Shakespeare's story offers little boundary between the real world, and the dream world. It asks the audience to believe, to submit their consciousness to the actors in the play. The mixture of love, hate, and chaos in Shakespeare's plays separate him from most other poets of his time or ours with his unique style. Even the story itself "A midsummer night's dream- is a standout play of his compared to other writings. The seemingly real aspects of this "Dream- idea is shown when the faeries are introduced to the play (the premise of), the lovers story, and most importantly when bottom gets his ears turned into Asses ears by puck the faerie.
Firstly, when Robin is introduced into the story, the environment of the lines for the actors was so deep and descriptive it seems to subsist as if a picture was taken and someone had written on it. The color of the language is very important in this part of the story because it slowly immerses the reader into the story, it does not just throw them into a scene where things are going on. Background information is provided, and this is done before any current events are presented. Even the description of the foliage moving as they rub up against it is detailed, clear, and straightforward.
Secondly, the entire lovers story is based on doppelgangers, and this is done intentionally to point out similarities between characters in the story. Paired as Helena Hermia and Demetrius Lysander. Shakespeare did not have to worry about the readers' confusion though, as the plot is.
much more important than the characters themselves in this play. I believe that Puck summed it up very well when he said, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!- (3.2.115) By saying this, Puck was stating that the lovers (these mortals) had no idea what was going on at any one point in the play. They were being played by the Faeries and hadn't even known it.
As my examples have shown, "A midsummer's night dream- does not reveal the fact that the entire play is a farce or a joke because it is all a dream.
