Shakespeare has been known through time to be “the greatest dramatist of all time”, but is often mistaken for as a romanticist by the modern world. “Drama” being the key word though, his plays are often in fact, more based on tragedy and manipulation, rather than the bliss of love. The historically renowned English writer and poet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is well known in the world of literature as a comical romance, featuring an absurdly combined cast of characters in various struggles within their love lives. While this can be true to some views, he also displays themes of chaos and mischief, revealing what could possibly be the underlying thoughts of how he views love. Amid the comedic roles of love triangles (particularly seen between …show more content…
This raises a perception of bewilderment, and a feeling of being lost as their emotions are easily being toyed with. Almost as if they’re entrapped in a state of unconsciousness, they have no will to realize that they are not truly in love with the person they are seeking, but instead are more intent on finding the person. Through this situation Shakespeare seemingly suggests that not only is love easily manipulated, but that it can also be more orbital around actually obtaining rather than …show more content…
They add a sense of instability within the play, scoffing at the human emotion of love and dismissing it for an act of fiction gone awry to ruin lives. Sprites and fairies in mythology and tales are characteristically known to be mischievous, problematic, and havoc-wreaking (which is clear to see, considering how Puck had turned Nick Bottom into a literal ass). Use of magic in the play was likely to represent the easy manipulation and perplexing characteristics of the ideal of love. The sense of hysteria and theatrically overdone humor easily mask the horror hiding deeper within the