Conclusion In conclusion, I believe that the extent to which Michael Hoffman’s film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream conveys William Shakespeare’s original theme that women in the 16th century abided by their expectations placed on them, yet some challenged the idea through the form of questioning the men in their lives as well as making their own decisions and disobeying those put in place by the men is great. This is true, especially in comparison to other commercial film adaptations of popular literary works, for example, the loose interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet as seen in Disney’s The Lion King. Hoffman’s adaptation in comparison to this is incredibly accurate, mostly because of factors like the targeted age group for the …show more content…
Hoffman’s adaptation includes the same lines as Shakespeare’s play, making it in theory, the same effectiveness. This is not necessarily true, since the actors now have a large influence on how the story is portrayed when the story becomes a film. But regardless, since Hoffman chose a top tier cast for his film, the theme was portrayed very effectively. On the other hand, one may feel that Hoffman’s adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream does not do any justice to Shakespeare’s original play, since there seems to be a lack of prominence placed on the central theme of women’s rights in the film. This seems to be very subjective though, since Hoffman’s adaptation does, in fact, include the same words and phrases as Shakespeare’s play, therefore this viewpoint may vary, based on what the audience believes a “prominent” central theme in the film would be. All in all, I do believe that Michael Hoffman portrayed the central theme that women in the 16th century abided by their expectations placed on them, yet some challenged the idea through the form of questioning the men in their lives as well as making their own decisions and disobeying those put in place by the men very effectively, in comparison to William Shakespeare’s original play, A Midsummer