 3.


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